Stephen Heppell is at the heart of a global revolution in learning space design. In this ULearn11 EDtalk (in NZ) Stephen explains why he believes that the 'structures and strictures of education will be swept aside by the engagement, seduction, delight, passion and astonishment of a new learning world'. Stephen shares his conviction that if we want to know what education will look like in the future, we only need to look at what is happening in the online world now. 
Use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create customized lessons. You can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-Ed, or create lessons from scratch based on any video from YouTube. 
Photo credit: Marcus Kwan, shared under a Creative Commence Licence Leicester City Council’s Youth Engagement project was a year-long innovative programme of research which involved 400 young people (11-19 years old).
Combining 21st Century Skills, Project Based Learning, and iPads
PDF of presentation from Mobile Learning Experience 2012 (http://mobile2012.org) Presented by Felix Jacomino, Director of Technology at St. Stephen's Episcopal Day School, with Inge Wassmann
Description: “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move Via Felix Jacomino 
Related posts: Kids Online: the Risks and the Realities Should Parents Have the Backdoor Key to Kids’ Facebook Accounts? 
This e-resource has been created to support beginners to Moodle, and is a collection of instructions and video designed to provide demonstrations, resources and additional links. Turnitin's Moodle Direct Integration (Instructor Guide) 
Looking into the proverbial crystal ball, a slew of technology experts weighed in on the Future of the Internet V survey conducted by Pew Research and Elon University, and came up with a predictably mixed scenario: It’s complicated. 
We offer the following definition to fill the current void. Bring your own technology (BYOT) is an educational development and a supplementary school technology resourcing model where the home and the school collaborate in arranging for the young’s 24/7/365 use of their own digital technology/ies to be extended into the classroom to assist their teaching and learning and the organisation of their schooling and where relevant the complementary education outside the classroom. 
Things that you always wanted to know about the web but were afraid to ask. Learn about the web & browsers in this interactive experience created by Google & illustrated by Christoph Niemann. |
More than a decade into the 21st century and we are still keeping learners and teachers prisoners of the analog past by enforcing outdated mandates that ban and block them from using the digital resources of their world. Via Nik Peachey, Shamblesguru 
Apr. 24, 2012 - Yesterday, Microsoft unleashed a desktop sync app for SkyDrive.
Moodle has a Dropbox link already... 
edshelf is a directory of digital tools for educators Discover new tools. See what other educators use. 
The new techniques behind instant crowdsourcing makes human intelligence available on demand for the first time.
Via Howard Rheingold 
Engaging students in fresh and interesting ways can definitely be a challenge in the classroom, even more so in the online arena. Here are some design strategies that you can use in Moodle to engage your students. 
Despite spending enormous amounts of time giving feedback, Melissa Poole was not seeing any change in her students. During a peer-led feedback session, she realized her students did not know how to give good peer feedback and she wondered, "Maybe... 
Migration to the cloud will save tax dollars, officials say... 
iBook, iAuthors and the iTunesU from Apple, a great step towards changing the education system. For those who underestimated the announcement, this was a huge wake up call! Apple have been busy doing what they do best and that is innovating! Via Steve Yuen 
In an interview with Education Week, Sal Kahn addresses the "flipped classroom," customized learning, and the road ahead for teachers. 
links that have been useful in my work as learning designer & academic staff developer...
A stack of links from Joyce Seitzinger (Moodle Tool guide). 
A great post by Adam Peck, dean of student affairs at Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
"Students today have unprecedented access to information. According to educator Karl Fisch, in one week of reading The New York Times, an individual will encounter more information than people in the 18th century would have had access to during the entire course of their lives.
It is not surprising that in this atmosphere, students appear to be growing increasingly dogmatic and are less able to engage in civil discourse with others with whom they disagree. Perhaps this is because they cannot accurately explain what people who oppose them actually believe. In truth, they often lack consistency in their own beliefs as well.......
In summary, despite the tremendous educational potential of the information age, students seem to be less prepared to critically evaluate information or determine and defend what they believe. Colleges and universities need to find ways to leverage this resource to create the kind of learning demanded by our changing times." Via Gust MEES, Anne Whaits 
Love this post by Tony Bates who adds a 6th to the list of strategies offered by Joshua Kim (from Inside Higher Ed post of 6 Feb 2012): "1.Embrace that the Smartest Person on Campus is the Campus. (In other words, involve the whole campus through communication and collaboration) Via Anne Whaits |
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