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Why Khan Academy Is The Wrong Answer

Why Khan Academy Is The Wrong Answer | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

"...Before we solve a problem it’s important to make sure we’re working on the right problem. We need to do the same when improving education..."

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Collaborating to create eBooks in the cloud: MmIT 2013

MmIT conference - Cloudbusting - Demystifying the Cloud, The University of Sheffield, 5 April 2013.
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Slides to accompany my workshop at this year's conference.

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Narrated Slideshow – Screencast - comparison table

Narrated Slideshow – Screencast - comparison table | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
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Table comparing features of various screen cast tools - Browser, iOS, Mac and Windows

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BYOD Toolkit (1 May 2013) > JISC Legal

BYOD Toolkit (1 May 2013) > JISC Legal | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

Jisc Legal has published a BYOD toolkit in response to the rise in learners and employees using their personal computing devices (typically smart phones and tablets) in the work and learning environment.

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Getting to grips with e-books: an introduction to developing and managing e-book collections

Getting to grips with e-books: an introduction to developing and managing e-book collections | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

Chris Armstrong & Ray Lonsdale | UKeiG

London

Wednesday, 12 June

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Intro to Google Apps for Education - Ross Mahon - Global Awareness Manager at Google

An introduction to Google in Education including Apps for Education a free set of communication and collaboration tools.
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Event organised by Jisc TechDis and Presented by Ross Mahon  - Global Awareness Manager at Google

 

Skip to 3 minutes 30 seconds for the beginning of the presentation

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Free Technology for Teachers: Check Out The Great New Features in Socrative

Free Technology for Teachers: Check Out The Great New Features in Socrative | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

Socrative still allows you to collect responses anonymously or with the requirement that students enter their names. Students don't have to create an account to participate in any of your activities. To participate they simply need to enter your Socrative room number when they visit m.socrative.com on their laptops, iPads, Android tablets, or any other device that has a web browser.

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Screenr | Instant screencasts: Just click record

Screenr | Instant screencasts: Just click record | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
Screenr | Instant screencasts: Just click record. Screenr’s web-based screen recorder makes it a breeze to create and share your screencasts around the web. Just click the record button, capture your screen & voice, and share the link.
jayonline's curator insight, April 29, 11:52 PM

This is one of my favourite tools. Quick and easy to create video tutorials and much more......

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Lambda Solutions Webinar - Moodle Theming & Customization Solutions

Lambda Solutions Webinar - Moodle Theming & Customization Solutions | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

Lambda Solutions is pleased to host and sponsor “half hour how to Moodle" webinars in support of the Moodle community.

Moodle how to webinar. Short, topical webinars on Moodle features, facilitated by Ben Young and Chad Leaman of Lambda Solutions, a certified Moodle Partner.

Thursday, April 25, 2013, at 10:00 am PDT.

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iPad - focusing on learning goals

iPad - focusing on learning goals | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
EdTechTeacher provides professional development services to teachers, schools, districts, and administrators.
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Colourful graphic "...focusing on specific learning goals.. when using an iPad in the teaching and learning

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Survey of the Use of Tablet Computers by Academic & Special Libraries

Survey of the Use of Tablet Computers by Academic & Special Libraries | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

This special 80+page report looks closely at how academic and special libraries are using tablet computers.

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The report costs $75

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Twitter Archiving Google Spreadsheet TAGS v5

Twitter Archiving Google Spreadsheet TAGS v5 | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

For a couple of years now to support my research in Twitter community analysis/visualisation I’ve been developing my Twitter Archiving Google Spreadsheet (TAGS). To allow other to explore the possibilities of data generated by Twitter I’ve released copies of this template to the community.

 

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The old Twitter API is being turned off this March - you will need to update to this version to carry on archiving # tags

 

There are also some new features in this version that look pretty good

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Apps4Us - Vote for your favourite Maths App | NIACE

Apps4Us - Vote for your favourite Maths App | NIACE | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

The Apps4Us challenge will develop an app to boost maths in England. To develop this app NIACE, along with its Maths4Us partners, has been running a competition for developers who think they can meet the challenge.

 

Please take a few minutes to view the presentations, then...vote for your favourite app. The winner will receive funding to develop their idea into a free, downloadable app.

 

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There are four apps to choose from

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How Evernote Is Revolutionzing My Classroom - Edudemic

How Evernote Is Revolutionzing My Classroom - Edudemic | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
The great Evernote experiment is underway in the UK. Adam Webster details how he went all-digital with the help of iPads and Evernote.
eCampus ULg's curator insight, March 25, 7:55 AM

Starts to revolutionize our practice too !

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Formula Sheet

Formula Sheet | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
Search for formulas and instantly copy them to LaTeX or MS Word 2007+. Create and render formulas. Upload formulas and store them all in one place. Create and share lists and sheets full of formulas.

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John Dalziel's curator insight, May 18, 5:09 PM

STEM Practitioners and/or Learners, business owners and others often need formulae for their work, study or personal needs.
FormulaSheet is a web-based service designed to help facilitate working with and remembering formulas. Registration is free and once complete provides users with their own virtual folder for their formulae.
Learners and scientists working on their own projects will appreciate the LaTeX interface for creating a formula which provides quick access to a number of often used characters and symbols.
FormulaSheet is a very specialised tool aimed at a specific group of individuals that’s free to use.

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Cricinfo now using Google Hangouts to broadcast recorded interviews

Cricinfo now using Google Hangouts to broadcast recorded interviews | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
Match report of England Lions v NZ, Tour Match, Grace Road, 2nd day from England v New Zealand
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Cricinfo now using Google Hangouts to broadcast recorded interviews

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Lab-quality microscope now mounts onto most Apple iOS devices

Lab-quality microscope now mounts onto most Apple iOS devices | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
The ProScope Micro Mobile by handheld digital microscope manufacturer Bodelin starts shipping on May 1 for $149. Read this article by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore on CNET.
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Information Literacy Weblog: Jisc: A guide to open educational resources

Information Literacy Weblog: Jisc: A guide to open educational resources | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

I think what is mainly new is structuring the content into a guide like this. Key contenet areas are:
- What are open educational resources?
- Open educational resources – the story so far
- Finding and sharing open educational resources
- Open licensing
- Approaches to releasing, using, reusing and repurposing open educational resources
- The rationale for adopting open educational resources
- Practical guidance: Manage, Find , Use and Reuse, Release, Share, License, Track, Collaborate
- Benefits case studies: Teacher, Learner, Institution, Communitities

Bex Ferriday's curator insight, April 28, 12:36 PM

Jorum, NLN and Re:Source are all great repositories for digital lesson content. Try other online repositories like Prezi, Scribd and SlideShare for presentation and document-based content. there are tonnes of other sites, but that'd be TMI.

 

And yes, it's good to share, so if using others' materials, I like to try and share my own in  return. Sadly, I still steal more than I give...

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IT Does Not Love iPads -- Campus Technology

IT Does Not Love iPads -- Campus Technology | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
Students and faculty may love them, but IT personnel get a major headache when they try to integrate Apple tablets--and the company's TV technology--in an enterprise setting.
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Useful summary and case studies concerning the issues around deploying iPads in education including multi device management software and Apple TV on an enterprise network.

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Enhancing the Student Experience - Professor Mark Stubbs: mmutube

Enhancing the Student Experience - Professor Mark Stubbs: mmutube | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
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Students at MMU do not want "learning on the go" but have "a desire to access accurate timetable and deadline information" - "mAdmin rather than mLearning"

Bex Ferriday's curator insight, April 28, 12:38 PM

Not read this yet, so not sure if this is an individual's findings or a common theme.  

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6 Higher Education Institutions Leading the way with Mobile Learning Apps | Emerging Education Technology

6 Higher Education Institutions Leading the way with Mobile Learning Apps | Emerging Education Technology | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
These Universities are leveraging the smart phones that are in most student's hands to provide mobile access to learning resources and administrative tools. As
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E-Books to be available in UK libraries under Public Lending Right

UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey recently announced that the UK Government will consider extending the Public Lending Right (PLR) programme to include e-books. Under the PLR legislation, authors of the e-books would have the right to receive payment for the loans of their books by public libraries.

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A History of Open Badges through the medium of animated GIFs

A keynote presentation at the PELeCON conference in April 2013
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iPad mini vs Nexus 7 vs Nexus 10 vs Surface RT: tablet comparison review

iPad mini vs Nexus 7 vs Nexus 10 vs Surface RT: tablet comparison review | eLearning tools | Scoop.it
Kate Bevan: Choosing a new tablet is much more complicated if you have multiple needs – but which will suit me best?
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...and the winner is - the Nexus 10

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Moodle Hosting on Amazon Cloud Services for $15/mo #Amazon #AWS

Moodle Hosting on Amazon Cloud Services for $15/mo #Amazon #AWS | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

Bitnami recently released the instructions for setting up your own Moodle using Amazon Web Services, a scalable, cheap cloud hosting environment for websites and apps.  If you're looking for Moodle 2.2 and want a test/dev or even a production site this might be worth looking into.

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U-Now Open Courseware from The University of Nottingham

U-Now Open Courseware from The University of Nottingham | eLearning tools | Scoop.it

U-Now is The University of Nottingham’s collection of open educational materials that have been openly licenced for anyone to use. The materials range from complete modules to smaller-scale learning objectives and highlight a range of teaching and learning activities from across the University

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