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We need creative people to facilitate the understanding of data

We need creative people to facilitate the understanding of data | Innovative Education | Scoop.it
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Neuroscience & the Classroom: Making Connections

Neuroscience & the Classroom: Making Connections | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

"Insights drawn from neuroscience not only provide educators with a scientific basis for understanding some of the best practices in teaching, but also offer a new lens through which to look at the problems teachers grapple with every day. By gaining insights into how the brain works—and how students actually learn—teachers will be able to create their own solutions to the classroom challenges they face and improve their practice." This is a course for K-12 educators.


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Wired for Culture: How Language Enabled “Visual Theft,” Sparked Innovation, and Helped Us Evolve

Wired for Culture: How Language Enabled “Visual Theft,” Sparked Innovation, and Helped Us Evolve | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

Why remix culture and collaborative creativity are an evolutionary advantage. Language, which  co-evolved with music, is responsible for the hallmarks of humanity, from art to technology to morality. So argues evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel in Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind.


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Australia leads global, digital, open education revolution

Australia leads global, digital, open education revolution | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

The Australian Service for Knowledge of Open Source Software (ASK-OSS) provides a national focal point for advice, management, governance, storage, and dissemination of open source software (OSS)...In 2004, Grant High School in Mount Gambier, South Australia took part in an ASK-OSS research trial using open source...[The school] has become a case study showing how schools could embrace open source and achieve educational goals...students have been editing videos with Lightworks (http://www.lightworksbeta.com) and creating hand-drawn animations with Pencil (http://pencil.evolus.vn).


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Learning is not something to get

Learning is not something to get | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

"In too many cases we view learning as something that is done to people. It’s almost as if we are goin’ to get some learnin’! We think we can “get” an education or “get people trained”. This is absurd.

 

We need to look at work and learning together. A workscape perspective can help us see how learning and working are interrelated in a business environment that is a complex, interconnected ecosystem today. But this causes problems for our current management and organizational models."


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History of eLearning Technologies | TOPYX Social LMS

If you are using a learning management system (LMS) at your company, or access your college courses on your iPad, one famous quote rings true:...
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Facebook Addiction - New Psychological Scale

Facebook Addiction - New Psychological Scale | Innovative Education | Scoop.it
Researchers in Norway have published a new psychological scale to measure Facebook addiction, the first of its kind worldwide.
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The Semantic Web is More than Linked Data

The Semantic Web is More than Linked Data | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

"The pragmatic contributions of semantic technologies reside more in mindsets, information models and architectures than in ‘linked data’ as currently practiced.”

 

“No matter how expressed, the idea behind all of these various [Semantic Web related] terms has in essence been to make meaningful connections, to provide the frameworks for interoperability. 

 

Interoperability means getting disparate sources of data to relate to each other, as a means of moving from data to information. Interoperability requires that source and receiver share a vocabulary about what things mean, as well as shared understandings about the associations or degree of relationship between the items being linked.”

 

Full Article Here: http://semanticweb.com/the-semantic-web-is-more-than-linked-data_b28652


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The Future Of Technology: Get Involved Or Get Sidelined | @NewCommBiz

The Future Of Technology: Get Involved Or Get Sidelined | @NewCommBiz | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

The Future Of Technology: Get Involved Or Get Sidelined...

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Trop d'obstacles se dressent face aux enseignants qui souhaitent proposer une pédagogie numérique

Trop d'obstacles se dressent face aux enseignants qui souhaitent proposer une pédagogie numérique | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

Lire la contribution de Jc Bouniol au débat : L'école a-t-elle raté le virage du numérique ?


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The Dean's List: 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology Blogs

The Dean's List: 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology Blogs | Innovative Education | Scoop.it
Our First Annual Selection of the Best IT Blogs (RT @jselingo: My blog makes 50 must-read #highered technology blogs via @edtech_highered http://t.co/O2hwRXB5 via @EdTech_HigherEd...)...

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12 Findings on Mind, Brain & Education

12 Findings on Mind, Brain & Education | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

http://diigo.com/0osrm

This is a must read (and probably everyting it links to is too!)

Student-centered learning, provides “flexible learning experiences that enable students at various levels to build toward mastery of a common set of core skills. A commitment to addressing the individual needs and goals of each student is at the core of the model.

 

Education should give students opportunities to practice setting goals, tracking progress toward them, adjusting strategies along the way, and assessing outcomes.

Providing meaningful learning experiences with ongoing guidance can enable students at all levels to build toward mastery of a common set of skills.

 

Student-centered approaches to learning require students to be self-directed and responsible for their own learning, which requires executive functioning skills such as goal setting, planning, and monitoring progress.

 


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Andragogy (Knowledge + Learning = Performance)

Andragogy has been defined as “any intentional and professionally guided activity that aims at a change in adult persons” (Knowles, Holton, & Swanson, 2005, p. 60).


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The Internet's Battle For Our Digital Souls

The Internet's Battle For Our Digital Souls | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

Harvard neuroscience researchers have just confirmed what many of us have suspected all along: social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest are “brain candy” for Internet users.

 


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Do We Learn While We're Asleep? | Psychology Today

Do We Learn While We're Asleep? | Psychology Today | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

Studies show that sleep enhances learning, memory, and problem solving.


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Ensuring Online Course Quality Requires Constant Vigilance - Faculty Focus | Faculty Focus

Ensuring Online Course Quality Requires Constant Vigilance - Faculty Focus | Faculty Focus | Innovative Education | Scoop.it
Online programs are under a microscope. Some school faculty and administrators are concerned with maintaining academic quality, while others have already identified problems with quality and integrity.
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Teachers Texting Students: Should Schools Ban Or Encourage?

Teachers Texting Students: Should Schools Ban Or Encourage? | Innovative Education | Scoop.it
This year has already seen a slew of controversial incidents involving teachers texting students. Earlier this month, Pennsylvania teacher Timothy Moll was accused of texting one of his students and offering good grades for naked pictures.

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If You're Not Pissing Someone Off, You're Probably Not Innovating

If You're Not Pissing Someone Off, You're Probably Not Innovating | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

"As the editor of the journal Innovations, I'm asked with some regularity, "So, what is innovation anyhow? How would you..."? (eyebrows usually furrow here) "... define it?" Since I don't particularly enjoy debating definitions, I usually respond by saying: "That's a difficult question. But one thing is for sure: If you're not pissing someone off, it's probably not innovation."

 

I like this response because, if it doesn't end the conversation, it usually shifts it from definitions to dynamics — which is what innovation is all about, after all. But I also like it because it captures one fundamental obstacle to innovation that all would-be disruptors must be prepared to face: the potentially hostile response of incumbents who don't want to see their market advantages threatened."


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Project Based Learning: Explained.

Common Craft a short animated video that explains in clear language - project-based learning.  http://www.bie.org/


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Flipping Blooms Taxonomy | Powerful Learning Practice

Flipping Blooms Taxonomy | Powerful Learning Practice | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

Flipping Blooms Taxonomy | Powerful Learning Practice via @k3hamilton | @scoopit http://bit.ly/...


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The Fallacy of Information Overload | Brian Solis

The Fallacy of Information Overload | Brian Solis | Innovative Education | Scoop.it

Excerpted from this article by Brian Solis:

 

"Information overload isn’t a new phenomenon by any means. The sensation of being overwhelmed by information has been linked to every media revolution. With every new innovation and the mass adoption of disruptive technology, the volume of information available to us grows exponentially.

 

With media now so pervasive and portable, information, of any focus, is available, on demand, and more importantly, resides in our hands to create and consume at will. We are, for better or for worse, always on. And this is both part of the problem and part of the solution for how we evolve as individuals and as an information society.

 

Social media has gifted us a new democracy. And with it, the ability to connect to people around the world and create, share, and devour knowledge, entrainment, and irrelevant information at will. It’s as intimidating as it is beautiful.

 

There is a very real human cost of social connectivity. But, the symptoms of information overload are only a reflection of our inability or lack of desire to bring order to our chaos. See, we are the engineers of the media levees that prevent overflow.

 

The challenge lies not in the realization that we are empowered to curate our social streams and relationships, but in the consciousness of what is and what could be. Meaning, that we must first understand that how we’re connecting, consuming, and creating today is either part of the problem or part of the solution. We, and only we, are in control of information overload and everything begins with acceptance.

 

Information overload is a real phenomenon, but it is I believe, by design. It either works for us or against us and it is our choice as to which way the stream flows. To be clear, information overload is a symptom of over consumption and the inability to refine online experiences based on interest and importance.

 

Access to information and people is intoxicating. Creating an online portrait of who we are or who we want others to see is equality alluring. But without direction, governance, and discipline, we are at risk of giving ourselves to the very networks we value rather than managing the platforms to our advantage.

Our participation must be inspired by purpose and parameters. No, we are not obligated to connect with everyone who connects with us. We are obligated to maintain balance in who we are, what we value, and equally the value we invest in the communities in which we participate.


As Clay Shirky once observed, “There’s no such thing as information overload — only filter failure.”
My take? “Information overload is a symptom of our desire to not focus on what’s important.” It’s a choice.


Perhaps said another way, information overload is a symptom of our inability to focus on what’s truly important or relevant to who we are as individuals, professionals, and as human beings..."

 

Read full interesting article here:
http://www.briansolis.com/2012/05/the-fallacy-of-information-overload/

 

Brilliant, must read ..kh

 


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Automate your Google Drive

Connects your Evernote, Facebook, Flickr, and other web services / apps to Google Drive.

Drag & drop files into a predefined folder on Google Drive and have them automatically converted and synced to your favorite places.


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Your body's internal clock is at war with society

Your body's internal clock is at war with society | Innovative Education | Scoop.it
Just because you sleep later than your early rising friends doesn't mean you sleep longer than they do; nor does it make you lazier.
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Techonology+Divide.png (800x5158 pixels) via @sumware | @scoopit http://bit.ly/...


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A Social Network Can Be a Learning Network - Online Learning - The Chronicle of Higher Education

A Social Network Can Be a Learning Network - Online Learning - The Chronicle of Higher Education | Innovative Education | Scoop.it
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