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Maybe it was inevitable that one of the new massive open online courses would crash. After all, MOOCs are being launched with considerable speed, not to mention hype. But MOOC advocates might have preferred the collapse of a course other than the one that was suspended this weekend, one week into instruction:"Fundamentals of Online Education: Planning and Application."
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Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. Delete the scoop?
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Slide Effect is a presentation software to create advanced shows in a few minutes. Easy to use, spectacular effects and transitions. Download the free trial! Via Baiba Svenca 
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May 22, 3:27 PM
Slide Effect have just released a new version of the software, and it's worth taking a look at this easy and effective presentation creator. You build your slides by adding pictures, shapes and text, then customize background and slide transition. 3D text and special apparition effects are new features that help to make your slides really spectacular. Free trial is available but even a paid version of $39 is not big money if you like the amazing software. Delete the scoop?
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In fall 2011, Sebastian Thrun, a research professor at Stanford, and Peter Norvig, the top scientist at Google, teamed up to develop and teach a free, online course on artificial intelligence. Their aim, as Norvig said in an impassioned and compelling TED talk, was to develop a course at least as good as, if not better than, the course they teach together at Stanford. They'd put the result online and make it available to everyone, for free. Delete the scoop?
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The Century Foundation calls for radical change to avoid "the increasing economic and racial isolation of students" at community colleges.
Community colleges "are in great danger of becoming indelibly separate and unequal institutions in the higher-education landscape," a Century Foundation task force warns in a report being released here on Thursday. To deal with what it calls "the increasing economic and racial isolation of students" at community colleges, the group also calls for major changes in how two-year colleges are financed and operated.
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Katie and I can't cover the entire education app industry by ourselves. Luckily, there are dozens of other sites specifically devoted to education app reviews for teachers and students. Via Ana Cristina Pratas Delete the scoop?
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From Web-enhanced face-to-face courses to MOOCs, flipped, blended, and fully online courses, videos are an integral component of today’s educational landscape—from kindergarten all the way through higher education.
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Some great tips! 
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Agreed! Thank you for sharing, Rosemary! Also, Olgy, Di ut, Mark, and Mark!
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Google announced a new education program that will help teachers manage and push out apps and other educational content to classroom Android tablets. Via John Evans Delete the scoop?
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People who have taken dozens of massive open online courses share their advice for those teaching them. Delete the scoop?
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Okay, if an elearning template’s going to rock your world you need to get out of your cubicle and go take a walk outside. Enjoy the life around you. Then come back and finish reading this blog post. I’ll be waiting. Delete the scoop?
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If you’re like most educators, you probably made your share of teaching mistakes. This report features more than a dozen essays by instructors who were willing to share their early-career missteps and the lessons they learned.
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Great downloadable report. Delete the scoop?
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Universities have become prestige-seeking machines. Nick Romeo on how higher education has changed, and what needs to be done to save it. Delete the scoop?
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There is an issue, which may or may not be a problem for universities around the world, but that is certainly gaining a lot of attention in Britain and the United States—namely, attention itself. Delete the scoop?
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It’s probably the question I’m most asked in workshops on learner-centered teaching. “What are some good places to start? Delete the scoop?
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Establishing an Online Professional Learning Community to Promote Faculty Engagement | Faculty Focus
In online higher education, adjunct faculty members are an essential resource. Delete the scoop?
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Robert Ghrist, a professor of mathematics and electrical and systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, knows that wielding vast networks on behalf of nonuniversity benefactors can be tricky business. Delete the scoop?
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It’s that time of the year when end-of-course ratings and student comments are collected. When the feedback arrives, the quality often disappoints—and if the feedback is collected online, fewer students even bother to respond. Delete the scoop?
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Fifteen more universities have agreed to offer free massive open online courses through edX, a nonprofit provider of MOOCs founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, more than doubling its membership, from 12 to 27. Delete the scoop?
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Switching from a traditional classroom to a flipped classroom can be daunting because there are a lack of effective models. So, what should an effective flipped classroom look like? In our experience, effective flipped classrooms share many of these characteristics: Via Nik Peachey 
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May 22, 7:28 PM
The development of critical literacy in students is a large part of the new Australian Curriculum. The 'flipped classroom' can really assist teachers in developing higher order thinking skills, ICT literacy, and Information literacy. 
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Editor’s note: Steve Wishman is a presentation designer at Prezi. Known for creating rich cinematic presentations for TED presenters and Silicon Valley leaders, engineers, startups, and more, Steve comes to Prezi with a lofty but simple goal: to create breathtaking visual stories that help change the world. Via Baiba Svenca
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Some good insights in the article, but I can't say I'm crazy about the sample Prezis. 
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May 20, 7:33 AM
Gives great insight into how to create a good presentation with or without using Prezi. 
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May 20, 12:05 PM
Think as a cameraman while designing your prezi presentations 
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May 23, 12:29 PM
Aquí hay un poco de ayuda para construir su cinematografía, lo que significa pensar como camarógrafo. Imagínese cómo una cámara se mueve a medida que avanza a través de su presentación y predecir la siguiente vista que verá su audiencia. Lo que tienes que hacer es plan de plan de plan hasta que su presentación se convierte en un arte de la performance. Delete the scoop?
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Technology makes the tools, but what are the general characteristics that make an effective educator a 21st century educator? Via John Evans 
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May 23, 5:00 PM
It is not just having the technology; it is knowing how to use the technology effectively! 
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May 23, 5:58 PM
The ability to adapt and the ability to encourage one's students to do the same.
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May 23, 7:12 PM
Being a 21st Century educator is creating a learning environment that is social, collaborative and project based. Teachers, nor anyone else for that matter, will ever be able to keep up with all new technologies. The trick is to focus on digital technologies that facilitate student collaboration. Delete the scoop?
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All jobs require a certain set of talents and skills, whether natural or acquired. But what skills does an instructional designer need in order to be successful and stand out? Delete the scoop?
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The best social media tools for your classroom are free, easy to use, and right here. We break down some of the newest and noteworthy for you. Delete the scoop?
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Participants who used an iPad exhibited significantly higher transfer learning scores compared to traditional textbook readers. Gertner found that those who used an iPad scored higher on transfer learning than those using a traditional text. Gertner suggests that the integration of multimedia elements (i.e., the organization and presentation of content) may lead to greater gains on transfer learning scores. Delete the scoop?
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Do learning apps on mobile phones cure students of their texting addictions, or just make them worse? Delete the scoop?
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When students act as producers in pulling together the elements that make up a simple audio podcast, they can become better content providers in the process. Delete the scoop?
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