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Which schools are running their business efficiently?
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Technology has always been a part of our lives and learning experiances. It is about time that educational institutions start harnessing the potential the internet, web 2.0 tools and social media have to empower and connect learners across the globe.
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Higher education in America faces unprecedented challenges, as students, parents, and a growing number of people in the business and education communities are asking: "Is college really worth it?" Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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Millennails want anintegrated life so #highered needs to provide integrated curriculum to meet their needs and expectations 
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April 12, 1:00 PM
Hi Vasi, we are conducting an experiment on Scoop.IT pages on education at the Open Universiteit (NL). Would you like to participate? Sign up here: http://bit.ly/14QR9oa
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Top Free Classes's curator insight,
March 7, 8:42 PM
More charts, numbers and attempts to explain huge gaps between MOOC signups and completes. Delete the scoop?
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great presentation and psot looking at open learning and the networked leearner, comapring the naure ond challenges that come with academic and netwroked learning Delete the scoop?
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VideoMatthew Peterson is co-founder, Chief Technical Officer, and Senior Scientist at the Mind Research Institute. He's also the creator of ST Math, a unique game-based math curriculum for elementary and secondary schools that uses “neuroscientific,... Via Mark Smithers 
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February 7, 11:04 AM
This is a good one. Didn't know about Jordan Shapiro. I like his POV.
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Robin Good: Excellent guide to digital curation resources by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.. It includes alphabetically organized lists of digital-curation related resources from academic programs to file formats, guidelines, organizations, blogs, and a very rich list of digital curation software tools.
From the site: "This resource guide presents selected English-language websites and documents that are useful in understanding and conducting digital curation. It is also available as an EPUB file (see How to Read EPUB Files)."
Excellent. 9/10
Full guide: http://digital-scholarship.org/dcrg/dcrg.htm
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Dawson College Pedagogical Day; October 12th, 2012The Best Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers - 2012 Edition
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In 2009, the University of California finally decided to offer online education with a system-wide initiative called UC Online. Based on an article in the Chronicle that echoes a previous article in the Daily Californian, we learn that just three years later, UC Online is facing significant hurdles to survive the pilot phase and establish a sustainable online option. After raising just 1/8 of the promised private funding that would have avoided significant internal UC investment, UC Online has already borrowed $6.9 million from the system and is facing expenses of $7 million budget over the next year. Despite plans for 20 courses as of January 2012 for current UC students, UC Online has just eight courses available this fall (although only three are listed today). As the pilot expands in January 2013, there are serious questions about the feasibility of enrolling the thousands of non-UC students needed to avoid additional budget shortfalls. Via Mark Smithers Delete the scoop?
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Seven years after the Fast Company article "Why We Hate HR," change may finally be here.
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Last week Amit and I made a small presentation to the Mobile Learning MOOC (MobiMOOC) about the possibilities in the future of mobile learning.
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I ran a short workshop for colleagues on the topics of connectivism and the rise of MOOCs earlier this week .
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September 5, 2012 12:29 AM
Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. As with traditional storytelling, most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain a particular point of view. However, as the name implies, digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music. Digital stories can vary in length, but most of the stories used in education typically last between two and ten minutes. The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between. A great way to begin learning about Digital Storytelling is by watching the following video introduction to Digital Storytelling.
According to Bernard Robin, at the University of Houston, she states in her Power Point presentation that the educational uses of digital storytelling are immeasurable. She clearly shows that if this type of technology is used appropriately by classroom teachers its results will be effective in helping students with research skills, writing skills, organizational skills, technology skills, presentational skills, interviewing skills, interpersonal skills, problem-solving skills, and assessment skills. She also mentions that students will learn information from digital storytelling that will influence and improve their digital, global, technology, visual, and information literacy skills. The questions that arise around the practicality of using such technology have lead others to write about how digital storytelling can be integrated into the classroom to allow students to construct their own learning. In an article in Library Media Connection (2003) titled, What’s Your Digital Story? the authors explain that when we integrate digital storytelling into classroom projects we also enable students to construct their own stories. This pursuit requires students to become active participants instead of passive viewers. They further state that when students structure in narrative stories they are more likely to remember this information and commit it to memory as it is believed that our brains are wired in narrative stories and the construction of these stories help us to better cope with conflict and give us the ability to put incongruity into neat little packages we call stories. There is also reason to believe that by producing digital stories students become more critical when viewing media such as television, computers, and video games. They can now see how easy it can be to manipulate images and text to produce information that is less than truthful. According to (Barrett, 2006) she sees digital storytelling as a means of creating a reflective portfolio that ties into a new type of learning environment whereas the instruction is student centered with multi-sensory stimulation. As students work collaboratively exchanging information in an active mode with real opportunity they develop and use critical thinking skills. The new learning environment has application because it is authentic and the learning is not isolated or out of context. She states that students will be able to: • Communicate using a variety of media and formats • Access and exchange information in a variety of ways • Compile, organize, analyze, and synthesize information • Draw conclusions and make generalizations based on information gathered • Know content and be able to locate additional information as needed • Become self-directed learners • Collaborate and cooperate in team efforts • Interact with others in ethical and appropriate ways Delete the scoop?
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Twitter, Google, iPads, Apps, Skype, QR codes, Wikis, Facebook, Blogs and more! Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) Delete the scoop?
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Love the interactive wordle timeline 
Ness Crouch's curator insight,
March 27, 6:35 PM
Blogs are an excellent way of sharing ideas and reflecting on personal learning. I use a blog to also record my professional learning. By posting responses to or sharing articles I find I am trying to build a professional profile through my blog. 
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March 28, 7:33 PM
Thanks Ness, I will use this for a project where we are encouraging the use of blogging for reflections. Delete the scoop?
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February 12, 6:48 PM
Interesting work being done by the LSE on social media and measuring research impact (JS) Delete the scoop?
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The skills I have mentioned here are essential to every teacher (and student) using technology in class, at home, or for professional development purposes. It also contains the best web tools that you can use to better hone in the targeted skill under which they are featured. Via Colin Warren
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Very usful list of key digital skills and the tolls to development them for the educators of the 21st century. 
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February 6, 8:13 PM
Most of these skills covered in our joint presentation '7 Habits of Networked Academics', for the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education at Deakin University by myself & Joyce Seitzinger. Covers online identity, personal learning networks, mobile learning, visual learning, filtering, sharing, digital curation and creation of artefacts. http://www.slideshare.net/colwar/7-habits-of-networked-academics-16390818 
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April 2, 6:40 PM
This would be great to use with our students and create badges for. Delete the scoop?
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A couple of weeks ago, Dr. Milton Cox from Miami University, met with a group of students, staff and faculty ... Via catspyjamasnz Delete the scoop?
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The Conversation web site is currently half way through a series of invited posts entitled “The Future of Higher Education”. It has been a disappointing series so far in that five of the first six posts have focussed on MOOCS and the sixth has been a general post on equity in online learning. Now MOOCs are an important development but the future of higher education is bigger than MOOCs and the questions are much more fundamental. Here are are some questions that I think this series should be addressing.. Via Mark Smithers Delete the scoop?
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Presented at the 2012 HighEdWeb Conference in Milwaukee.
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"Personal learning networks are a great way for educators to get connected with learning opportunities, access professional development resources, and to build camaraderie with other education professionals.
"Although PLNs have been around for years, in recent years social media has made it possible for these networks to grow exponentially.
"Now, it’s possible to expand and connect your network around the world anytime, anywhere. But how exactly do you go about doing that?
"Check out our guide to growing your personal learning network with social media, full of more than 30 different tips, ideas, useful resources, and social media tools that can make it all possible." Via Jim Lerman Delete the scoop?
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Inside Higher EdThe Academic TwitterazziInside Higher EdMany academic conferences, and even individual sessions at those conferences, have associated Twitter hash tags — often suggested by the conference organizers themselves.
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Top universities are embracing free online education. Dozens of schools, such as the University of Pennsylvania, are now offering classes to thousands of people across the world.
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This year's CDE conference, Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning, will be held on 20 October 2012 at Senate House, University of London. We are delighted to announce that our two keynote ...
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Developmental psychologist Lev Vygotsky defined what the person or a student can do — or the problems they can solve — as three different stages:
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