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Zukunft des Lernens
Einer Umfrage der digital publishing AG (dp) unter 103 Weiterbildungsexperten zufolge setzen bereits heute 50 % der Unternehmen auf einen Mix aus verschiedenen Lernformen. 
A designer lessons ESL Lesson plan developed by George Chilton Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
Dear Savvy Searcher, My students keep wanting to enter their entire research question into the search bar. I keep trying to tell them that’s a bad idea. How do you teach students to identify the right words to use in a search? Frustrated Educator 
Reading RSS feeds is a great way to keep up with what's happening. But there's another technology that provides a different, more spontaneous window into the minds of other people.
It's called Twitter and it's one of the fastest growing Web 2.0 technologies. Via Gust MEES Robin Good: Critical thinking is a key strategic skill needed by any serious professional curator.
"Critical thinking provides the keys for our own intellectual independence..." and it helps to move away from "rashy conclusions, mystification and reluctance to question received wisdom, authority and tradition" while learning how to adopt "intellectual discipline" and a way to express clearly ideas while taking personal responsibility for them.
Key takeaways from this video: Critical thinking refers to a diverse range of intellectual skills and activities concerned with "evaluating information" as well as our own thought in a disciplined way. Critical thinking is not just thinking a lot. To be an effective critical thinker you need to seek out and be guided by "knowledge" and "evidence" that fits with reality even if it refutes what the general consensus may want to believe. Critical thinkers cultivate an attitude of curiosity and they are willing to do the work required to keep themselves informed about a subject. Critical thinkers do not take claims at face value but utilize scepticism and doubt to suspend judgement and objectively evaluate with facts the claims being made. Critical thinkers should evaluate information on the basis of reasoning and not by relying on emotions as claims the factuality of a claim cannot be solely based on the level of emotion that accompanies them or the fact that they may be believed by certain groups.
Highly recommended for all curators. 9/10
Via Robin Good 
Flipping Your Classroom With Free Web Tools - Guest Post 
At the star-studded Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching (HILT) event earlier this month, where professors gathered to discuss innovative strategies for learning and teaching, Harvard’s professor Eric Mazur gave a talk on the benefits of practicing peer instruction in class, rather than the traditional lecture. The idea is getting traction. Here’s more about the practice.
Die Didacta, die gemeinhin das Image hat, vor allem für Kindergärtnerinnen und Lehrer da zu sein, versucht seit einigen Jahren, auch im Bereich der beruflichen Bildung eine Position aufzubauen. W... 
Find information on print and digital English language teaching and learning resources - everything for pre-school children to adults. Via Pilar Pamblanco 
Robin Good: Choosing an eBook publishing service is not easy. There are many important variables at play, and taking them all into account, if you are doing this for the first time, is not easy.
Jane Friedman, has written a valuable article, analizyng and trying to answer each one of the key question any independent small publisher should ask before diving into publishing his next eBook.
Here the ten key questions you should be asking:
"1. Is the service exclusive or nonexclusive?
2. If it’s exclusive, what’s the term of the contract?
3. Do you control the price?
4. What’s the upfront fee and/or how is the royalty calculated?
5. Are there hidden fees or charges?
6. What file formats do they accept?
7. Who owns the e-book files after they are created?
8. Are DRM protections or proprietary formats involved?
9. Where is your e-book distributed?
10. Can you make changes to your e-book after it goes on sale?"
If you are looking to get specific advice and tips on each one of these questions, this article is for you.
Recommended. 9/10
Full article: http://janefriedman.com/2012/02/10/10-questions-epublishing/ Via Robin Good 
Tweet TweetOK, these skills are not actually “new” – they’ve always been present – but perhaps they have not always been as visible as they should have been, as ... Via Ove Christensen, Gust MEES |
Many instructors are embracing social media and using it to evaluate students’ work and class participation. 
Check out this website, maybe you'll find exactly the free tool that you search. [note mg]
CatchFree makes it easy to compare and find the best free online solution for your specific need in the following areas: Listen to music Share files over the Internet Text from your computer Watch TV and Movies Build a website Create a customized Facebook page Listen to interactive children books Connect to another person's computer Manage projects Protect my computer from viruses Discover new music Make voice alls over the Internet Create and retrieve notes Share my desktop Acces my other computer Buckup files online Share photos from my mobile device
Read more: http://catchfree.com/?sp=broadUSA/ Via Martin Gysler 
February 21, 2012 - by Tom Vander Ark Fritjof Capra is a physicist who plowed the systems thinking ground for Peter Senge and the new science ground for Meg Wheatly. He opened his seminal piece The Turning Point by noting that man always assumes he is at a turning point. As a pattern spotter, I’m particularly susceptible to seeing turning points, but from the standpoint of global learning potential this decade really does appear to be pivotal in human history. ... With Wikipedia, the last decade was the beginning of almost anyone can learn anything anywhere (Bonk, The World is Open). In this decade, the world will put the power of anywhere anytime learning to use through new and revitalized institutions and by empowering individual learners. While economic concerns abound, I’m bullish on the global economy (particularly the back half of this decade) in large part because the appetite for and access to learning is changing the world. Here’s the macro equation: ... Global communications: mobile phones have connected the planet (e.g., there are more than 650 million cell phones in India alone) and broadband penetration is increasing worldwide. Global networks are opening markets, easing transactions, and spreading the flow of information. Democracy and free markets are slowly taking hold worldwide driven, in large part, by mobile and social technology. The appetite for and access to learning increases every year. The idea economy is rewarding learning and innovation and is creating a global middle class. ... Your history teacher probably told you the printing press was a turning point in human history. Just watch what the shift to digital learning will do. Better yet, create your way to lead the shift.Via Heiko Idensen 
Sue Waters: Love it!? Hate it!? Doesn’t really matter what you think of the new Google Reader interface….. What does matter is they’ve changed some of the Google Reader functionality educators like to use. So here’s my essential guide for what educators now need to know about using Google Reader. Via Stephanie Sandifer 
"...What is the Sage-on-the Side? Via JennyP, Teaching and Learning Unit, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne, Australia 
Der Google-Entwickler und Stanford-Professor Sebastian Thrun hat die Bildungsplattform Udacity ins Leben gerufen. Er sieht die Zukunft Lehrens im Netz, will Bildung demokratisieren und bietet nun Seminare im Internet an. 
Klingt das nicht gut? Es handelt sich hierbei selbstverständlich um die registrierten Accounts. In der zweiten Februar-Hälfte, sprich jeden Moment, soll Twitter die Marke der 500 Millionen Nutzer durchbrechen. Das sagt zumindest Twopblog. Doch was genau bedeutet das? Denn natürlich kann jeder Mensch beliebig viele Twitter-Accounts eröffnen und auch Firmen-Accounts darf man nicht vergessen. 
If we want to know more about Connectivism as a theory of learning or knowledge or teaching, we could look at the "view of man" (mensbeeld) that is implied or expressed in connectivist texts. 
Wie ihr sicherlich bereits gemerkt habt, ist ein Thema für mich zurzeit besonders wichtig: Die methodische Umgestaltung meiner Mathematikvorlesungen. Grundprinzip: Die Studierenden schauen sich in... 
George Siemens ist gegenwärtig in meinen Augen einer der spannendsten Experten im Bildungsbereich. 
"Technology is a tool that can be used to help teachers facilitate learning experiences that address the diverse learning needs of all students and help them develop 21st Century Skills. At it's most basic level, digital tools can be used to help students find, understand and use information. When combined with student-driven learning experiences fueled by Essential Questions offering flexible learning paths, it can be the ticket to success. Here is a closer look at three components of effectively using technology as a tool for digital differentiation."
Some very colourful and helpful resources from Susan Oxnevad - an instructional tech facilitator in Oak Park, IL. Very nice! Via Anne Whaits 
This is a great tool for creating graphs from your own data. You can them embed the graphics it produces into reports or webpages using the embed code. You do need a Twitter or Facebook account to sign up though. Via Nik Peachey |
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