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How to Get the Most Out of Educational Technology

How to Get the Most Out of Educational Technology | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
From www.jotform.com - February 4, 2020 4:57 PM
Today, the classroom is much more dynamic and innovative than it used to be. While in years past, the classroom was seemingly immune to digitization, that’s no longer the case. Nearly every kid of every age has a smartphone and a digital-first mentality. 

Some teachers have fully embraced EdTech in their classrooms, while for others, it’s a work in progress. We’re here to help you along. In this in-depth guide, we explore everything from education’s evolution to tips for making the most of technology in the classroom to current tools you can use to save time and improve the learning experience.
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The state of education technology in higher education | Wonkhe | Comment

The state of education technology in higher education | Wonkhe | Comment | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
From wonkhe.com - September 14, 2018 3:03 PM

In the six years since I became the chief executive of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) I’ve seen how technology is used across all sectors of education and in all parts of the UK.

Representing thousands of professionals from senior managers to academics and technologists – from hundreds of institutions, education providers, technology companies, and sector organisations – gives me a unique perspective. This year the trustees of the association have invited me to share that perspective and my vision for what the future of learning technology holds for us at our 25th annual conference.

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What is a Learning Technologist and How to Make it Known to Your Institution?

What is a Learning Technologist and How to Make it Known to Your Institution? | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
From blogs.lse.ac.uk - July 12, 2016 4:27 AM
On Tuesday my colleague Kris and I ran a workshop at the University of Greenwich’s APT Conference. The theme of this year being “gaps”, we thought it would be interesting to work around the gaps in…
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What a Decade of Education Research Tells Us About Technology in the Hands of Underserved Students (EdSurge News)

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From www.edsurge.com - June 1, 2016 7:22 PM
Despite all the celebratory rhetoric around our nation's
declining dropout rates, during a given year, nearly 20% of students expected to graduate do not. Furthermore, according to John Hopkins and Civic Enterprises, “unacceptably low levels of minority, low-income, English Language Learners,
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How to use technology and engage students in Higher Education?

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From www.libcast.com - February 3, 2016 1:31 PM
Blended learning, flipped classrooms, MOOC: what are these new learning methods and what are their advantages? How to implement them?
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Use Of Technology as a Tool Support Instruction

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From thenewshome.com - January 5, 2016 8:30 AM
This week, in an Education World "edu-torial," M-Ikram presents her own point of view on the courses in which Technology can upgrade learning - and approaches
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12 Emerging Educational Uses of Technology That Are The Most Exciting Right Now — Emerging Education Technologies

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From www.emergingedtech.com - September 15, 2015 8:41 AM
As we Enter a new School Year, Which Uses of Technology Hold the Most Promise to Impact Learning? Well, it’s that time of year again … the start of a new school year. With it often comes the irresistible urge
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11 Effective Ways to Use Twitter in Education ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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From www.educatorstechnology.com - December 5, 2014 8:32 AM

Twitter is a social network of huge importance for us in education. We have posted several articles about it here inEducational Technology and Mobile Learning and here is a resourceful  section where you can access all the educational tools, tips, and ideas to help you to effectively leverage Twitter in your teaching and learning.


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Why do so many Moodle courses suck?

Why do so many Moodle courses suck? | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
From nikpeachey.blogspot.co.uk - July 31, 2014 12:24 PM

Moodle is a magnificent free product and has the potential to enable schools and teachers to build wonderfully unique interactive online learning courses in which learner interaction can be tracked, measured and responded to. Despite this the vast majority of Moodle courses I see are a long list of Word and PDF documents with at best a few forums that enable a minimum of human social interaction.


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Ruby Rennie Panter's curator insight, August 1, 2014 5:16 AM

Nik gives some very useful insights and some practical ideas for developing online materials. He has a focus on Moodle, but the ideas relate to any online learning platform.
Donna Farren's curator insight, August 1, 2014 8:16 AM

Nik makes some great points about Moodle - or really putting any content online - there has to be instructional design training, online teaching training or blended teaching training and how to select content for online delivery.  technical training alone is not enough.
Mikko Hakala's curator insight, August 7, 2014 5:40 PM

Problems and possibilities of Moodle (and other similar platforms) outlined by Nik Peachey:

 

* Why Moodle courses often suck?

Not so intuitive platform to work with, lack of teacher training and skills to create online learning material (I agree with these points), excess security issues.

 

* What to do to improve.

 

* Comment about ready-made courses.

There are various problems, for example these often contain little student-teacher or peer interaction. I agree that the ready-made digital material, in my experience, is not very personalisable (and therefore difficult to teach in an inspired way).

 

* How to develop your Moodle skills?

The post gives 9 links to practical video tutorials (how to create a quiz, add a youtube, etc.). There are also free Moodle platforms to practice.

 

Read more: http://nikpeachey.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/why-do-so-many-moodle-courses-suck.html
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15 Mistakes You’re Probably Making With Technology In Learning -

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From www.teachthought.com - April 14, 2014 6:48 PM
15 Mistakes You’re Probably Making With Technology In Learning

 

While it clearly is able to provide access to peers, audiences, resources, and data, it also can be awkward, problematic, distracting, performing more strongly as a barrier to understand than anything else.

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What the little birdy tells me: Twitter in education 13th Nov 2013 | [Presentation] NetworkED

What the little birdy tells me: Twitter in education 13th Nov 2013 | [Presentation] NetworkED | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
From mashe.hawksey.info - November 13, 2013 3:29 PM

My plan is to have an anthological look at some of my previous/current work with Twitter which follows a natural  passive/monologic  and active/dialogic trajectory. For more information and the stream visit the NetworkED site 

Since the launch of the micro-blogging service Twitter in 2006 a number of academics have experimented with it’s use within education. Examples range from the passive/monologic course announcements to the active/dialogic directed discussion. This workshop will explore some educational ‘Twitter hacks’ which cover a wide range of activities from a free SMS broadcast system, Twitter for classroom voting and the application of social network analysis to for mining Twitter for actionable insights. As part of this participants will be shown a range of free and open source tools to assist in Twitter data collection and analysis including the Twitter Archiving Google Spreadsheet (TAGS) and NodeXL.

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9 Wrong And 8 Right Ways Students Should Use Technology - Edudemic

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From www.edudemic.com - August 10, 2013 12:07 PM
A thoughtful visual about ways students should use technology asks the big question: what do you want kids to do with technology?
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Use of Twitter across educational settings: a review of the literature | International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education 

Use of Twitter across educational settings: a review of the literature | International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education  | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
From educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com - October 1, 2019 4:03 PM
The use of social media across the educational landscape is on the rise. Subsequently, the body of research on this topic is vibrant and growing. In this article, we present findings from a review of 103 peer-reviewed scientific studies published over the last decade (2007–2017) that address the use of Twitter for educational purposes across formal and informal settings. The majority of the studies reported in the literature are descriptive case studies carried out with students in North American and European higher education settings. Analysis of these studies signals Twitter as a useful tool for communication due to high accessibility, novelty, and real-time format. Students, teachers, and other stakeholders use it as a pedagogical tool to gain information, interact and engage with each other, participate in their respective communities of interests, and share their insights about specific topics. Moreover, Twitter has the potential to enhance students’ learning capabilities as well as improve their motivation and engagement due to its unique features and non-traditional teaching approach. Finally, our analysis advocates for carrying out further empirical studies focusing on digital trace data and inference, particularly in the developing countries.

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4 proven ways to get teachers to use technology

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From www.eschoolnews.com - April 5, 2018 8:45 AM
Without proper guidance and support, it is easy for teachers to feel overwhelmed and anxious about integrating technology into their classrooms. An Education Week report revealed that only about 50 percent of educators are comfortable with technology and an even smaller number use it for activities other than testing. Another study from Harris Interactive revealed that 89 percent of teachers think edtech improves student outcomes but only 14 percent of teachers use digital curricula weekly.
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Tech Tips for Teachers: 3 Ways to Use QR Codes in the Classroom

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From www.edtechmagazine.com - June 3, 2016 10:40 AM
By making lengthy links more shareable, QR codes help teachers distribute educational resources, student work and parent surveys.

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Google and Microsoft are teaming up to investigate how computing can be improved in Britain's schools

Google and Microsoft are teaming up to investigate how computing can be improved in Britain's schools | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
From www.businessinsider.com.au - May 12, 2016 6:02 PM

They may be rivals, but Google and Microsoft are planning to work together to investigate how computing is taught in Britain’s schools and see whether it can be improved. 


The US tech giants announced on Thursday that they want to identify the challenges teachers have faced since computer science was introduced into the national curriculum in 2014.

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What teachers that use technology believe | Edu...

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From www.scoop.it - January 19, 2016 7:29 PM

What do teachers that use technology believe (as it pertains to teaching with technology)?

This will read a lot like a pro-education technology post because it (more or less) is.

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Top 18 Incredible Resources On Using QR Codes in eLearning and mLearning - eLearning Industry

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From elearningindustry.com - October 7, 2015 10:40 AM
Top 18 Incredible Resources on Using QR Codes in eLearning and mLearning. Using QR Codes in eLearning and mLearning.
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Seven Ways to Break the Consumer Mindset in Schools | John Spencer

Seven Ways to Break the Consumer Mindset in Schools | John Spencer | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
From www.spencerideas.org - August 25, 2015 2:35 PM
When I look at the data, I notice a trend. Students have never used their devices creatively. They have the power to capture and tell a story but they don't. They have the power to connect to an authentic audience, but it's not happening. They have the potential to build models and design products and turn things from wild ideas to tangible realities. However, it's not happening.

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Really useful article with some really good points about the use of technology by our students.
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Research studies |Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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From www.educatorstechnology.com - November 2, 2014 12:55 PM

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education  [Posts with label 'Research Studies' new findings impacting on how edtech and new technologies impact on education.]

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Discover Jisc - Teaching Techniques

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From www.jisctechdis.ac.uk - June 25, 2014 6:22 AM

This area of the Discover Jisc explores examples of seven different teaching techniques and shows how Jisc resources can be used to support each of them.

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The A to Z of Social Media for Academia

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From www.andymiah.net - December 8, 2013 10:23 AM

This post accompanies the newly established ‘Social Media News’ email list for academics and university support staff, sharing info about the latest platforms for use by academics in their professional lives. This is more about tools we can use to create or curate content, rather than a list of resources for use in academia. It will update periodically, but please also send me your recommendations to add.

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The 21st-Century Digital Learner

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From www.edutopia.org - September 7, 2013 2:16 AM
Credit: David Julian

I give presentations to educators at every level, all around the world. All of the teachers are earnestly trying to adapt their educational system to the twenty-first century.
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