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May 3, 2012
Is Design Thinking Missing From ADDIE? - The eLearning Coach: The eLearning CoachJohn Shank
Is Design Thinking Missing From ADDIE?- The eLearning Coach: The eLearning Coach http://t.co/sVyuW2Jb via @elearningcoach... May 2, 2012
Ithaka :: Barriers to Adoption of Online Learning Systems in U.S. Higher EducationJohn Shank
Ithaka S+R report. Barriers to adoption of online learning systems in U.S. May 2, 2012
What Do Today's Students Think About the Future of Higher Ed? You Might Be SurprisedJohn Shank
In the last month, I have talked with students at six institutions that represent nearly every corner of our diverse higher-ed system. Professor ratings and 225 million official GPA records for professors. See friends class schedule, your degree courses, calculate and raise your average GPA -in one place. Rhode Island has produced leading innovations like the Big Picture network but it is in the back of the pack when it comes to online and blended learning (see the Digital Learning Now scorecard) but Gist's team is working hard to change that. Google's ambitious book-scanning program is foundering in the courts. Now a Harvard-led group is launching its own sweeping effort to put our literary heritage online. Will the Ivy League succeed where Silicon Valley failed? May 1, 2012
30 specialist (and super smart) search engines | educational technology for teachersJohn Shank
Google is widely (and rightly) recognised as the mother of all search engines. But, if you need to drill down your searches by more specific details, do you trust Google to give you ... Since its inception in 1969, Change magazine has been the bellwether of higher education. It has framed the key issues confronting the academy, attracted the best minds, and shaped the debate. Educational Technology Guy: Five Free Screen Recording Apps and Services http://t.co/A0AKLUs4 @dmeid22... According to Rice University's OpenStax College initiative, the key to open ed success lies in better access to quality, turn-key content. April 25, 2012
West Chester U Opens Ed Tech Center with Focus on Natural User Interfaces -- Campus TechnologyJohn Shank
West Chester University in Pennsylvania will be showing off its new Demonstration and Application Center this week, where students, faculty, and staff can try out new forms of technology and learn more about their application in education. The programme is focused on promoting the development of coherent, inclusive and holistic institutional strategies and organisational approaches for developing digital literacies for all staff and students in UK further and higher education. ... Massive Open Online Courses are leveraging today's technology to provide (typically) free access to world class education. ... Watch hundreds of animated explanations, interactive tutorials, animations and instructional videos, and feel free to embed them on your own web pages. I saw this on the Connected Learning website and had to share it out. I think it's so cool that right on top the webpage they have the embed code so you can easily share this. Thanks to EdSurge for providing a link to this informative presentation by Frank Catalano on trends in educational technology. In it, he outlines five trends that cross K-12 and higher education, and it's certainly hard to argue with any of them. |