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Can the goals of 21st century learning be met by retooled legacy LMSs, or does the future belong to open learning platforms that utilize the latest technology? "Do you daydream about the future? We thought so. But rather than bore you with our frivolous wish lists (which are mostly comprised of hoverboards and self-lacing shoes), we have asked nine leading futurists to share their visions of the digital world of 2020. Click through the slideshow to see what our experts foresee: artificial intelligence, cloud computing, virtual healthcare and digital jewelry." April 6, 2012
3 Major Publishers Sue Open-Education Textbook Start-Up - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher EducationJohn Shank
Copyright in the digital age - what fun! Via Scoop.it – Educación a Distancia (EaD) ZDNET has a great article with 10 Google Search Secrets that can help you and your students search more effectively and efficiently. Via educationa... Curriculum -- Across education, the very notion of curriculum is changing in a number of ways. We are seeing a shift to newer literacies and are even beginning to entertain significant changes to what core content needs to be taught/learned. My Animoto Video Video created with Animoto! "To teach online, you won't need to know how to code a program, but you will certainly need to educate yourself in some basic Internet and computer skills, such as instructional design and building on your Web 2.0 literacy." "Developing an online course based on an existing face-to-face course requires more than learning how to use the technology and loading the material into the learning management system because, as Catherine Nameth, education outreach coordinator at the University of California-Los Angeles, says, 'not everything will transfer directly from the face-to-face environment to the online environment.' This transition requires the instructor to rethink and reconfigure the material and anticipate students’ needs." April 3, 2012
Just as Good Is No Longer Acceptable: The Promise of Educational Design ResearchJohn Shank
Join Malcolm Brown, ELI director, and Veronica Diaz, ELI associate director, as they moderate this webinar with Susan McKenney and Thomas Reeves. The capacity of educational technology to enhance teaching and learning in higher education would seem more promising than ever with the cavalcade of new technologies that have been introduced into the sector in recent years such as tablet computers, digital textbooks, and serious games. And yet, traditional approaches to educational research and evaluation continue to show “no significant differences.” The future of education: Memorize or analyse? April 3, 2012
Technology and Business Join Forces for Education at Boston University ... - MarketWatch (press release)John Shank
Technology and Business Join Forces for Education at Boston University ...MarketWatch (press release)The winning team took a holistic, two-pronged approach to closing the gaps in communication and access to information with their "Education... Don't miss this issue of the Educational Technology Newsletter: March 2012 http://t.co/k6PHL3az... Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET). Welcome! This blog shares news, resources, and information pertaining to using technology to support high quality instruction. Visit our site - http://ucet.org Do you have a ... Educational technology and media is one of my passions. I’m intrigued by the growth and acceptance of gaming in education. April 3, 2012
'Learning Bursts': A Different Way to Deliver Training - Chief Learning Officer, Solutions for Enterprise ProductivityJohn Shank
A blended learning approach with social components Traditional education or online education. In the past decade it seems that the dominant conversation has been around the potential for online learning, both from for-profit and non-profit options, to disrupt education as an industry.
March 29, 2012
Universities leading the way with education technology | Educational Technology News | 3D Virtual Worlds: Educational TechnologyJohn Shank
"Georgia Institute for Technology's Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U) is a self-described living laboratory for fundamental change in higher education. Digital Storytelling is any combination of images, text, audio and music to create a digital story, either fictional or non-fictional. |