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August 23, 2011 3:01 PM
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We kick off our new E-learning Essentials series with this blog post from Wendy on how to get people on board with your e-learning plans from the very start.
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August 23, 2011 2:48 PM
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August 22, 2011 8:06 PM
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E-Learning by definition of it's flexibility and ease of access, is seen as a major enabler for lifelong learning in the 21st century especially among SMEs, which account for around 99% of all businesses and employ over ...
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August 22, 2011 8:03 PM
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Pitfalls await teachers who publicize lives on social mediaTribune Review... outside of school," said Piekut, a high school English teacher and vice president of the South Allegheny Education Association.
Things have changed , old methods and pedagogies are no longer relevant. The teacher-controlled learning where deconstructed and reconstructed information is presented in a highly formal and standardized classroom settings becomes very obsolete. The urgent questions we should , as educators , ask ourselves are : what is it that made this huge transformation in learning ? and Do we need a new pedagogy to better enhance learning ?
Via Educatorstechnology
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August 22, 2011 11:54 AM
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MiamiHerald.comClicking to class: virtual lessons now the lawSarasota Herald-Tribune"If it's a concept they understand well, they can work a little bit faster," said Joe Binswanger, Sarasota manager of school support services and instructional...
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August 22, 2011 11:53 AM
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Assistive Technology Broadens Its RangeEducation Week NewsBut those bells and whistles are byproducts of the efforts made by educational technology developers to design and refine assistive technology tools that remove barriers to learning for...
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Online education is in danger of replicating a system that isn't working. Yes, I wrote it. With all the potential for innovation that online education has to offer, we have fallen into the pitfall of replication.
Via Amy Tucker
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August 22, 2011 8:06 PM
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Recently, The Huffington Post featured an article entitled “Educators Debate The Merits of Technology and Social Networking in Classrooms,” which explores the recent phenomena of schools and teachers adopting social media practices as methods of...
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August 22, 2011 8:05 PM
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The idea of mobile learning has been talked about seriously for only about 20 years, but the dream of using mobile electronic devices to communicate is at least 100 years old. In the past two or three years, ...
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August 22, 2011 8:02 PM
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Chier Learning OfficerWhy Some Educators Still Struggle With E-LearningChier Learning OfficerEducational institutions still faces challenges in embracing technology and e-learning -- particularly as part of the student assessment process --...
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August 22, 2011 7:48 PM
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SIIA's 2011 Vision K-20 finds schools should do a better job of meeting students' personalized needs and provide higher-caliber assessment tools.
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August 22, 2011 11:53 AM
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New E-Learning Funding Tactics Seen as NecessaryEducation Week NewsIn addition, federal lawmakers have defunded the Enhancing Education Through Technology, or EETT, program, which once provided $700 million a year in grants to districts for educational...
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August 22, 2011 11:51 AM
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6abc.comSocial Media Law Specifics AddressedPatch.comJane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) told attendees at the Rockwood School District board of education meeting Thursday that social media laws are necessary due to the number of incidences of sexual...
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