Manifesto for teaching online - Written by teachers and researchers in online education. University of Edinburgh MSc in E-learning 2011 Distance is a positive principle, not a deficit. Online can be the privileged mode."
Digital Learning - beyond eLearning and Blended Learning
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The many dimensions of Digital Learning - edtech, eLearning, blended, authentic, online
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Kim Flintoff's insight:
Free PDF version available: http://www.aupress.ca/books/120146/ebook/99Z_Anderson_2008-Theory_and_Practice_of_Online_Learning.pdf 
learning designer's curator insight,
January 6, 2013 10:27 AM
PDF version available for download free.
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Critics of online education programs commonly refer to the perceived disconnect these create between students and instructors, but a new crowd-sourcing system that offers students personal feedback could help alleviate skeptics’ concerns. Via suifaijohnmak
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Abstract: The implementation of authentic learning elements at education institutions in five countries, eight online courses in total, is examined in this paper. The International Virtual Benchmarking Project (2009-2010) applied the elements of authentic learning developed by Herrington and Oliver (2000) as criteria to evaluate authenticity. Twelve teachers in four benchmarking pairs applied these elements to compare practices and identify development challenges in their online courses. The results indicate multiple roles and perspectives and scaffolding were the most strongly implemented elements. Collaborative construction of knowledge was implemented weakly. Development challenges were identified, such as continuous evaluation in authentic assessment. The project raised teachers’ awareness of cultural background as a factor affecting views on authentic e-learning. Differences in the culture code of e-learning among Finland, Korea, Canada, Belgium and UK are items to consider when developing multicultural learning.**Winner of Outstanding Paper Award at Global Learn 2011**
Leppisaari, I., Herrington, J., Vainio, L. & Im, Y. (2013). Authentic e-Learning in a Multicultural Context: Virtual Benchmarking Cases from Five Countries. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 24(1), 53-73. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Jacqui Kelly's insight:
An interesting way of using badges to recognise credentials/qualifications of the military.
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How has mobile learning impacted teaching and learning in 2012, and what do educational leaders see as the next intriguing directions for mLearning?
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A big transformation is occurring in education as a result of blended and virtual learning, which are becoming more common in U.S. schools at every level. These types of learning have created a new frontier, where the roles of instructors, administrators, students and the entire campus ecosystem are evolving. These changes are leading to a rethinking of the structure of educational institutions, new funding models, new forms of curriculum and new, more personalized approaches to pedagogy. The Q3 Special Report explores the new blended and virtual learning frontier, taking an in-depth look at its challenges and its promise.
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Taking the Lead is designed to help executives in NZ’s tertiary education organisations consider their role in the development and management of e-learning.
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Geologist Leslie Almberg used a variety of technological options to improve learning in her first year class. Vodcasts, pre-practical lectures and use of the iPad in class all assisted in improving student engagement and learning outcomes.
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WHEN James Arvanitakis's students go online for one of his lectures, they won't get a dull recording.
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Internet courses and degrees are exploding at every level of education, but questions remain over whether it's possible to teach people to be face-to-face classroom instructors in a program that's entirely online.
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Modo Labs has released a major update to its mobile campus portal platform. Mobile Campus 2.0 adds new functionality that allows institutions to bring data from learning management and student information systems to students' mobile devices through a single interface. The announcement was made at the Educause 2012 conference, taking place this week in Denver, CO.
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ICEF Monitor has frequently looked at how technology is impacting international student recruitment – from the basic techniques of social media and mobile-optimised websites to the growing popularity of interactive virtual tours and the use of QR codes.
Today, we explore how technological changes are influencing student behaviour and student demands by presenting new research findings as well as an interesting infographic on how technology is changing college life.
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Game play is the best way to get your staff engaged with training and development. The Result: employees trained with gamified elearning learn more factual information, attain a higher skill level and retain more knowledge ... Via Donna Thompson
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In the ninth installment of their monthly column, blended learning experts Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker predict how blended learning programs will evolve in 2013.
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The University of Western Sydney will spend $35 million over three years, including giving away 11,000 iPads, in a bid to keep its content and teaching relevant to students.All new students who enrol…...
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Guest post authored by Chris Proulx, President & CEO of eCornell 2012 was a transformative year in education. Between the introduction of the MOOC (the ‘Massive Open Online Course’), and the explosive growth in the number of online offerings, all...
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The 2012 Yearbook aims to support and inspire education leaders on their paths to a more digital education. The first part of the Yearbook provides education technology market awareness by taking a look at IT spend, funding opportunities and top trends of the 2011-2012 school year. The second part highlights 50 education innovators that have led the way and provided best practice models to imitate. This look at what was done, who is doing it and where we are going is intended to provide guidance to education leaders on their own innovative quests in education.
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As social media become more and more predominant as platforms of connection and collaboration, the need for creating and maintaining a PLN ( Personal/Professional Learning Network ) becomes more pressing. As teachers and educators we are expected to be on top of the latest trends that can inform and enhance our classroom teaching as well as our professional growth.We are also expected to know the web tools that our students use and the new ones we can use with them in the future; but this is not always possible and because not all of our time constraints it becomes difficult to keep up the the new releases . It is at times like these that you can call upon your PLN.
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Project Description This project sought to identify effective strategies that teachers can use within a blended learning environment to enhance learner engagement and achievement. A mixed-method approach was used to collect and analyse data. In total, 541 participants from two North Island universities participated in this project. Ten effective engagement strategies were identified, covering engagement at the beginning of a course, during a course, and re-engaging learners.From the project findings, five conclusions were reached: The quality of learning depends on the depth of student engagement in the learning process.Click on the image to download the summary report (4.67mb PDF)The systematic application of all 10 engagement strategies identified in this study give teachers the best chance of achieving high levels of student engagement.The skills and effort that teachers apply to create learning experiences is the single most important determinant of the quality of the learning environment.Teachers are time-poor and lack adequate technical support and training in pedagogical principles.Blended learning can make a difference. This project was launched at ASCILITE 2012
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Survey of 15,000 Quebec university students shows they’re “old school” when it comes to teaching technology. Via Peter Mellow
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Oxford University was founded in 1096, Cambridge in 1209. Harvard, a relative newcomer, was founded in 1636. Other than religions, few institutions appear to have maintained their existence or their relative status for as long as major universities. And few institutions, notably again other than religions, have seen so little change. Oxford in 2012 teaches students in ways remarkably similar to Oxford in 1096, seated students listening to professors in a classroom.
I suspect that these two facts are related; stasis in methods has led to stasis in status. And I suspect that both of these facts are about to change. Online education will change how universities teach; as a result, online education will change which universities teach.
Advantages of Online Education I see three principle advantages to online education, 1) leverage, especially of the best teachers; 2) time savings; 3) individualized teaching and new technologies.
Nancy L Zingrone's curator insight,
January 26, 2013 7:37 PM
An excellent article on some of the issues around the changes that have come to higher education because of the increasing shift to online and blended education.
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Nesta promotes innovation in the UK. We help people and organisations bring great ideas to life by providing investments and grants and mobilising research, networks and skills.
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At the outset of any industry, the technology tends to be immature and not yet good enough for the majority of users.
“The technology is five years behind where it needs to be.”
It was the complaint of yet another school trying to build a blended-learning model that utilizes multiple providers.
“The software content providers are proprietary. It’s impossible to get data out of them. And when we do, the data doesn’t connect easily to the standards and the data from other providers.”
So went the grumbling from another blended-learning school.
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I like this one: ‘Best practice’ is a totalising term blind to context – there are many ways to get it right'.
Instead of 'best practice' we should use good practice.