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Here is the outline of the main ideas we developed below :
1- Advantages of Facebook in Education
Read more: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/ultimate-guide-to-use-of-facebook-in.html
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The LMS was once the undisputed center of the digital learning ecosystem. But on many campuses, the situation has changed such that the campus online learning environment might be better viewed as a continuum, with the LMS at one end and a student’s own collection of applications, tools, and websites at the other.
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Toward the end of his life, Jobs—along with Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, and others—had set his sights on bringing some disruptive innovation to education, as Isaacson recounts.
Guest Columnist: Michael Horn is Executive Director of Education at Innosight Institute, the co-author of “Disrupting Class.”
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A new patent granted this week aims to stop students from sharing textbooks, both off and online. The patent awarded to economics professor Joseph Henry Vogel hopes to embed the publishing world even further into academia.
(Opinion: Another item from the repository of really stupid ideas in the academy.0
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Every single teacher is concerned about his/ her teaching practices and the skills involved in this process. How many times have you wondered about a better way to teach the same lesson you have delivered to an eariler class? How often have you used technology to engage your students and improve their learning ? These are some recurring questions we keep regurgitating each time our teaching skills are put to the test.
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We asked our community on Twitter to share their tips on the key traits of good lecturer using the #GoodLecturer hashtag... _____________________ Some student comments resonate here!
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Kim Catcheside takes a look at some of the issues that emerged from the recent live chat about what good teaching should look like in higher education.
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What is it like to teach a free online course to tens of thousands of students? Dozens of professors are doing just that, experimenting with a format known as Massive Open Online Courses.
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Some professors are willing to give tech a chance, but not all.
Future U is a multipart series on the university of the 21st century. We will be investigating the possible future of the textbook, the technological development of libraries, how tech may change the role of the professor, and the future role of technology in museums, research parks, and university-allied institutions of all kinds.
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Beta opening of Scholr.ly: http://scholr.ly/
"What’s most interesting to me is Scholrly’s people-centric emphasis. When you search with a keyword you not only get relevant citations but relevant people as well. The goal is to let users search for people and to figure out who is important within the subject context. And not only that, but what else have those people worked on, who have they worked with, and other related connections."
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YawnBuster® brings alive your PowerPoint slides with Group Activities such as audience polls, games, group exercises and competitions. Now you can get your audience to think, enjoy, participate and identify key takeaways... Via Baiba Svenca
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"The recent announcement that Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are collaborating to provide free online classes through a nonprofit called edX has intensified the interest in online education. While it is exciting that some of the biggest names in education are utilizing the ever changing information landscape to broaden learning opportunities, what do you really get after completing online courses?" Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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The veteran technology commentator argues that a better understanding of how we connect our attention and intentions online can help individuals and society.
"Instead, Rheingold wants to focus on how we use these tools and how users can become more mindful and literate. Net Smart offers up a set of five literacies Rheingold sees as important: attention, participation, collaboration, “crap detection,” and network smarts. As we’ve become more sophisticated in the ways we use the web, we need to adjust how we use it, being able to tell fact from rumor and able to call on the skills and resources of a community to help answer our questions."
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"Maybe I’m wrong, maybe academic publishers will lead the media industry into a new era. Maybe they’ll realize that their business model is outdated and develop new ones. Maybe they’ll change their publishing and distribution strategy so as to make open-access viable (especially given that the libraries would love to move away from physical journals and pay-per-print is viable for those who want a bound version). This would make me ecstatic and I would happily volunteer to review for any traditional publisher who decides to go open-access. But I can’t stand by and watch another generation of scholarship get locked down. It simply isn’t right."
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While some instructors think online teaching will be a breeze, the truth is that the best teachers work really hard to connect with students. CT shares tips from an insider.
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"YouTube is undoubtedly the top video website online. The stats I have recently read are really amazing; 60 hours of video are uploaded every minute with over 3 billion pageviews per day. It also has thousands of channels ranging from technology to Laugh and Gags. Given the important of YouTube as a primary source of video content, Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has dedicated a whole section to reviewing educational tools and tips teachers and students can use to maximize their benefit from YouTube. In this regard, I have selected some of the popular tools I have already reviewed here and compiled them in a list that is handy for any teacher or educator to check whenever time permits."
KF: Many if these tools allow you to focus student attention on specific parts of the video content, others provide ways to improve the video experience - another way of raising the level of engagement.
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10 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have
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Students and Researchers Gain Access to Commercial-grade Software for Sustaining Infrastructure...
Ian Callahan said, “This is a strategic addition to developing Curtin’s information and communications technology initiatives. With seamless access to Bentley software, our students will graduate with the strong skills and knowledge that their prospective employers need to establish or maintain leadership in the design, development, maintenance, and operation of built assets around the world.”
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Twitter wasn't designed with teaching in mind but Rosie Miles finds it an ideal way to encourage students to get under the skin of academic texts.
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The emphasis should be on building digital communication skills so that students can share and develop their ideas and aspirations online, says Dr Abhay Adhikari...
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Some great EdTec infographics here from Vasi Doncheva.
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Visualize your resume in one click....
An online CV builder that makes an infographic of your resume.
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Practical tips and tutorials about using web2.0 tools and mobile apps in education .The best free web, adnroid, smartphone,iPhone, and samsung applications to help you better enhance your mobile learning.
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"Blended Learning is not so much an innovation as it is a natural by-product of the digital domain creeping into physical boundaries. As digital and social media become more and more prevalent in the life of learners, it was only a matter of time before learning became 'blended' by necessity. That said, there’s a bit more to Blended and 'Hybrid' Learning than throwing in a little digital learning." Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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Shrinking budgets and increasing enrollments are putting online instructors in the position of teaching larger classes. Accommodating more students means rethinking how you teach your courses. Otherwise your workload can quickly become overwhelming.
Flexibility is essential to managing large-enrollment courses. Rather than trying to perfect a semester-length online course for 20 students, Restine recommends being prepared to teach more students in various time frames. “Design the course so it can be flexible, because in today’s market you might need to collapse two sections and double the number of students. If you’ve built a course that could only be rolled out one way, then you may have to redesign it under pressure.”
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