February 2011
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January 2011
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McGraw Hill Gets In On the Mobile Education Market →
There is some very encouraging news that publishers are taking mobile learning seriously. Although this will undoubtedly be helpful to developing countries, I am hopeful it will begin to push Universities to begin developing strategies to leverage this content for use in mobile devices here in the US. The issue is not that students need an ipad or iphone to learn, but rather schools have to...
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Tips and Tricks for Teaching Online: How to Teach... →
Good reference material.
This paper summarizes some of the best ideas and practices gathered from successful online instructors and recent literature. Suggestions include good online class design, syllabus development, and online class facilitation offering hints for success for both new and experienced online instructors.
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Virtual classrooms: Online education is changing... →
Very interesting article, however I take issue with the author’s use of the phrase “Computer classes” instead of Online or Distance Education Classes.
I don’t think any of the predictions listed below are particularly surprising, but even I would need some convincing that Physical Education, as the average person would think of it (gym class), should be online.
DON’T BE...
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What Technologies Will Rock Education in 2011...... →
TechCrunch put out a list of technologies that they believe will “Rock” 2011. Anyone in education already knows that it takes a bit longer for the next big thing to really hit our world. However, there are a couple trends (if not actual predictions) worth keeping an eye on in the years to come…
1- Mobile/Social Technology and Distance Education- You will find that almost...