Examples of interest on online learning and technology in learning from around the world.
Here’s a great video of one example of Twitter in the Classroom. It includes interviews with students on how they benefit from using Twitter, and the lecturer explains the value of Twitter to her. There’s also an article, How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement, which is another take on Twitter (this too...
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I’ve just enjoyed a presentation by Jarrod Robinson, a Sports Co-ordinator from Australia. He talked us through his use of ICT in his classroom – and sports field. You can follow his excellent blog at www.pegeek.com and find links to all that he talked about – and more. That he was talking from Australia at some...
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The elearningeuropa.info website is well worth a hunt around, both for inspiration and for finding out what’s happening in Eurofunding land in relation to elearning. And now they’ve revamped the site. See: elearningeuropa.info launches its new user oriented platform Tweet
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I’ve talked about the Khan Academy here before, and about what an impressive resource it is. Here is a TED talk by the founder of the Khan Academy where he explains how he started it, and his philosophy. I draw your attention to this video for another reason. He makes the point that with...
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I like this piece on for three reasons. 1) The subject. Information overload and how to manage it. Rheingold talks through his approach to the sifting and sorting the information avalanche, and, ih his phrase: “the literacy of crap detection.” 2) Method of delivery. It’s a little piece of learning resource created using free...
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“We’re no longer relegated to sharing this information via a four-paragraph letter,” stated Dunkelberger. “It only takes a few minutes to put together a short video, embed it and distribute it.” See Lecture Capture Brings K-12 Classes Online — THE Journal. But at times a lecture can be an inspiration – like many fellow physicists...
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THE push towards web-based learning at universities has halved student attendance rates in some courses and dramatically increased working hours for lecturers. This is the conclusion of a survey done for an Australian website. It is an admittedly small sample of academics who were questioned, but it does raise all sorts of issues. I...
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A piece from Inside Higher Ed that explores that outcome of Higher Education Institutes releasing course content online and for free. Who does it really benefit? Why are they doing it? News: Online Coursewares Existential Moment – Inside Higher Ed. Tweet
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Now this is technology at its educational best. We have an ongoing news story of true importance – the crisis in Egypt – and some enterprising folk have gathered together ideas and resources for lessons on the topic, and at all levels. They’re using Google Docs, and it’s there for anyone to dip into,...
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A collection of videos – a theme for the week, it seems – on developing and creating online courses and resources, and supporting online learning. As the site says: Instructional Consulting is proud to present Dr. Curt Bonk, Professor in Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University, in a video series addressing the design and best...
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