Around the World

Examples of interest on online learning and technology in learning from around the world.

Video Primers in an Online Repository for e-Teaching & Learning

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28th January, 2011
Dr Curt Bonk

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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The Khan Academy

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28th January, 2011
The Khan Academy

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere. It boasts over 1800 videos  covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance. The videos have all been been recorded by the one man – Salman Khan. His approach...
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LearnCentral

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15th December, 2009
LearnCentral

California’s Free Digitial Textbook Initiative, hosted by the California Learning Resource Network, has announced the first 10 free digital textbooks to be used in California classrooms. via LearnCentral. Tweet
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Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning

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31st August, 2009
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This US Department of Education report is the result  of a search through the literature from 1996 to 2008 – more than 1,000 empirical studies. It’s simple conclusion is: “The meta-analysis found that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.” Pull up a chair, a coffee, sit...
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New ‘sensory tech’ could help teach piano

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24th February, 2009
New ‘sensory tech’ could help teach piano

Talk about a helping hand: Researchers at Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology are trying to reinvent how students learn to play the piano by developing a special glove that vibrates to cue a budding musician which finger needs to strike a key at a given moment. Full story on eSchool News  Top News...
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6th February, 2009
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India Announces Prototype of $10 Laptop for Education

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4th February, 2009

On the basis that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is, I’ll take this with a crystal of rock salt. However, it’s probably worth imvestigating further… Tweet
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Blackboard, Iowa State work on Moodle integration

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3rd November, 2008

Looks like Blackboard, after threatening world domination by brute-force patent waving, are now working on ways to work with the likes of Moodle and Sakai… Tweet
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Corpus Christi Prof Loses Flash Drive With 8,000 Student Records

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19th June, 2007

Those flash drives or memory sticks are incredibly useful, but learn from the experience of this US teacher. Tweet
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Learning Spaces

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9th September, 2006

Educause have released this rather splendid ebook on learning technologies. It features 43 detailed case studies. Reading this will keep you busy, but well informed! Enjoy… Learning Spaces< /a> Tweet
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