Examples of interest on online learning and technology in learning from around the world.
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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Those flash drives or memory sticks are incredibly useful, but learn from the experience of this US teacher. Tweet
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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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