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Strategies and Tools to Improve Student Behavior and Engagement – SULS0175

Shake Up Learning

In 2008, there weren’t too many options for a digital platform to ask students to interact outside class. Shawn utilized Moodle as a way to encourage students to provide support and help on assignments. Deciding to stay in the classroom meant furthering his education for certification. A Scientific Approach.

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As Instructure Revenue Grows, Questions Emerge Over Bridge Corporate Learning System

Edsurge

International sales accounts for about 20 percent of total revenue for Instructure, which was founded in 2008. Investment bank Barrington Research published a report that highlighted the switch of Spain’s ESIC Business and Marketing School from Moodle to Canvas.

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Week of April 11, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

link] MELBOURNE MOODLE USER GROUP ( Australia Series ) Tue 12 Apr 06:00AM New York / Tue 12 Apr 10:00AM GMT / Tue 12 Apr 10:00PM Sydney Coach Carole. The topic will be ‘How to use Elluminate in conjunction with Moodle for Online courses’.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Canvas and Moodle will continue to make inroads. This idea has been bubbling along for almost six years since Dave Cormier wrote about the concept in 2008. Maybe in 2015 as the universities that signed up to new contracts in 2009/10/11 start to come out of contract and look for something different. On-campus Edtech.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). Indeed, a few weeks after the funding news, Feldstein wrote about “Why Moodle Supporters Should be Concerned,” questioning the sustainability of the project. The company has raised some $77.5

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Canvas and Moodle will continue to make inroads. This idea has been bubbling along for almost six years since Dave Cormier wrote about the concept in 2008. Maybe in 2015 as the universities that signed up to new contracts in 2009/10/11 start to come out of contract and look for something different. On-campus Edtech.

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How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year

Edsurge

For undergraduates in World Regions, the road to an A is paved with: 1) Weekly book reading quizzes —Each week a quiz is posted on Moodle —a free LMS—with questions arising from the two assigned chapters from The Plaid Avenger’s World. 4) International film assignments —Watch the foreign movie of the week and then take a quiz on the film.

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