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Starting my 2022 Georgetown University ed tech seminar

Bryan Alexander

This week my spring 2022 seminar began. These seminars are mostly discussion based. As the seminar progresses, they will use technologies they study to create these reflections. Open access definitions: SPARC and OSI. OpenStax, “Why we champion perpetual access, free of charge” [link] . ACRL Standards.

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Follow Along With a Grad Seminar About Edtech: Part 1, Picking the Best Tech

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Various aspects of social justice also arose, including inequalities of access to digital educational content and accessibility/disability issues.

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Smartphones in the classroom: friend or foe?

Neo LMS

The combination of students and mobile devices in the classroom has long been a debate topic among education professionals. The use of mobile devices during classes is often regarded as an element of distraction for students. The first time I tried gamification with my students was during a seminar on green marketing and consumerism.

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When Learning Goes Nomadic

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. How does higher education use mobile technology to teach? How does higher education use mobile technology to teach? After that shock, discussion began by exploring the full range of mobile technology available in 2019.

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Here’s the Syllabus for Your Summer Crash Course in Online Education

Edsurge

No one knows yet what the next semester will bring, but there’s a good chance the spaces where you used to teach, whether cavernous lecture hall or cozy seminar room, won’t be available this fall. Is your course mobile-phone friendly? Congratulations, you made it through the virtual semester. Can you deliver content in smaller pieces?

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Students Size Up Edtech’s Dark Side

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Read part 1 , part 2 (about audio) , part 3 (about video) , and part 4 (about mobile tech in education). These divides, in turn, can lead to unequal educational access. This is part 5. This made a great deal of sense.

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Video Assignments Are the New Term Paper. How Does That Change Teaching and Learning?

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. The Google-owned service is widely used that it may already soak up more than a third of all mobile traffic. This is part 3. Read part 1 and part 2. Digital video has taken the world by storm.

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