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Helpful Web Resources for Learning about Copyright

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Stanford University Libraries – Copyright & Fair Use : Stanford’s libraries provide extensive resources on copyright and fair use, including case studies, legal documents, and guides tailored to the academic community.

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From Static to Interactive and From Open to Free: Consequences Both Intended and Unintended

Iterating Toward Openness

The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A Case Study , by Juan I. So why did the Chilean math students who used Khan Academy do better than those who used either an open textbook or a traditionally copyrighted textbook?

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Active Learning in the Math Classroom

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Students might learn through games, projects, debates, talking with peers, case studies, just-in-time teaching, or short demonstrations followed by class discussion. Khan Academy ? Khan Academy ? Study Island ? In other words, active learning is the opposite of passive listening. GoFormative ?

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BETT Latin America

EdTechTeam

Los temas fueron muy variados, hablamos de formularios, hojas de cálculo, expeditions, Khan Academy, Text Help y por supuesto de Chromebooks. An event where more than 120 speakers presented global education success stories, case studies, as well as new proposals by the leaders of educational technology.

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Can technology help teach literacy in poor communities?

eSchool News

For the past four years, researchers at MIT, Tufts University, and Georgia State University have been conducting a study to determine whether tablet computers loaded with literacy applications could improve the reading preparedness of young children living in economically disadvantaged communities.

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Beyond Videos: 4 Ways Instructional Designers Can Craft Immersive Educational Media

Edsurge

Meanwhile, on the other side of the spectrum, resourceful teachers and nonprofits like Khan Academy are still creating low-budget screencasts. Narrate” videos share stories, anecdotes, or case studies that illustrate a concept or put the learning in context. They seek to establish instructor presence.

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10 Books You’ll Want to Read This Summer

Ask a Tech Teacher

Selected as one of Business Week’s Best Books on Innovation in 2008, Disrupting Class is filled with fascinating case studies, scientific findings, and insights into how managed innovation can unleash education. by Salman Khan. Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. by Clayton M.