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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

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The New Education #bookreview

Learning with 'e's

109), arguing that whatever our reaction to digital tools, 'technophilia and technophobia harm in both directions' (p 109). This implies that campus based higher education may not be able to improve at a similar rate, due to its inertia and stagnation. Yes, more students than ever are enrolled on MOOCs (p. Unported License.

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9 Great Nonprofits to Support School Leaders

Tom Murray

When I got connected on social media, my lens was expanded and I became aware additional organizations, as well as their supporting tools and resources. CCSSO also creates and shares a variety of tools and resources for school leaders. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Connect: www.fi.ncsu.edu , @FridayInstitute.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

And as they revise, they can see how long learners spent looking at that passage and other details about how they moved through the digital tool, since every action leaves breadcrumbs to analyze. As a result, educators have been forced to rethink how they teach using digital instructional tools and practices.

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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

IT Bill

This approach to online learning has served to help new-to-online learners navigate the online course, learn to use the most common learning management system (LMS) tools, and interact with their classmates in ways that have modeled the traditional classroom.

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Technology and Casey Green on campus: Future Trends Forum #3, notes and full recording

Bryan Alexander

Possiblye the FCC will extend E-rate funding to poorer areas. Casey sees it not as a tool for learning, nor much of an administrative tool, but a content dissemination platform, “like a supermarket scanner” (cites Cat Finnegan’s research in the Virginia community college system).

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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with 'e's

We are delighted that Terry will be delivering a keynote speech at this year''s European Distance and E-Learning Network ( EDEN ) Conference in Zagreb in June. tools or user generated content tools are very exciting and I think promise to greatly enhance distance teaching and learning. What are your views on MOOCs?

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