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EdTech Acronyms Explained

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LMS – Learning Management System (software that runs and manages educational programs). MLD – Mobile Learning Devices. MLearning – Mobile Learning. MOOC – Massively Open Online Course (an online course which has video lectures, problem solving activities, texts and an online community of fellow learners).

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Innovation In E-learning In The Last 10 Years

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This is the level of vitality of smartphones which makes it necessary for the e-learning industry to introduce mLearning, i.e., mobile learning on a large scale. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC is not a new concept in the e-learning industry. Gamification in the Learning Process.

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Video for learning: Today and tomorrow

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Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili on Flickr Educators have been using video for decades. The first time I saw video being used in a classroom was in 1973. I was studying at college and a man in a white coat wheeled a television and video player into the room. Today, video use in the classroom is more commonplace. The future?

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Parabolic learning

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They are only a small group of a dozen students, but over the last few months, my elearning module group has created a very large amount of content, including blogs, wiki pages and videos. mobile learning and a whole host of other themes during the course. The group wiki is here if anyone wishes to view some of their content.

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50 Alternatives To Lecturing

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We were going to include several videos and frameworks, but that makes the post clumsy and slow-loading on smaller mobile devices. Learning through projects. Problem-based learning. Challenge-based learning. I nquiry-based learning. Mobile learning. Gamified learning (gamification).

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10 Experts’ Predictions for Education and Technology in 2016

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Mobile learning. It is therefore important that eLearning content is mobile supported. Many online learning platforms can be used with smartphones, tablets, and desktop computers. Because mobile learning is a trend, one’s own online content should always be tested for smartphone and tablet use.

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The persistence of distance (learning)

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The illustrious history of teaching students at a distance has embraced each new technology as it appeared, from printed text, through telephone, radio and television, CDs and videos cassettes, to modern day, digital age technologies such as mobile phones, the internet and direct satellite broadcasting. We can look back and take stock.