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Lessons Learned During My First Year as a Community College President

Edsurge

Over the past 12 months, I learned more than any textbook could ever explain, more than any seminar could ever teach, and more than any video could ever portray. I also remembered how my acceptance into the community college’s work-study employment program served as the turning point in my academic and career pathways.

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Make your LMS a social learning platform

Ask a Tech Teacher

We inadvertently learn from our daily social interactions, with most of our informal learning happens through online sources of information. For example, YouTube, social media, news websites, even self-help videos/blogs which are present in every possible genre. What makes your LMS a social learning platform?

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22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation

TeachThought - Learn better.

I’ve also marked which of these are also ‘digital and social media-friendly’–that is, useful online as well as off. For example, if you were studying calculating the area of a circle, you could ask students to stand and say anything true about the the process. Paideia Seminar. Socratic Seminar.

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AI and Libraries Mini-Conference in Just One Week: Schedule Now Posted | 23 Sessions!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

How have libraries responded to these evolving technologies to better support their communities? Participants are encouraged to use #library2024 and #aiandlibraries on their social media posts about the event. We currently have over 9,500 registrations. OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL: Ray Pun, Ed.D.,

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AI and Libraries Mini-Conference: Call for Propsals Now Open | Closing Keynote Announced

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

How have libraries responded to these evolving technologies to better support their communities? Participants are encouraged to use #library2024 and #aiandlibraries on their social media posts about the event. We hope you will join us for this popular topic! Proposals will be evaluated and accepted in the order received.

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Technology in Schools: What If We’ve Just Made Everything Worse

Fractus Learning

When I was studying History at University in the late 1970s I had an eccentric, English born lecturer. When, over the past decade, technology was rapidly introduced into schools it was heralded as the saviour of education. Social Media and Mobile Devices. The Soul Sucking Screens – Antoine Geiger. Digital Literacy.

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The Internet Can Be a Force for Good. Here’s How.

Edsurge

I've probably then added another layer of social responsibility. It's using technology and social media for social good, for solving real problems in local, global and digital communities. I created a first-year seminar for my incoming freshmen called, “Pleased to Tweet You. It needs to be an action.