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The Magellan Plan in Portugal, Plan Ceibal in Uruguay and other various One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiatives around the world ... before all of these well-publicized large scale national educational technology programs came the 'granddaddy' of all such 1-to-1 computing initiatives: the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) in the northeastern corner of the United States.

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icts-in-education on 2009-12-16

During 2009, SAIDE has engaged on how to pull together its many activities in which it engages that are focused on development, adaptation, and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in a way that will maximize their impact and contribute more systematically towards advancing SAIDE's core mission. In this article, Neil Butcher provides some context to these discussions and reports on SAIDE's new policy on OER.

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oer on 2009-12-14

Schools of all types and sizes are exploring the merits and facets of online learning approaches; but, the online delivery literature has focused on "best practices" generated primarily through the experiences of larger schools that are on the leading edge of this innovation. Small public schools, on the other hand, are faced with unique challenges in profiting from the advice of these first movers. Small schools are hampered as a result of severely constrained resources, among which are personnel, money, infrastructure, and time. These factors limit the ability of small public institutions to fully adopt widely approved online best practices. This article reviews contemporary research on the implementation of online learning, examines one small public school's experience as a case study, discusses the disparities between the capabilities of large versus small public institutions of higher education, and outlines implications for other small schools that wish to pursue online education.

www.westga.edu/...lovvorn124.html - Preview

icts-in-education on 2009-12-16 and saved by 2 people

"The focus of this publication is to act as a guide to the practice of gender budgeting.This handbook assumes an understanding of gender, of the objectives of a gender equality strategy, of the ways in which gender inequality is manifest, of the need for structural change in order to tackle unintentional gender bias, of the basics of gender mainstreaming as a strategy to address gender equality."

www.coe.int/...PDF_CDEG%202008%2015_en.pdf - Preview

gender on 2009-12-15

Speakers and presenters at conferences are increasingly finding their audience live tweeting during their presentation. In most cases, the presenter has no clue about what the audience is saying on Twitter. This leads to a disconnect between the true thoughts of the audience in contrast with that of the presenter. In order to avoid such scenarios, you can incorporate Twitter within your PowerPoint presentation both to be an active participant as well as to gather feedback from the audience.

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web2 twitter on 2009-12-10 and saved by 9 people

Pioneer presenters are using social media to engage their audience and extend the reach of their ideas. Twitter (Twitter), Facebook (Facebook), and numerous custom online tools allow presenters to create a backchannel for their audience's ideas and feedback. This two-way engagement can enrich the audience's understanding as well as the presenter's effectiveness.

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twitter on 2009-12-15 and saved by 10 people

Ever since I got my Google Voice account, I have had to repeatedly explain to friends and colleagues what Google's free phone service is and (more importantly) what it isn't. If you, like them, have heard about Google Voice but still aren't completely clear about how it works and why you should care, here are some quick answers.

www.pcworld.com/...what_is_google_voice.html - Preview

web2 on 2009-12-10

DE Open Access Journal

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odl on 2009-12-18

DE Open Access Journal

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odl on 2009-12-18