Gabi Witthaus's List: Learning & teaching

Online symposium on learning-centric technology – From 13th October To 16th October 2009

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PLE Downes Siemens conference on 2009-11-28 and saved by 6 people

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Higher Ambitions UK government higher education policy Mandy Mandelson on 2009-11-11 and saved by 2 people

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sakai moodle blackboard educause on 2009-11-06

Guest Editorial - Reflections on Student Support in Open and Distance Learning Alan Tait

Mentions Unisa as 1st exclusively distance university and quotes from SAIDE abt problems at Unisa.

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irrodl Alan Tait Open University OU UNISA SAIDE on 2009-11-01

The CU Online Handbook

Edited by
Patrick R. Lowenthal
David Thomas
Anna Thai
Brian Yuhnke

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tlt Steve Gilbert ten things on 2009-10-29 and saved by 7 people

There are common threads to this rapidly flickering vision, ideas that I've heard repeatedly over the decades: education will shift the student's role from passive to active. Education will become more self-paced. Many new kinds of students will be involved. As more of the explaining function of education becomes embodied in technology, the faculty role will shift from always being the 'sage on the stage' toward spending more time as the 'guide on the side' (i.e., coaching and managing the learning process). Although the upfront costs would be large, there will be cost savings, too. And the exponential improvement in the power and efficiency of computer chips will help assure that the wave of change that we could already see would soon accelerate. Those are frequently repeated hopes.

THE BAD NEWS

Since 1966, most predictions I've heard for technology-driven, paradigm-shifting change in the "how" of learning have not come true - not pervasively, not yet. Other predictions about the 'who', 'what' and (especially) the costs have been slow to come true, too.

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Ale's course at OU

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OU certificate management on 2009-10-29

Vanessa, Carola's sister-in-law.

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webquest on 2009-10-18

Corporate Training Failing to Keep up with Technology, online learning Professor warns

University of Leicester expert calls on businesses to work closer with university e-learning teams

Issued on 08 October 2009

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leicester gillysalmon corporate training on 2009-10-12

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PLE symposium learning-centric Downes CCK09 on 2009-10-09 and saved by 7 people

This title of a webinar hosted by CLO Magazine caught my attention and I thought I would throw it out to you for your opinions. I think both directions have great value, just different drivers and potential benefits. So, do you really need an Enterprise LMS?

How do you know what LMS is best for your organization?

They tossed out some startling statistics large corporations (10K employees and up) have 5 or more LMS in many cases. So there must be some value to having departmental/divisional LMS, yes? Or is this the case that they are so large the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing?

Could we be moving toward more user-centric learning portals offering more than a course library? What do you think?

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learntrends LMS corporate training on 2009-09-30

The relation of new media practices to traditional literacy practices in the academy and the professions.

Friday October 16th 2009 10am-4,30pm
Room 1.26, Paterson's Land, Moray House, Edinburgh University

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digital lliteracy higher education on 2009-09-21

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine the foundational principles and practices of distance education in the context of recent developments in the areas of online learning. The point is made that online learning had its genesis apart from mainstream distance education. As a result, it is argued that distance education has not fully embraced the collaborative potential of online learning. The paper concludes with the question of whether or not the concepts and practices of distance education can be reformulated and aligned to incorporate the potential and possibilities of online learning.

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Garrison distance learning online The Journal of Distance Education on 2009-09-17 and saved by 3 people

This is a collection of 2 Minute Moodles – an attempt to simplify and show how to use a range of Moodle features. The list will grow as I find time to cook some more.

The tutorials try not to assume too much previous knowledge and are presented for the pragmatical and not necessarily tech-savy users (Moodle purists please excuse). They are a bit like that product I got the pun from – something quick and simple to get you going.

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Moodle tutorials on 2009-09-06

Gartner predicts doom and gloom all round for technology interventions. Hmmm - I'm not sure.

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European wiki on virtual campuses – globally

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Re.ViCa is a project funded by the European Commission. It is doing a review of Virtual Campuses all over Europe. As part of this project, and to disseminate its results, Re.Vica has created a wiki (www.virtualcampuses.eu).

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