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Meta-Analysis Shows Online Learning Better, Blended Even Better
According to a meta-analysis by the US Department of Education, face-to-face courses are less effective than online and blended learning. They caution against viewing this as simply a matter of the medium though. It's the changes in what online and blended learning allow (like opportunities for collaboration) that are likely making the difference.
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Eportfolio-NYIT - Resources
Resources and examples for online portfolios, including some tutorials for different tools
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An Overview of E-Portfolios (pdf)
Educause report on e-portfolios, describing different types of e-portfolios and their uses in higher education
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Wired Campus: Electronic Portfolios: a Path to the Future of Learning - Chronicle.com
Argument for the use of electronic portfolios as a more student-centered assessment of learning
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elearnspace. Eportfolios
Benefits and uses of eportfolios in higher education. Describes some models of developing eportfolios.
more fromwww.elearnspace.org
Multimedia Projects | ITS | University of Illinois at Springfield
Sample multimedia projects from the University of Illinois at Springfield
more fromwww.uis.edu
Half an Hour: Blogs in Education
Overview of the benefits and uses of blogs in education
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Only for MY Kid
1998 article by Alfie Kohn on barriers to progressive changes in education, with some proposals for better approaches for working with parents to help them see the benefits
more fromwww.alfiekohn.org
Inside Higher Ed: The Impact of Dropping the SAT
Want to improve diversity at a college without spending a lot of money? Drop the requirement for SAT or ACT as part of admissions.
more fromwww.insidehighered.com
Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning - Emerging Technologies for Learning
George Siemens and Peter Tittenberger have created this wiki handbook for educators who want to incorporate technology into learning. Looks at how and why change is happening in education and how technology can help meet the educational needs of a changing world.
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sciencegeekgirl » The burden of proof: What does education research really tell us?
Looking at the resistance to change in education even when research supports certain strategies (like active learning). Educators resist using new teaching methods when they don't feel the research matches up with their personal experience. Education research isn't the same as pure scientific research in a lab where everything can be controlled, but if there is some repeatability in multiple contexts, isn't that educational research onto something?
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UWM online psych students outperform those in lecture hall class - JSOnline
Comparison of online version of an introductory psych class to the traditional large lecture format. Not surprisingly, when students can work at their own pace and get individualized support, they do better than passive students in a lecture with several hundred other students. The most interesting part about these results to me is that traditionally disadvantaged students were most helped by learning online.
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An absolutely riveting online course: Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching
Not a whole lot new to me here, but a solid collection of principles to guide online facilitators. If you're looking for an introduction for facilitators or administrators who aren't familiar with online learning or don't really "get" why you can't just shovel face-to-face content into an LMS to have a great course, this would be a good way to help show what's required to go beyond the mediocrity typical of many online courses.
more fromwww.cjlt.ca
The Educational Audio & Video Library | Open Culture
Collection of audio and video for education. Includes audio books, podcasts, music, selected YouTube videos, and university content
more fromwww.oculture.com
Dr. Helen Barrett's E-Portfolio Samples
Collection of online portfolio examples with samples from higher ed, K-12, and faculty
more fromelectronicportfolios.org
eportfolio examples
Example portfolios by college students from multiple institutions
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At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard - NYTimes.com
Success story of getting rid of lectures in favor of more active learning for science courses at MIT
more fromwww.nytimes.com
Essential Elements in Designing Online Discussions to Promote Cognitive Presence — A Practical Experience | The Sloan Consortium
JALN article on supporting cognitive presence through designing effective online discussions. The authors goal was to support meaningful interaction in the discussions rather than just playing an "assessment game" where students post the minimum required for grades. The found that discussions did promote cognitive presence and critical thinking. Registration required to read the full PDF article.
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Student Experiences Of Using Weblogs: An Exploratory Study | The Sloan Consortium
JALN article summarizing student reactions to using blogs for learning. Some recurring themes in the survey responses were that blogs helped with learning by showing other viewpoints, providing space to organize and collect thoughts, and prompting thorough analysis of the content. Registration required to read the full PDF article.
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Facilitating Critical Thinking through Online Courses | The Sloan Consortium
JALN article on 10 strategies to help students improve their critical thinking skills. Registration required to read the full PDF article.
"The following ten strategies are proposed: (1) ask questions that can be answered through information seeking, (2) expect students to describe the meanings of their required readings in their own words, (3) motivate students to use effort through grading criteria, (4) stimulate students to give examples of concepts or theories being studied, (5) provide case studies or other examples for application of class content, (6) prompt students to ask questions of each other and the instructor; (7) phrase questions so that additional independent research or reading is required, (8) promote student debates on controversial subjects within the discipline, (9) require students to use journaling, and (10) reinforce students’ use of critical thinking"
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