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Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World : JISC
As we began our work, the online lifestyle of young people going into higher education was inescapable, and those working in it had sensed a clear change in their students’ pre-entry experience. The time was ripe for an informed, impartial assessment of t
Business of Learning : eLearning Technology
This is a very strange time. While increasing amount of concept work and the pace of change puts a premium on learning, the business of learning faces an incredibly difficult time. In the past few weeks, I've had some really eye-opening conversations ab
Top News - Cell phones used to deliver course content
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says schools and colleges should deliver course content to the cell phones that students use to talk and text every day. Some campus officials are listening, and classes via web-enabled cell phones could be mobile lear
Free Online Courses & Lectures from Great Universities (via Podcast and MP3) | Open Culture
Download free courses & lectures from some of the world’s leading universities, including Stanford, Yale, Berkeley, MIT, Oxford, Harvard and others.
Schoology - Your digital classroom
Schoology has built the first social network for education with an integrated course management system. Teachers, administrators, students and parents are now connected within their own schools and across other school districts.
Tapiohka - Home
Collaborative Learning System
* Provide Online Access to Course Syllabus, Schedule & Resources
* Social Platform Engages Students and Increases Collaboration
* Easy to Use with Intuitive Navigation
* Web-Based Solution Offers Anytime, Any
Twenty of My Favorite Things « Stepping Stones
Recently, a colleague asked me what ideas I might have for interesting student projects that would take advantage of these new, participatory media tools. I thought about it and started to make a list. I came up with about 30 ideas but some of them were
Intelligent Video: The Top Cultural & Educational Video Sites | Open Culture
Looking for great cultural and educational video? Then you’ve come to the right place. Below, we have compiled a list of 46 sites that feature intelligent videos. This list was produced with the help of our faithful readers, and it will grow over time. If
Study: PowerPoint animations are comprehension killers - Ars Technica
We've all sat through mind-numbing PowerPoint presentations, but presentation software appears to have established a permanent foothold in the classroom, so we might as well figure out how to use it properly. A study suggests that animations hinder, rathe
Flat World Knowledge
We preserve the best of the old - books by leading experts, rigorously reviewed and developed to the highest standards. Then we flip it all on its head.
Our books are free online. We offer convenient, low-cost choices for students – softcovers for under
iLearn ezine issue #2: Learning Made Mobile
an ezine about Macs in education. iPods in education, mobile learning, 21st century literacy, 100 best FREE applications for the iPod Touch, Lesson plans, managing a computerlab
Cobocards » Study flashcards and vocabulary online
Cobocards are virtually created flashcards. You can print them and study offline, edit them again and again, compare with older versions, check the status of your knowledge, upload pictures and graphs, include formula with LaTeX, share your flashcards wit
Project Niu | Nature Imparts Understanding
Project Niu is an educational program that provides K-12 students and teachers with hands-on, project-based experiences with satellite technologies used in remotely monitoring the ocean. Through deploying and tracking a satellite-tracked "message in a bot
Introduction to "Cloud Computing"
This class explores three different aspects of cloud computing: distributed data crunching with MapReduce, interactive Web-based applications with Ajax, and renting computing cycles. How are these threads all related? Click here to find out! This course u
Wolfram MathWorld: The Web's Most Extensive Mathematics Resource
is the web's most extensive mathematical resource, provided as a free service to the world's mathematics and internet communities as part of a commitment to education and educational outreach by Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica.
Athabasca University Press - Mobile Learning
This collection is for anyone interested in the use of mobile technology for various distance learning applications. Readers will discover how to design learning materials for delivery on mobile technology and become familiar with the best practices of ot
Academic Earth - Video lectures from the world's top scholars
Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education.
As more and more high quality educational content becomes available online for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real barriers to ac
Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning
This Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning (HETL) has been designed as a resource for educators planning to incorporate technologies in their teaching and learning activities.
Singularity University
based on the NASA Ames campus in Silicon Valley, is an interdisciplinary university whose mission is to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies (bio,
Revolutionaries and Beneficiaries: Better than Natives and Immigrants? : UberNoggin
Most folks who know me know that I disagree with the idea of Natives and Immigrants in terms of technology (ala Prensky). Today’s high schoolers and undergrads are not natives to technology. They don’t have some magical innate ability to understand new te
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