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Pedagogical Serendipity (or, how Twitter saved my Kindergarten lesson)
My Canadian farmer friends will have the entire last week of December to contribute text, audio and video responses to my students’ questions. When we return on January 4th, students will spend the beginning of my computer lab class reviewing the Voicethread.
The Gallery of Teaching and Learning - CASTL Higher Education
The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
www.courseportflio.org - an international repository for documenting student learning
The portfolios of this section are examples that highlight excellent documentation of student learning
5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best
"Recent studies have shown that using online technology and creating communities of learning through digital connections has proved to be more useful to learning than most face-to-face encounters. So making the assumption that face-to-face is more effective can become prohibitive for our students."
How course management systems impact teaching
Course management systems, like any other technology, have an inherent purpose implied in their design, and therefore a built–in pedagogy. Although these pedagogies are based on instructivist principles, today’s large CMSs have many features suitable for applying more constructivist pedagogies.
Why am I doing this?
"Teachers who resist integrating technology do so partly because they see limited value added. In addition -- as they are learning -- they see time and energy lost, and they anticipate frustration when things don't go smoothly. They ask, "Why bother?" It's a valid question. "
Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference
"The Innovations in Teaching and Learning (ITL) Conference showcases and celebrates the creativity and dedication of University instructors who have demonstrated excellence in their teaching endeavors. "
Could Google Wave Replace Course-Management Systems?
"Google argues that its new Google Wave system could replace e-mail by blending instant messaging, wikis, and image and document sharing into one seamless communication interface. But some college professors and administrators are more excited about Wave's potential to be a course-management-system killer."
Learning Technologies at U. of Maryland
Office of Information Technology new website.
Welcome to Sensei!
"We are a pioneer in mobile and web-based solutions that engage and empower consumers to lead healthier and happier lives. Our programs are focused on promoting learning and lifestyle change through automated interactive dialogue that integrates seamlessly into consumers daily routines."
Mobility Initiative at U. of Maryland
"The Mobility Project is a new initiative of the University of Maryland that is sponsored by the Office of the Sr. Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Office of Information Technology. It is a pilot program to enhance the student education experience by examining the role that mobile Internet access devices might have in the future of instruction, learning and the social growth of students on campus."
What is a PLN, anyway?
PLN is an acronym for Personal Learning Network. The acronym is relatively new, but the idea is not. Teachers have always had learning networks—people we learn from and share with. Teachers are information junkies. We’re also social. Put the two together and you have a personal learning network.
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.
11 Reasons Why a Tablet PC is Better
Once educators realize that they do everything a laptop does PLUS you can draw in the screen, then the next obvious question becomes, “How does this help me in class?” I have some practical examples to share...
Sakai Courseware Management—The Official Guide
A comprehensive and pragmatic guide to using, managing, and maintaining Sakai in the real world.
The Mystery of Faculty Priorities
Further, they note that the trends appear to run counter to the desire of many experts on higher education who would like to see teaching receive more emphasis -- not to mention the many critics of higher education who argue that the research emphasis drives up costs and denies students the attention they deserve.
TLChallenges09 | EDUCAUSE
After four months of spirited discussion, the EDUCAUSE teaching and learning community has voted on the, “Top Teaching and Learning Challenges, 2009.” The final list for 2009, ranked by popularity.
Professors experiment with Twitter as teaching tool
Marquette University associate professor Gee Ekechai uses Twitter to discuss what she's teaching in class with students and connect them with experts in the field of advertising and public relations.
EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Challenges '09 - Debate the list, join the community and collaborate with colleagues
After months of spirited brainstorming, the EDUCAUSE teaching and learning community has identified their “Top Teaching and Learning Challenges, 2009.”
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