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PA Professional Education
"Welcome to the Pennsylvania Department of Education free online Act 48 professional education programs of study provided by Learning Sciences International. The free self-study courses are provided for eligible Pennsylvania educators 24 hours a day/7 days a week."
Cramberry: Online Flash Cards
Create and study flash cards online with Cramberry. Make your own flash cards or use premade sets. Cramberry will quiz you, by picking cards you need more help with.
Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
"A recent 93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education, has a starchy academic title, but a most intriguing conclusion: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”"
GlobalClassroom
The FREE Digital Classroom is for teachers, instructors and professors to use a single Digital Classroom for their students. Sign up today to start collaborating, building quizzes, posting assignments and engaging students.
What is the Future of Teaching?
According to the New York Times Bits blog, a recent study funded by the US Department of Education (PDF) found that on the whole, online learning environments actually led to higher tested performance than face-to-face learning environments. “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction,” concluded the report’s authors in their key findings.
Participatory Learning | Active, self-directed learning
Join educator Bill Farren as he travels through four South American countries–three of them chosen by students. Class members will get to vote on what countries their teacher/guide visits and decide on the types of activities the class embarks on. Through their guide, students will interact with local people, ask them questions, request various media, and help solve real problems–all in an engaging format: participatory learning.
Who is it for?
Learners from all over the world: HS students, college students, homeschoolers, unschoolers, adult learners and classroom teachers: (HS or Univ) who’d like to enrich and connect their own class to this one.
BrainHoney
BrainHoney is the only product that truly spans classroom, blended, and online instruction at any level. You need just one system, not three, to manage classroom learning, supplement with online instruction, experiment with online courses, or run a virtual program.
Journal Writing and Adult Learning. ERIC Digest
This digest focuses on several types of journals, exploring their value in assisting adults through their learning journey and summarizing advice from the literature on effective ways to use journals.
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journal writing is closest to natural
speech, and writing can flow without self-consciousness or inhibition. It
reveals thought processes and mental habits, it aids memory, and it provides a
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Journals are tools for growth through critical reflection, for it is not
enough to observe and record experiences, but "equally important is the ability
to make meaning out of what is expressed" - 2 more annotations...
Successful Strategies in Online Education
Distance learning refers to a learning environment in which the...
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The most recent distance technology, the Internet, adds an interactive component not possible with the other technologies - collaborative communication over a prolonged period of time. Traditionally, distance education has been primarily between the instructor and the student, and there has been little or no opportunity for interaction among students.
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Students are able to read and respond to all correspondence, thereby learning from each other as much as from the instructor.
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University of the People > Home
University of the People (UoPeople) is the world’s first tuition-free, online academic institution dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. The high-quality, low-cost and global pedagogical model embraces the worldwide presence of the Internet and dropping technology costs to bring collegiate level studies to even the poorest and most remote places on earth. With the support of respected academics, humanitarians and other visionaries, the UoPeople student body represents a new wave in global education.
Forget iTunes U: Students Now Getting College Credit via YouTube - ReadWriteWeb
A computer science professor at an Australian University is doing something revolutionary with YouTube - he's offering students who can't attend his classes college credit for watching his videos.
The fact that Buckland is not charging the high school students who are remotely attending his courses but is still giving them college credit is what makes what he's doing so different...and perhaps groundbreaking.
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The fact that Buckland is not charging the high school students who are remotely attending his courses but is still giving them college credit is what makes what he's doing so different...and perhaps groundbreaking.
Ten Commandments of eLearning
Some things to consider/remember when using online learning tools with students.
Club Time Machine v2.0 | EN | Home
Club Time Machine™ became an adventurous world and a perfect example on how kids in the age of 6-12 years can be educated and entertained at the same time. It is our goal to keep kids challenged on a daily bases by adding new games, e-learning modules and by organizing events.
How to Create Your Own Online Course: 100 Tools, Guides, and Resources | Best Universities
The resources will help you discover how to combine both what you have to offer and what you wish to gain by guiding you through creating and establishing an online course. No matter what age of student, subject you want to teach, or size of the class, you will find resources and information to bring your class online.
Online Professional Development Courses, Professional Development for Teachers
KDS provides dynamic online professional development courses for K-12 teachers to earn continuing education (CEUs), in-service, or graduate credit. Courses can be applied towards state license recertification, salary increase, and career advancement. KDS specializes in timely content in areas such as differentiated instruction, classroom management, and special education.
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.
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