Dennis OConnor's List: E-Learning for Educators

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  • I update this portion of my E-Learning blog whenever I come across promising online work. ~ Dennis
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• Google engineers unveiled the news in a blog and said that they have been working on this "secret project" over the past few months.
• The changes may be more apparent to Web developers and power searchers, so Google is opening up a Web developer preview to get their feedback.

• Another tester liked the fact that Caffeine also provides more results from social networking sites. 

   "I've noticed more Twitter pages in the results with this version of Google. Quite like having that - makes it easier to find people and companies." 

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• With the advent of the World Wide Web and the huge amount of information that is contained there, students need to be able to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability. The ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age.

• Instructional Technology Jobs

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  Please note that this service is provided by the Department of Instructional Systems Technology in the School of Education at Indiana University Bloomington. Anyone can post job announcements here, but we review those job announcements before posting them to this Web site. We reject those job descriptions which appear to be unrelated to instructional technology.

• It’s no secret that bad information abounds on the web.   The most dangerous information, of course, is the kind that’s posted with a hidden agenda, such as paid content masquerading as real content.

  • At least one of the sites listed as a hoax is legitimate! This poses a great evaluation challenge.
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• What I find fascinating about these sites is that most of them are more interesting, more detailed and better presented than the “serious” sites they’re imitating.

• Earn graduate credits via online courses and meet your professional development goals to be certified as highly qualified in the area of e-learning instruction and training.

   

  Candidates who complete the five-course graduate certificate will demonstrate the knowledge and skills to effectively teach or train online and serve as leaders in distance learning initiatives.

  • I invite any Diigo users to join our program!
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• Earn graduate credits via online courses and meet your professional development goals to be certified as highly qualified in the area of e-learning instruction and training.
• • Now is the time to focus on teaching and learning in the 21st Century.
    
    I invite all Diigo users to extend their web 2.0 understandings and insights by joining us! ~ Dennis
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• Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year. Watch the demo video below, sign up for updates and learn more about how to develop with Google Wave.

• Search is at the heart of everything we do at Google. Our engineers work every day to solve the hardest search problems, and thus improve your online experience. Here's a glimpse at what they do, the features they've built and the remarkable user stories that inspire our work.