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Open Educational Resources in the Post MOOC Era
It's clear that the landscape of the open education movement is changing every day. The history of MOOCs has been a fascinating tale of supply and demand. The need for open educational resources (OER) have been demanded from learners all over the world and with the immense supply of open educational resources available from schools everywhere demonstrate the importance of MOOC. In response to the ever changing OER movement, UC Irvines Open Chemistry project leads the way in offering a full, coherent curriculum of lectures and coursesrather than individual courses. Another major milestone for MOOCs is the opportunity for learners to earn credits for certain coursesagain furthering the possibilities of the OER movement by lowering the cost of higher education.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
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The Creativity Killers At Work
Is your team creative? Perhaps you need to cultivate an environment that allows positive ideas to flow.
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TAGS: Lifelong Learning, Social Learning
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Learning at the Speed of Links and Conversations
Virtually all of us now live and work in a world of constant and rapid networked information flows. The learning necessary to adapt effectively to these new conditions requires us to remain conscious and choose for ourselves what kind of learning and at what rhythm, so as to improve and grow our personal capability to adapt.
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TAGS: News and Trends
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What MIT Should Have Done
The launch of MITx and similar online initiatives has sparked heated discussion on the future of higher education. In this article, Dan Butin offers an alternative perspective on the limits and possibilities of such MOOCs for teaching and learning in the college classroom.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, Lifelong Learning, News and Trends, Social Learning
OPINIONS, MY TURN
The Scourge of Abstract Abstracts
In his latest "My Turn" column, Ryan Tracey takes issue with article abstracts. All too often, abstracts are an afterthought. A well-written abstract can make all the difference; if an article gets overlooked, the abstract may be the culprit. Tracey shares some tips how on to make your abstract more substantive.
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TAGS: News and Trends
OPINIONS, MY TURN
Moving From Paper to E-Book Reading
Reading in the digital world has both similarities and differences from reading on paper. Books as tangible objects elicit powerful responses linked to the pleasures felt in reading them. Although our eyes scan differently when reading online, reading e-versions of books initially seems similar to reading on paper. However digital books have some significantly different aspects that will be especially powerful in academic work.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, Mobile Learning, News and Trends
OPINIONS, MY TURN
What It Means To Modernize
Modernization means thinking differently about how you design learning environments. Not following the latest trends.
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TAGS: Mobile Learning, News and Trends
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Jane's Gems: 10 Must-Read Articles from January
In her monthly column, Jane Hart shares some "gems" useful or valuable tools, resources, and products she has unearthed for learning and performance improvement/support. In this month's column she lists her 10 favorite articles from January 2012.
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TAGS: News and Trends, Social Learning
OPINIONS, MY TURN
Rapid eLearning: Building a House Without an Architect
According to some, rapid eLearning solutions would allow subject matter experts to create eLearning without the intervention of learning professionals. Of course, this way of doing things may save time and money by reducing the number of steps required to design and develop eLearning, but are the end results worth those savings? Rapid eLearning tools have their place in the eLearning toolset, but it takes more that just mastering a software tool to build learning events: It takes good instructional design. And this does not come boxed with the tool.
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TAGS: Course-authoring Tools, Design and Development, News and Trends
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The Four Tech Tools You Should Be Using in Your Classroom But Aren't
This article details four online tools that classroom teachers can utilize to generate new instructional ideas and streamline organization: Prezi, Dropbox, Pinterest, and Springpad.
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TAGS: News and Trends
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Going Mainstream
L & D professionals bemoan the unenvious position of being first on the budget slashing table when businesses need to cut back. We believe in the value we can offer to our organizations and yet, regardless of everything we've worked on to prove our value we still seem to be relegated to "nice to have" when push comes to shove. The problem lies squarely on our shoulders. It is up to us to remodel and re-engineer what we do as part of core business operations.
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TAGS: News and Trends
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Jane's Gems: My 10 Favorite Articles From 2011
In Jane Hart's monthly column for eLearn she shares some "gems"—useful or valuable tools, resources, and products she has unearthed for learning and performance improvement/support. In this month's column she lists her 10 favorite articles from 2011.
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TAGS: News and Trends
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