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Walk the Chalk: 'Blackboard Essentials for Teachers' by William Rice
Find out if the recently released 'Blackboard Essentials for Teachers by William Rice is worth your time.
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TAGS: Delivery Technology, News and Trends
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A Look Back at TCC 2013
The 18th Annual TCC Worldwide Online Conference featured more than 1000 participants and 200 presenters all focused on emerging technologies in education. Highlights from the 2013 event are provided along with details about how organizers fostered a supportive atmosphere and active exchange of ideas through a variety of communication tools, social media use, and a system of digital badges.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
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Attack of the Apps: Helping facilitate online learning with mobile devices
Can iPad apps help facilitate online learning? Naomi McGrath, Educational Development and Communications Officer at the UNE Business School, University of New England, answers this question with a reviews of four apps. It is her hope that using by incorporating mobile apps in the classroom, instructors can improve enable communication to external students. These specific apps have either been used as a gadget to help provide support when teaching, assist with ease of access, or used within an LMS to collaborate information and share with other open source software available online.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, Mobile Learning, News and Trends
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Training 2013 Conference & Expo: A Review
Kevin Thorn shares a detailed recap of Training 2013 Conference & Expo, which attracts training, learning and performance professionals from both the public and private sectors. In this overview, Thorn offers a detailed description of the three-day event. If you have a hard time figuring out which learning conference to attend, this recap will help.
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TAGS: News and Trends
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2013 ASTD TechKnowledge Recap
If you missed this year's TechKnowledge, don't fret. Find out what you missed, as Dave Kelly recaps the ASTD conference, He also discusses the benefits of attending, including the intangibles, which will surely appeal to those new to the field of technology-based learning.
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TAGS: Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
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Book Review: 'E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 2' by Ryan Tracey
Laura Layton-James reviews Ryan Tracey's latest offering of his most compelling blog post. In this curated volume Tracey share his observations, stories, and experience in the eLearning arena.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, News and Trends, Social Learning
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The Best Assessment Tools for the Online Classroom
More and more students at all levels of education submit e-documents for assessment, grading, and instructor review. While retaining an electronic format, there are several free or low cost software tools available to facilitate this process. Each of the tools mentioned here have been empirically tested in the classroom and/or online settinggiving feedback to more than 100 students. Results suggest selecting tools that fit your instructional methods and assignments (while not sacrificing quality) can save you time and actually improve your feedback to students.
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TAGS: Assessment, Digital Literacy, News and Trends
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A Recap of the 18th Annual Sloan Consortium Conference on Online Learning
For nearly 20 years, the Sloan Consortium has held an annual conference on online learning. Keeping with this year's theme "At a Crossroads: Online Education in a Complex World," the conference drew a diverse group of instructors, administrators, support services providers, technology experts, and instructional designers. In this conference overview, Melissa Venable discusses the highlights of the event.
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TAGS: Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
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Book Review: 'Learning Through Practice: Models, Traditions, Orientations, and Approaches' edited by Stephen Billett
Stephen Billett is the editor of "Learning Through Practice: Models, Traditions, Orientations, and Approaches," a collection of chapters by academics from around the globe, with a variety of analytic frameworks and based upon a wide variety of task domains. This is deep reading, not a practitioner-oriented review, but does have rewards for the patient and erudite reader.
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TAGS: Assessment, Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
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Book Review: 'Digital Teaching Platforms: Customizing Classroom Learning For Each Student' edited by Chris Dede and John Richards
Chris Dede and John Richards have amassed 20 years of research and development in using digital learning environment, which is shared in their latest book, Digital Teaching Platforms: Customizing Classroom Learning For Each Student. The material is presented in four parts, providing an overview of digital platforms and how they can be used to support individual student learning.
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TAGS: Digital Literacy, Learning Platforms, Lifelong Learning
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Creating Your Own Stock Photos with Your iPhone: A camera app review
The struggle to find images that balance cost effectiveness for the client along with relevancy to the learner is an all too familiar encounter instructional designers face. To solve this need instructional designers are creating their own collection of stock images using whats at hand; their iPhones. Choosing the right app for the task can be a daunting one, but here Tracy Parish reviews 11 different apps that will help make the amateur photographer look like a pro and expand their image resources.
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TAGS: Design and Development
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A Small Conference with Big Reach
The 8th Annual Innovations in eLearning Symposium (IEL) attracted a variety of speakers and attendees earlier this month. The event focused on three core areas: informal learning and social media, learning and performance analytics, and competitive edge(through innovation. In this recap, Jeanette Campos gives an overview of IEL12, a small conference with global reach.
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TAGS: Design and Development, Implementation, Program Evaluation, Social Learning
Best Practices/Tips, Reviews
Rapid Power Tools: The top performers of eLearning authoring software
Not all authoring tools are created equal. Some require programming skills and a long lead time for development, others are too simplistic to effectively address all of your needs. Enter "rapid power tools." They are easy to use and powerful enough to to create custom learning experiences. In this article, Judy Unrein looks at what's available on the market. Find out which ones make the cut.
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TAGS: Course-authoring Tools, News and Trends
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An Inside Look at ASTD's 2012 International Conference and Exposition
In this article, David Kelly shares some of the lessons learned at the ASTD's 2012 International Conference and Exposition and discusses what makes the conference unique and valuable for attendees.
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TAGS: Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
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Book Review: 'The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-Based Methods and Strategies For Training And Education' by Karl Kapp
Connie Malamed, the eLearning Coach, reviews Karl Kapp's latest book in which he skillfully explores the depth and breadth of gamification.
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TAGS: Games and Simulations
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ASTD TechKnowledge 2012
eLearn Magazine's Editor in Chief, Jane Bozarth, provides a thorough overview of the American Society of Training and Development's Tech Knowledge (TK) 2012 conference, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Keep reading for some key highlights.
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TAGS: Lifelong Learning, News and Trends
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Book Review: 'E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning (Essential Knowledge Resource)'
Laura Layton-James checks out the latest edition of Clark and Mayer's book "E-Learning and the Science of Instruction" and explores the evidence-based research it offers. Her overview explores how the authors provide invaluable support for any instructional designer who wants to create engaging eLearning that delivers.
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TAGS: Design and Development
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Book Review: 'The Mobile Academy' by Clark Quinn
eLearn magazine contributor Stevie Rocco explores Dr. Clark Quinn's "The Mobile Academy," which provides a comprehensive, strategic overview of mobile within the context of higher education.
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TAGS: Mobile Learning
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