Learn for free on the Webhttp://stingyscholar.blogspot.com/ Tools for sharingThere are tools that already exist for sharing your materials. These include: * * Open SLedware an initiative of SL educators to make course content accessible to all * List of 2.0 Apps * TeacherTube (think YouTube for teachers) * Zoho show
Problem-based learning scenarios used at the University of Leicester on an Integrated Science course include building the pyramids of Egypt (and using them for astronomy), mock court cases, film productions, and preparations for the 2012 London Olympics. These are used to teach subjects such as space science, nanotechnology, biomechanics, and
In my e-moderating courses recently we have been discussing whether or not ground rules are necessary to manage student expectations. I’m a great believer in groundrules: I think people like to know where they stand, and if expectations are made clear at the beginning, then it is easier to manage
Maps have been around for a long time, but trying to represent a 3D world in 2D has not been easy and we are used to looking at what are actually distorted representations. Until now, online maps have been the same… However Google and Microsoft are beginning to change all
Community is not the same as commonality People at a bus stop are not a community. people who go online are not a community. “A community is a group of people who form relationships over time by interacting regularly around shared experiences, which are of interest to all of them
Rory Cellan-Jones writing on the BBC website says “I met somebody the other day who told me that online networking was so important, and he didn’t have the time, he was paying somebody to be him online. To blog, network, post etc . £1,000 a month too. “ I would
OK, I’m trying to get my head round the changes that Gordon Brown has wrought in the people and agencies responsible for Education in the Government. John Denham is now the head of a new department – the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, responsible for: Universities – teaching and
Here’s an interesting widget that helps you pick co-ordinating colours – particularly good for designing webpages, but also good for colours of any kind! Note: it doesn’t work in Internet Explorer, so you will need Firefox to use it properly, I’m afraid. Get great free widgets at Widgetbox!
At a conference I attended recently, there was much discussion about what “embedding” means in the context of e-learning in Higher Education. I was thinking maybe we should be talking about “Mbedding” because possibly the whole point is to lose the “e”… Technology should be just one of the tools
So – how do you make boring subjects interesting when creating e-learning? Mandatory training can be dry and boring so there needs to be a reason or motivation to undertake it if the learning is to be memorable and considered valuable. In a narrative-based approach, digital storytelling concepts and multimedia