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In an ideal world, what would ebooks do that would make them not a substitute for print books, but better than print books?

"Video is not being used enough in online learning in post-secondary education. When used it is often an afterthought or an 'extra', rather than an integral part of the design, or is used merely to replicate a classroom lecture, rather than exploiting the unique characteristics of video."

Qualitative analysis of the attitudinal surveys following the
activity provided data regarding students' preference for the Physical Webbing activity over the traditional lecture, acceptance of participatory manipulatives, perceived learning and attitudes towards collaborative kinesthetic three-dimensional Mind Mapping.

Sage Publications site for Cases in Online Interview Research. Chapters 1 & 2 are available for download. 

Presentation slides for the February 21 webinar with Janet Salmons. This session is part of the 2- week discussion at SCoPE
http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=8771

Representation of a discussion paper by Ted Panitz (1996) distinguishing collaborative from cooperative learning, in which he argues: "Collaboration is a philosophy of interaction and personal lifestyle whereas cooperation is a structure of interaction designed to facilitate the accomplishment of an end product or goal" (para. 2).

Excellent analysis of ebook issues and reliance on textbooks in our educational culture. Part of the current seminar discussion at SCoPE. By Alannah Fitzgerald

Poll for the February, 2012 SCoPE seminar:

Is "book" an appropriate metaphor to use with epublications or are they a new "form" needing a new image?

I thought it would be interesting in this SCoPE seminar to discuss our experiences in writing e-books and e-publications. Is the experience of writing similar to other types of writing we've done, or does it differ in some important ways? Did you discover a new twist to your writing voice? Did your Muse carry an iPad? What are some of the creative and technical affordances and stumbling blocks you've encountered? What software did you use that was helpful (or not helpful)? Did you write the book for profit or free distribution, and how did you promote it? What would you do differently if you were starting over from scratch?

PresentationTube integrates a variety of presentation aids and synchronizes presenter's audio and video, PowerPoint slides, whiteboard, drawing board, and Web content.

Students can make use of our extensive video library, practice exercises, and assessments from any computer with access to the web.

Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help.

SCoPE seminar:
As video gets easier to record and publish, it's valuable to step back and ask ourselves a few questions:

Why use video? What purpose does it serve, and what problems does it solve in the online classroom?
How much video is enough? How long should clips be, and how many is too many?
What accompanies video? What do we add or create to increase viewer engagement?
When is security important? How do we balance accessibility and privacy?
What questions do we ask of ourselves and our colleagues when choosing what to film, how to edit it, how to frame it and how to share it?

Bring your questions, your ideas, and what you've read to the discussion. We won't find any definitive answers, but certainly some new scenarios and resources, and new questions to jump start discussions in our respective workplaces.

A site for creating debates

A cartoon about the politics of teacher evaluations

"Educators should choose instructional strategies that are most effective for accomplishing a particular educational objective. From this perspective, instructional strategies are tools available to educators for designing and facilitate learning ."

This project has developed a background and actionable strategies paper for bilateral and multilateral institutions to contribute to global OER activities. These efforts are aimed at helping to promote institutional collaboration in future OER endeavors.

Holger mentioned three kinds of trust:

1) affect-based - "influenced by the first visual expression we have, plus the additional information we get from our other senses" (¶2);
2) cognition-based - derived from analysis of personal info. and behavior (¶3); and
3) swift - derived from observation of "team members' behavior while working on joint projects" (¶4).