Second Life places some challenges for educators, such as the high requirements for computer hardware and network speed.
Second Life: Hype or Reality? Higher Education in the Virtual World - DE Oracle - 0 views
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Second Life places some challenges for educators, such as the high requirements for computer hardware and network speed.
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The visual context of the virtual world generated a sense of presence and shared space which make students feel that they have experienced the benefits of a real class.
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THE ROLE OF COMMITMENT TO PEDAGOGICAL QUALITY: THE ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY... - 0 views
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This study examined the importance of faculty's commitment to pedagogical quality (CPQ) in predicting instructional technology adoption. A customized electronic survey of 27 questions was developed and implemented to four higher educational institutions and yielded 104 usable surveys. Data were analyzed with SPSS using correlation and backward stepwise regression methods. Results indicated CPQ is related to instructional technology adoption. Beliefs about instructional technology and categorical variables (academic title, years taught in higher education, and tenure status) affect both CPQ and faculty adoption of instructional technology independently. Intrinsic and extrinsic motives, and teaching in health-related courses also predict adoption
Openness, Dynamic Specialization, and the Disaggregated Future of Higher Education | Wi... - 0 views
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We refer to the painful disconnection between Jay’s lived experience in the real world and the artificial environment inside the classroom as the daily divide. Unlike the digital divide, the daily divide also discriminates against people of higher socioeconomic status. Individuals with abundant access to information and communication technologies who have habits of effective use of these technologies in information-seeking and problem-solving activities are unable to make effective use of these technologies in higher education settings like the class described above.
second life- for the uninitiated - 0 views
Alternate reality games for developing student auto nomy and peer learning" - 0 views
Rising Confidence in Online Higher Ed - 0 views
Creative Use of Podcasting in Higher Education and Its Effect on Competitive Agency - 0 views
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Creating podcasts seems to enhance retention, understanding of and engagement with course content. Lazarri (2009) found that "full-time students co-involved in lessons' podcasting outperformed colleagues of the previous years and achieved higher levels of what we define as competitive agency, that led them to better understand the theoretical issues of the course and to more effective practical skills."
MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching - 0 views
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hi! join this resource and browse the collections of materials. In MERLOT you may find simulations and other cool resources in your discipline that might assist you to achieve one of your learning activities. happy exploring! me
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I heard so much about MERLOT, now finally have a chance to explore it. Great!
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There is a wealth of information here! Its almost too big unless you are looking for something specific!
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This is an amazing resource!
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Putting Educational Innovations Into Practice Find peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials. Share advice and expertise about education with expert colleagues. Be recognized for your contributions to quality education.
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Seems to be more geared toward higher ed, but still a great source of ideas and inspiration.
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Free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education from around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy. MERLOT is a leading edge, user-centered, collection of peer reviewed higher education, online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services.
Online Nation: Five Years of Growth - 0 views
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Five Years of Growth in Online Learning represents the fifth annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education. This year's study, like those for the previous four years, is aimed at answering some of the fundamental questions about thenature and extent of online education, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Class Differences:Online Education in the United States, 2010 - 0 views
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Class Differences: Online Education in the United States, 2010 represents the eighth annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education. The survey is designed, administered and analyzed by the Babson Survey Research Group with support from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This study is aimed at answering some of the fundamental questions about the nature and extent of online education.
What Your Ph.D. Didn't Cover | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
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Now, recognizing that what these instructors need is markedly different training from their counterparts in high schools and at four-year universities, some graduate programs are offering credentials specifically for those students who plan to or already teach at community colleges as a supplement to their subject matter graduate training.
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Those seeking the certificate do not have to be enrolled in a Temple graduate program, and there is a specific track for current community college instructors who, though they are already experts in their discipline, want a professional development opportunity to learn new teaching techniques.
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The certificate for current community college instructors consists of a three-credit seminar on “teaching in higher education” — with broad-based lessons on various teaching philosophies and course designs — and three one-credit modules on specific topics. Current topics are “assessment,” “diversity and inclusive teaching” and “teaching with technology.
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Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally | Tech Learning - 0 views
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Searching or "Googling" - Search engines are now key elements of students' research. At its simplest the student is just entering a key word or phrase into the basic entry pane of the search engine. This skill does not refine the search beyond the key word or term.
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Social bookmarking – this is an online version of local bookmarking or favorites, It is more advanced because you can draw on others' bookmarks and tags. While higher order thinking skills like collaborating and sharing, can and do make use of these skills, this is its simplest form - a simple list of sites saved to an online format rather than locally to the machine.
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Playing – The increasing emergence of games as a mode of education leads to the inclusion of this term in the list. Students who successfully play or operate a game are showing understanding of process and task and application of skills.
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Educators: Are Web - based Resources an Effective Means for Increasing Knowledge in Hig... - 0 views
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Previous research has shown that online instruction has aided in the preparation and retention of special education teachers (Dymond & Bentz, 2006; Knapczyk, Frey, & Wall-Marencik, 2005).
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positively affect attitudes, knowledge
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lack of training during their preservice years in proper interventions for students with disabilities, including modification, accommodations and assistive technology
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Wireless Network Upgrades Will Be Top Priority in 2012 -- Campus Technology - 0 views
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while less than a third (28.3 percent) rep
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ed wired/Ethernet upgrades as a priority for the coming year.
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"The shift from wired networks to a more mobile-centric network architecture is a focused initiative across higher education today,"
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