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Do you need a break? Would you like your computer to give you a reminder about said break? BreakTaker can help by encouraging users "to take short breaks at regular intervals." Visitors can use this application to change the time between break notifications and customize its appearance as well. This version is compatible with all operating systems

Breaking down the flavors of learning analytics

Here are some resources for outcomes. I have written some guides, which are attached, along with an editable .docx you may use at your institution for training. I have attempted to break down outcomes design, building, and reporting through a 4-Step process and have provided a short video going through the steps

The Modern Language Association likes to keep up with the times. As we all know, some information breaks first or only on Twitter and a good academic needs to be able to cite those sources. So, the MLA has devised a standard format that you should keep in mind. Its form is:

it is misleading to suggests that all, or even most, aspects of providing an education should, or could, be placed into the hands of [teachers] Historically, it has been impractical to break up the roles of the teacher. You need a certain scale even to have a separate person assigned as a librarian or an audio-visual coordinator. You need a much greater scale, not to mention much better coordination, to have separate people assigned as lecturers, coaches, theorizers and evaluators. Yet relatively few of these roles need to be performed in person, and most of them scale pretty well. This means that with improved information and communications technologies we can begin to rethink how we've organized labor in education. This is in fact what is happening online, at least, outside the circles of formal education

Whether it's Live Blogging, hosting a weekly Question & Answer session or simply reporting on Breaking News, all readers agree: Live is Better. CoveritLive is already being used by thousands of bloggers and large media companies to engage millions of readers each month. Reviewers and some of the largest sites of the web agree no other software delivers ease of use, scale and reliability like CoveritLive.

A new research project by the Open University explores the much-debated concept of "the digital native". The university does this by making full use of the rich resource which is its own highly diverse student body. It concludes that while there are clear differences between older people and younger in their use of technology, there's no evidence of a clear break between two separate populations.

As you go down the road of web measurement, always start with a goal in mind. When you have your goal in place, then provide context for the measurement. Let's break this down a bit more: How are we defining effectiveness? If the goal is for a user to download a PDF file of an alumni magazine, then you are successful if someone downloads the PD

Mind mapping is a way of taking notes, capturing ideas, exploring concepts and breaking down information into a more readily understood format.