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Teacher Vodcasting and Flipped Classroom Network - A social network site for teachers u... - 0 views

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Resources for faculty new to Keene State College

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YouTube - The Forge - Episode 009 (HD) - "Flippin' Education..." - 0 views

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start 17:32 end 28:22 (10 min) Why I Flipped my Classroom by chemistry teacher.

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Donald Clark Plan B: Abandon lectures: increase attendance, attitudes and attainment - 0 views

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Publishers Criticize Federal Investment in Open Educational Resources - Wired Campus - ... - 0 views

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The criticisms came at a meeting this week of a trade group, the Software & Information Industry Association, where companies discussed in several sessions the implications of the grant program, which is designed to expand job training at community colleges.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The criticisms came at a meeting this week of a trade group, the Software & Information Industry Association, where companies discussed in several sessions the implications of the grant program, which is designed to expand job training at community colleges.</div>

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www.browsealoud.com | Online Text-to-Speech Technology to Make Websites Talk! - 0 views

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BrowseAloud reads web pages aloud for people who find it difficult to read online. Reading large amounts of text on screen can be difficult for those with literacy and visual impairments. Price but not sure how much

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">BrowseAloud reads web pages aloud for people who find it difficult to read online. Reading large amounts of text on screen can be difficult for those with literacy and visual impairments. Price but not sure how much</div>

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Welcome to Texthelp Systems - Accessibility Software - 0 views

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Read&Write GOLD our award-winning software product, is designed to assist students and individuals of all ages who require extra assistance when reading or composing text.

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Risk to UK universities posed by private sector is being ignored, say critics | Educati... - 0 views

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The coalition government is driving forward reforms to allow commercial companies to set up universities to compete with traditional institutions. Students at private universities will have access to student loans of up to £6,000 a year from 2012. Further proposals to encourage the for-profit sector are due next month.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The coalition government is driving forward reforms to allow commercial companies to set up universities to compete with traditional institutions. Students at private universities will have access to student loans of up to £6,000 a year from 2012. Further proposals to encourage the for-profit sector are due next month.</div>

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Nature to Release Digital Textbook with New Pricing Plan - eBookNewser - 0 views

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Nature Publishing will announce a new biology textbook on Tuesday, and the textbook will have a digital only edition. The $49 digital textbook will include lifetime access to regularly update content that can be access online, from a tablet, and it can even be printed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nature Publishing will announce a new biology textbook on Tuesday, and the textbook will have a digital only edition. The $49 digital textbook will include lifetime access to regularly update content that can be access online, from a tablet, and it can even be printed. </div>

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Inkling - Interactive textbooks for iPad. - 0 views

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ipad app and list of books available (65 total on 5/23/11)

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So you want to use e-textbooks next year? | edSocialMedia - 0 views

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So you want to use e-textbooks in the 2011-2012 school year? Although there are some quality players in the market, no one platform is quite ready for prime time. What options are available? What are their feature sets?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">So you want to use e-textbooks in the 2011-2012 school year? Although there are some quality players in the market, no one platform is quite ready for prime time. What options are available? What are their feature sets? </div>

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YouTube - A Shared Culture - 0 views

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Great explanation of CC

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Tip 81 - Google Docs Self Check Quizzes - 0 views

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Tip 81 - Google Docs Self Check Quizzes

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Research By Discipline - Summer Workshop: Peer Instruction - 0 views

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Summer Workshop: Peer Instruction

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Applied Math and Science Education Repository - Home - 0 views

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AMSER is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use.

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Online Instructional Resources - Faculty Development Programs at Michigan State University - 1 views

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Teaching in the Disciplines is a new resource that is designed to complement the general and cross-disciplinary resources in the rest of the Online Instructional Resources website. Teaching to the Competencies is also a new resource that is designed to support MSU's Liberal Learning Goals and Outcomes as well as provide additional resources focused on competency-based education.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Teaching in the Disciplines is a new resource that is designed to complement the general and cross-disciplinary resources in the rest of the Online Instructional Resources website. Teaching to the Competencies is also a new resource that is designed to support MSU's Liberal Learning Goals and Outcomes as well as provide additional resources focused on competency-based education.</div>

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The Quiet Revolution in Open Learning - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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Community colleges that compete for federal money to serve students
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online will be obliged to make those materials—videos, text, assessments, curricula, diagnostic tools, and more—available to everyone in the world, free, under a Creative Commons license.
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2-billion Labor-Education project could transport the open-resource movement to a new level of prominence.
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educators can search and shape them into rational sequences of learning.
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departments also plan to organize the materials so tha
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Proposals for the first $500-million of the $2-billion arrived at the Labor Department only a few weeks ago, so the exact nature of the programs remains to be seen.
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The map provides a basic state-by-state view of hate groups per capita. Montana and Mississippi have the highest rates.

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Good E-Book Readers - We have the latest Electronic Readers, Your source for the latest... - 0 views

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Info as well as sales.

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Fotobabble Slideshow - flatstanley - 0 views

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linked photos with audio- beta

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