Skip to main content

Home/ Groups/ beyondwebct
Rss Feed
Sort By: Most Recent | Popular Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
1More

Online Learning in Higher Education. | D'etre une prof! - 0 views

didanglais.edublogs.org/...e-learning-in-higher-education online learning higher ed learncentral elluminate
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 30 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 30 Sep 10
     
    Candida blogged about her experience with us immediately after our LearnCentral session on online learning in higher ed
7More

10 Rules of Teaching in this Century -- Campus Technology - 0 views

campustechnology.com/...-teaching-in-this-century.aspx learner technology highered learning2.0
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 01 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • the knowledge developed during the course does not pre-exist the course. Second, since the knowledge of the course does not exist before the course (because you and the students develop the knowledge during the course), your chief challenge is to manage the process of knowledge discovery.
  • Now, because learning resources and opportunities are infinite, make the move: Don’t just tell students the key knowledge in your field, but help them discover it through problem-based active learning. Change your curriculum from a list of what you will say to a list of essential problems (or questions) that students will address, with your guidance, throughout the semester.
  • It may well be better to re-state learning outcomes in terms of essential problems and the research associated with those essential problems, and build rubrics based on the problems within a problem-based learning structure.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • Move most assessment activity away from testing and toward evaluation of student evidence of learning.
  • In the new paradigm of active and varied learning, testing is less appropriate but assessing student evidence is more appropriate.
  • You, as a faculty member, must be as adept as your students in using Web-based applications, and there is no better way to learn the new breed of applications than to use them yourself for important professional purposes.
  • Barbara Lindsey on 01 Oct 10
     
    Talks about how we now can really walk the walk and have a learner-centered environment and the technologies nec. to support that.
12More

createthefuture - The Future of Learning 10 Years On - 0 views

createthefuture.wikispaces.com/Future+of+Learning+10+Years+On downes futureofed future learning
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 02 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • The purpose of educational institutions, therefore, is not merely to create and distribute learning opportunities and resources, but also to facilitate a student’s participation in a learning environment…
  • The purpose of educational institutions, therefore, is not merely to create and distribute learning opportunities and resources, but also to facilitate a student’s participation in a learning environment – a game, a community, a profession – through the provision of the materials that will assist him or her to, in a sense, see the world in the same way as an accomplished expert; and this is accomplished not merely by presenting learning materials to the learner, but by facilitating the engagement of the learner in conversations with members of that community of experts.
  • In the end, what will be evaluated is a complex portfolio of a student’s online activities.
  • ...9 more annotations...
  • … it is important to understand that place independence means that real learning will occur in real environments, with the contributions of the students not being some artifice designed strictly for practice, but an actual contribution to the business or enterprise in question.
  • Current online learning efforts are based on the idea that learning will occur in a certain online place – a learning management system, say – or will be conducted using certain software tools.
  • … a field trip to a local stream or forest would be seen as a once-a-semester activity, because it would otherwise consume too much class time, it could now become (for some students) a once-a-day activity, with what used to be classroom activities designed around the field trips.
  • as Wenger says, “... the school is not the privileged locus of learning. It is not a self-contained, closed world in which students acquire knowledge to be applied outside, but a part of a broader learning system. The class is not the primary learning event. It is life itself that is the main learning event.”
  • education is fundamentally a process of communication; learning, by contrast, is fundamentally a process of growth
  • Traditional learning composed of classes and cohorts operates more as a group than as a network … Classes are closed; there is a clear barrier between members and non-members. … In the case of informal learning, however, the structure is much looser. People pursue their own objectives in their own way, while at the same time initiating and sustaining an ongoing dialogue with others pursuing similar objectives.
  • In traditional learning, success is achieved not merely by passing the test but in some way being recognized as having achieved expertise. A test-only system is a coarse system of measurement for a complex achievement. (NOTE: See Frank Smith's The Book of Learning and Forgetting)
  • Despite the efforts of educators and individuals to create (often lavish and complex) learning environments for students, this will in the long run not be necessary. Learners will create their own communities, their own environments. At most, the educator needs to ensure that the tools are there for students to use, and that the channels of communication, from student to student, from community to community, are open.
  • … it is probably inevitable that the domains of ‘learning’ and ‘testing’ will separate. In the future it may even be thought of as quaint that those responsible for the fostering of learning were also those responsible for evaluating whether or not learning actually happened. People who are in some way able to demonstrate their ability – through a portfolio system, for example, are able to circumvent the need for testing altogether.
1More

Mosquito Ringtones - Download the Mosquito Ring Tone Free - 0 views

www.freemosquitoringtones.org ringtones test hearing teachers parents mobile
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 03 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 03 Oct 10
     
    Ring tones teachers and parents can't hear
1More

The Eight-Year Study Project - 0 views

www.8yearstudy.org/projectintro.html study experimental testing assessment 1930s university assessmentforlearning
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 04 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 04 Oct 10
     
    The Eight Year Study, considered by many educational researchers to be one of the best program evaluation studies ever conducted, followed the students from more than 30 experimental high schools during the 1930's. Although the students from the experimental schools only did as well or slightly better on standardized test scores than students from their traditional counterparts, the students from the experimental schools showed many improvements in other areas.
3More

The Newest Media and a Principled Approach for Integrating Technology Into Instruction ... - 0 views

campustechnology.com/...chnology-into-instruction.aspx assessmentforlearning assessment technology
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 04 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Given the evolution of new media, how can educators determine what to use, when, and why? Hence, our guiding question is, how should educators assess the effectiveness of new media using performance-based measures—not relying only on the often-used survey of student satisfaction?
  • One strategy we employ applies equally to any new approach in teaching, whether it employs “new media” or not. That strategy is to apply some of the best current knowledge from cognitive and learning sciences to assess proposed teaching innovation.
  • What is the educational need, problem, or gap for which use of new media might potentially enhance learning?
1More

Google Reader - !ECI831-Fall2010 - Student Blogs - 0 views

www.google.com/reader/bundle/user/16249773252705102935/bundle/!ECI831-Fall2010 - Student Blogs googlereader couros students assessmentforlearning
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 04 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 04 Oct 10
     
    Description: For-Credit Student Blogs of eci831 - Fall 2010 A bundle is a collection of blogs and websites hand-selected by your friend on a particular topic or interest. You can keep up to date with them all in one place by subscribing in Google Reader.
1More

YouTube - Sintel - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch opensource film video
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 05 Oct 10
     
    "Sintel" is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender. With initial funding provided by 1000s of donations via the internet community, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as for independent animation film. This 15 minute film has been realized in the studio of the Amsterdam Blender Institute, by an international team of artists and developers. In addition to that, several crucial technical and creative targets have been realized online, by developers and artists and teams all over the world.
1More

Edreform Required Reading List - 0 views

spreadsheets.google.com/pub twitter learning2.0
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 05 Oct 10
     
    Results from @anderscj tweet asking for recommendations
1More

Edreform Required Reading List - 0 views

spreadsheets.google.com/viewform twitter googledocs survey learning2.0 pln
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 05 Oct 10
     
    @anderscj google survey for reading list for ed reform
1More

How do students become thoughtful - 0 views

www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/Justice/Web page/Puzzle jigsaw puzzle activity
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 05 Oct 10
     
    Jigsaw puzzle activity
1More

The Future of Education is Here » Blog Archive » Place-based Education - 0 views

blog.futureofed.org/...place-based-education gates education video learning2.0
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 05 Oct 10
     
    Bill Gates talks about current and future ed trends as he sees it.
18More

Views: To What End? - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...obanion assessment education learning students higher quality
shared by Celeste Arrieta on 06 Oct 10 - Cached
    • Celeste Arrieta
      Celeste Arrieta on 06 Oct 10
       
      Learning for life
  • the goals of completion do not make the assumption that our (and their) work is finished when the students receive these initial degrees and certificates
  • be able to make informed decisions and use clear judgmen
  • ...15 more annotations...
  • develop coping skills, life skills, and team skills so they can create a satisfying philosophy by which to live and by which to contribute to the general welfare
  • General education is a corollary of liberal education
  • “quality of life” issues for these students to help them succeed in fulfilling careers and contribute to the betterment of society
  • they are strategically located in the right places
  • the colleges are still primarily staffed by part-time faculty who instruct a study body that is primarily part-time. These are not the best conditions for taking on a mandate to change the world.
  • When the social order is rumbling with change, when new movements are afoot, when fear stalks the land, when money flows from the heavens — when there is a tectonic shift in the community college zeitgeist — there is great opportunity to change our routine; there is opportunity for significant reform
  • “learning” is the same thing, or at least is deeply reflected, in what we mean by degree and certificate completion
    • Celeste Arrieta
      Celeste Arrieta on 06 Oct 10
       
      Is it?
  • pendulum
  • balance
  • overall purpose and what we mean by a truly educated person
  • It took years to purge the idea of the “terminal” degree from the community college lexicon and years more to embed the principles of lifelong learning into our programs and practices
  • Today we must prepare students for the challenges of changing careers and jobs five or six times in their lives
  • students need the skills to succeed in an initial job, but they also need the skills to cope with changes in the economy and the culture — skills to transition into their next job
    • Celeste Arrieta
      Celeste Arrieta on 06 Oct 10
       
      quality education - premier education
1More

xkcd: Online Communities 2 - 0 views

xkcd.com/802 online communities map xkcd
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 06 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 06 Oct 10
     
    Thanks to Karen Zook for alerting us to this update on a classic!
8More

Cell Phones in the (Language) Classroom: Recasting the Debate (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | ED... - 0 views

www.educause.edu/...192995
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 06 Oct 10 - Cached
  • My Google Voice number has served primarily as a messaging service students call (sometimes spontaneously during the instructional period, more often outside of the classroom) to record dialogues, poetry, even song, either individually or in pairs. These recordings are stored on Google servers, but can be downloaded and posted on course management pages (Moodle, Blackboard, Sakai, etc.) or podcasting, blogging, or social networking sites (I post particularly good recordings on my Spanish Facebook page). While I have yet to experiment with this particular feature, Google Voice can also be used for conference calling, and dialogues with groups of students can be recorded for later informal group or formal teacher evaluation.
    • Barbara Lindsey
      Barbara Lindsey on 06 Oct 10
       
      Do you see any issues with posting recordings on Facebook?
  • It is generally accepted that students work harder and become more engaged and invested in activities and assignments that might be publicly posted (on the Internet or otherwise). My own experience shows that students required to record speech of any kind in a computer laboratory setting spend considerable time preparing prior to recording. The very act of recording their voices — creating a permanent record of their speech — instilled a strong desire to perform well. In short, the act of recording increased students’ investment and engagement in the learning process.
    • Barbara Lindsey
      Barbara Lindsey on 06 Oct 10
       
      Do you find this to be true for your students as well? How about for you?
  • The access that I had to that student combined with the ease and speed of communication presented by Google Voice solved more than a pronunciation problem; it likely helped me head off a building class management issue by engaging that student on his terms outside of the classroom setting.
    • Barbara Lindsey
      Barbara Lindsey on 06 Oct 10
       
      Your thoughts?
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • “I have a student who hasn’t done any homework this quarter, and out of the blue he sent me a goofy text message to my Google Voice number — completely unrelated to Spanish — something like “I hate this rain”— and, being the nerdy teacher, I texted him immediately back in Spanish: “No me gusta la lluvia tampoco.” One day later, he walks in for the first time with his homework and makes a big production about turning it in. I can’t help but feel that the personal connection of texting helped him remember — and actually want to do — the work for my class.”
  • While not all students will text back when I supply SMS feedback, those that do, like this one, tend to be looking for specifics and positive reinforcement. How is this additional engagement and interaction bad?
2More

Next Gen Learning Challenges - 0 views

nextgenlearning.com/...upcoming-events educause webinar education highered
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 06 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • This fall, NGLC will host a “Back to Campus” series of webinars targeting the underlying challenges facing higher education today and IT’s role as an enabler of change. Each web seminar is free and open to the public, with virtual seating offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Barbara Lindsey on 06 Oct 10
     
    This fall, NGLC will host a "Back to Campus" series of webinars targeting the underlying challenges facing higher education today and IT's role as an enabler of change. Each web seminar is free and open to the public
2More

eLearn: Feature Article - E-learning 2.0 - 0 views

www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm elearning downes
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 07 Oct 10 - Cached
  • In the future it will be more widely recognized that the learning comes not from the design of learning content but in how it is used. Most e-learning theorists are already there, and are exploring how learning content-whether professionally authored or created by students— can be used as the basis for learning activities rather than the conduit for learning content.
  • there is also an increasing recognition that learning is becoming a creative activity and that the appropriate venue is a platform rather than an application.
2More

Online education evolves as advances in technology make major impact - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2010092405983_3.html online education learning2.0 highered
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 07 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • In just the last few years, the emergence of multi-functional mobile phones and tablets have untethered the Internet from desktop computers, allowing online learning to take place anywhere with an Internet or cellular connection.
  • "What the iPad does is give you a much more portable canvas . . . you can already see the trend of portable learning and learning on demand, so that's huge," Singer said. "These new devices are going to speed it up."
1More

D'etre une prof! - 0 views

didanglais.edublogs.org online learning learning2.0 highered candida
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 07 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 07 Oct 10
     
    Candida blogged about our second online learning session
1More

http://audio.edtechlive.com/indiananecc2007.mp3 - 0 views

audio.edtechlive.com/indiananecc2007.mp3 actfl10 opensource openaccess
shared by Barbara Lindsey on 08 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 08 Oct 10
     
    Top 10 must dos to make opensource successful in the classroom
« First ‹ Previous 601 - 620 Next › Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page