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School Districts Set Guidelines On Teachers' Social Networking - 0 views

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shared by Kartini Ishak on 05 May 11 - No Cached
  • With a rising trend of teacher firings and suspensions due to inappropriate online behavior, school districts are now beginning to establish guidelines on what teachers can and can't do on social networking sites.
  • Kartini Ishak on 05 May 11
     
    School districts are setting guidelines on teachers' social networking today. 
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Google's OS - 1 views

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shared by raifanacel on 12 May 11 - No Cached
  • raifanacel on 12 May 11
     
    I knew Google would create their own OS someday. Chromebooks made by Samsung and Acer are now sold online on pilot in UK, US and some Europe countries. Looks simple to use. Just like Chrome browser..
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SpringerLink - Education and Information Technologies, Online First™ - 0 views

www.springerlink.com/...7465324r2p471124 CeL video lecture capture
shared by Ashley Tan on 09 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • A Video Lecture Capture (VLC) system was implemented to address issues relating to retention, and to reverse the trend of high drop, failure, and withdrawal (DFW) rates. The purpose of this study was to examine student perceptions of how using VLC impacted their academic performance. Areas of interest surrounded students’ perceived benefits, value, and helpfulness of using the system. In addition, the study probed the concern of many about the impact using VLC would have upon class attendance. Finally the study compared students’ perceptions about their performance as a result of using VLC with faculty perceptions about their students’ performance as a result of using VLC. It was hypothesized that there is a significant difference between student and faculty perceptions.
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Using Facebook for marketing - 10 company examples and engagement tips > Smart Insights... - 0 views

www.smartinsights.com/...-marketing-10-company-examples facebook socialmedia marketing solutions
shared by Kartini Ishak on 16 Jun 11 - Cached
  • Facebook explanation of the best way to engage brands Facebook Head of Brand Solutions, Chris Pan talks about: Fan pages as an authentic voice | Brand fan pages by fans | Content is king | What people want to hear vs. what you want to tell them | Facebook marketing solutions
  • Kartini Ishak on 16 Jun 11
     
    View the video by Facebook's Head of Brand Solutions, Chris Pan on Facebook explanation of the best way to engage brands. It is how fan pages on Facebook acts as a voice of the company/organization, content we provide is important and what people wants. 
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QR Code Generator: QR Stuff Free Online QR Code Creator And Encoder For T-Shirts, Busin... - 1 views

www.qrstuff.com qrcode generator QR codes
shared by Kartini Ishak on 01 Aug 11 - Cached
  • Ashley Tan on 01 Aug 11
     
    Thanks for sharing this. I had previously only used http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ but qrstuff.com is richer!
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Defaults are bad « Lisa's (Online) Teaching Blog - 1 views

lisahistory.net/...defaults-are-bad lms bb blackboard
shared by Ashley Tan on 18 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • My class is organized like a syllabus. I need a button for Unit 1, a button for Unit 2. Every time we do a workshop where one of our faculty demonstrates how we’ve adjusted an LMS to make it look like a syllabus, we see light bulbs go on all over the room. We have, over the years, called these workshops things like “Making Blackboard Work for You”, “Redesigning Blackboard”, and “The Interactive Syllabus”. Yesterday our presenters Andrea Petri and Laura Paciorek gave a workshop called “A New Wardrobe for Blackboard: Technical Basics of Instructional Design”. Andrea showed us his class, organized into units, with each unit a page full of links, all in one place for that unit. We’ve got tutorials, like this one on creating an interactive syllabus in Blackboard by Pilar Hernández . We have a handout showing a logical chapter-based LMS menu. Laura Paciorek made a screencast on how to change the Blackboard menu .
  • Ashley Tan on 18 Aug 11
     
    Something for the ETs and Jason to read and react to.
  • yeuann on 18 Aug 11
     
    Interesting article! I think one reason why many teachers keep on sticking to the defaults is because _precisely_ BB can be so flexible and do so many things, and there's a lot of templates available. This panoply of choices leads to decision fatigue on the teachers' part: "Which features should I use for presenting to my students? how can I package and so on... arrrrh I'll just stick with the defaults and customize another day." (Can read more about decision fatigue at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-decision-fatigue.html) So, I think our training strategies would have to recognize and take into account this human tendency to choose the easy defaults, especially when mentally tired.
  • jasonyai on 19 Aug 11
     
    Defaults are bad? hmmm... My son started using the kiddy skate scooter about 4 mths ago and he does it like a pro now. When I bought the scooter, it came with 'default settings', i.e. all fixed up and ready to use. He had a go at it and we adjusted the height and widen the handles along the way. He grew more confident and I removed the trainer wheels. I cannot imagine when the scooter came without any 'default settings', i.e. 4 wheels, 2 bars, rubber tubes, etc, I will be quite frustrated setting it up from scratch and my son will be climbing all over me. Defaults cannot be seen as something bad in my opinion. It gives new users or busy people something to start with, I personally appreciate that. When we design instructions, we provide foundations to get our learners started, building blocks or scaffolding their learning as they progress. A range of basic, intermediate or advanced instructional plans can also be presented later on. Essentially, what are the characteristics of our learners or the users of BB? What do you think they need? Demographics of our acad staffs for example are quite 'senior adult learners' (correct me if I am wrong). Do we think we want to present a blank BB page and tell them, 'hey, guess what? its all about customisation now, whatever you want, put it in.' No prize for guessing what their reactions will be. On the other hand, there maybe a group of people who do not want to conform to defaults but to change things or customise their experiences. Nothing wrong with that too. My point is, let's provide a range of options for users, we inform that there are default settings to get them started but there are also room for customisation for the adventurous. We want to be learner centric, hence customisation of experiences but we also do not want to leave anyone behind. That said, I am going to change all my default passwords and user ids of my mobile.... no wonder banks have been calling me to ask if I needed loans.
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Rapid Intake Shout Out: Mobile Learning Gets Higher Course Completion Rates? - 1 views

shoutout.rapidintake.com/...arning-gets-higher-course.html mobile learning
shared by yeuann on 15 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • I've seen some evidence that learners are more likely to complete mobile learning courses (like the ones created with mLearning Studio) than traditional online courses. I assume this is because it is more convenient and thereby more enjoyable, removing the tedious barrier of having to sit in one place to get it done. Also, learners can do smaller chunks when they have time: waiting in line at the grocery store, at a restaurant, and on and on (think of all of the places we now compulsively pull out our mobile device while we wait).
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How mobile learning games are different | Instructional Design Fusions - 3 views

instructionaldesignfusions.wordpress.com/...e-learning-games-are-different mobile games game-based
shared by Shamini Thilarajah on 22 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Mobile learning games offer opportunities for: Mapping:  games that require players to  notice and interact with their communities and physical spaces Touring: games that connect people to organizations (e.g., non-profits, neighborhood organizations) and  people who work there.  These games tell a story through a space, not necessarily about a space. Performing: games that immerse players in role-playing, simulations, and alternative and/or augmented realities
  • Mobile games can incorporate conversations and activities in real-time as well as asynchronous activities through the use of physical and virtual social networks.
  • mobile learning games are more likely to connect learners to physical and social spaces than online games played on personal computers  or using video consoles.
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  • Mobile learning game mechanics should connect to social experiences and tap into all of the affordances of mobile devices, such as the ability to: Take pictures Record audio and video Obtain location-based information (e.g., via GPS), Text Communicate through social media Communicate via phones (probably the least utilized potential of these devices) Additionally, activities should be tied to locations that are relevant to the learners (e.g., schools, popular clubs, relevant workplace environments) (Maxl & Tarkus, n.d.).
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100 Serious Twitter Tips for Academics | Best Colleges Online - 1 views

www.bestcollegesonline.com/...ous-twitter-tips-for-academics twitter
shared by Eveleen Er on 03 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Eveleen Er on 03 Oct 11
     
    Good resource on twitter
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Teachers told not to friend students on Facebook - 1 views

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shared by Kartini Ishak on 14 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Facebook is not banned from the classroom. Facebook pages or groups established for classroom use are allowed — as is most other social media. However, teachers are strictly forbidden to communicate with students through any personal means, such as private instant messages or through personal Facebook profiles. According to the advisory, teachers must decline student-initiated friend requests, and never initiate a friend request with a student. The college asserts that when a teacher and a student become friends in an online environment, the dynamic between them is forever changed. An invisible line between professional and personal is crossed, which can lead to strictly forbidden informal conversations.
  • Kartini Ishak on 14 Apr 11
     
    The Ontario College of Teachers report accompanied by a 6-min YouTube video on the approach to social media in the classroom.
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Trivia Goes Digital with 'A Google a Day' | News & Opinion | PCMag.com - 0 views

www.pcmag.com/...0,2817,2383379,00.asp games play google
shared by rahim azhar on 19 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • A Google a Day is a new daily puzzle that will be hosted at agoogleaday.com and printed above the New York Times crossword puzzle. Answers will be revealed the next day online and in the paper. Like the Times's crossword puzzle, the Google trivia questions will increase in difficulty as the week goes on.
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ShowMeApp - 1 views

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shared by youfang cao on 21 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • youfang cao on 21 Apr 11
     
    -creating a global learning community -easily record interactive lesssons on iPad and share online
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How Social Media is Affecting the Way We Speak and Write - Online Collaboration - 2 views

gigaom.com/...ing-the-way-we-speak-and-write social media learning
shared by Kartini Ishak on 12 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Kartini Ishak on 12 Jul 11
     
    This is a good article I found when I was on TLDC Self Access Centre (ELL, NIE) Facebook page. An insight on how social media speaks today and its repercussion. 
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Contemplative Computing - 0 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...contemplative-computing.php E-Learning
shared by yeuann on 12 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • So can computers actually help improve our concentration and contemplation, instead of leading us into distraction? The problem, as Pang puts it, is that "Technologies that were supposed to help us think better, work more efficiently, and connect more meaningfully with others now interrupt us, divide our attention, and stretch us thin."
  • In the paper he outlines give principles of contemplative computing; Build awareness through DIY and self-experimentation Recognize that we are cyborgs, and humans Create rewarding challenges Support mind-wandering Treat flow as a means, not an end
  • Pang suggests that we don't have to choose between information technology and contemplation, and suggests contemplative computing as a new way forward. He describes contemplative computing as something you do, not a product. But the principles of contemplative computing could be extending to application design. "The problem is that today's information technologies are often poorly-designed and thoughtlessly used: they're like unreliable prosthetics that we have to depend on, but can't quite control or trust," Pang says.
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  • You might be surprised to see "support mind wandering" on the list. But Pang makes a distinction between mind wandering and distraction, and points out the value creative value of mind wandering and day dreaming (for more on this subject, check out this article by Jonah Lehrer, though Lehrer doesn't really make the distinction between distraction and mind wandering).
  • yeuann on 12 Jul 11
     
    A fascinating post on "contemplative computing", where computing can be used to facilitate and even enhance creative education/workflow process... where the software would allow you to try out multiple versions of a music composition / essay / video seamlessly... while enabling you to wander around exploring on relevant topics on Wikipedia without getting distracted off-topic! :)
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SpringerLink - Education and Information Technologies, Online First™ - 10 views

www.springerlink.com/...u0g74573h8141829 designing evaluating blended courses cel
shared by Ashley Tan on 04 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Ashley Tan on 04 Jul 11
     
    Something the IDs might like to chew on. Also for any and all who interact with staff and might find the taxonomies useful for educating our clients.
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  • yeuann on 07 Jul 11
     
    Hi Dr. Ashley, sorry, it looks like it's restricted access. Do we have to pay for it, or is there some educational service that we can use to access the article?
  • Ashley Tan on 07 Jul 11
     
    You will need to go to the NIE library for this. They may have already subscribed to it or they can find it for you.
  • yeuann on 11 Jul 11
     
    Dear all, I've downloaded the article already. If anyone of you is interested (unfortunately, it's not available in the NIE library but the NTU library internal network only), please feel free to approach me for a copy.
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Search Engines Change How Memory Works | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

www.wired.com/...search-engine-memory learning search engines memory
shared by yeuann on 15 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Thanks to search engines, most simple facts don’t need to be remembered. They can be accessed with a few keystrokes, plucked from ubiquitous server-stored external memory — and that may be changing how our own memories are maintained. A study of 46 college students found lower rates of recall on newly-learned facts when students thought those facts were saved on a computer for later recovery.
  • One small but intriguing effect in the new study involved students who were less able to identify subtly manipulated facts, such as a changed name or date, when drawing on memories they thought were saved online.
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Blackboard: Now More "Open" | Hack Education - 0 views

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shared by Sally Loan on 20 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • The change will allow instructors to publish and share their courses — syllabi, handouts, and so on — under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY).
  • This will mean that, for the first time, content in Blackboard will be available to those who aren’t registered for a course — learners not enrolled, learners not on campus. Professors will be able to share their material to Facebook and Twitter.
  • Blackboard also says that it’s revising its policies so that institutions that do open up their course materials this way don’t incur any additional licensing costs when people access the materials, even via webinars and the like. That means non-traditional, non-enrolled, non-revenue generating students will be able to access the material as “guests” without forcing schools to pay more.
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  • “Sharing educational content is much more complicated that simply clicking the new ‘Share’ button,” he writes. How will universities handle the licensing of courses? Is it up to individual faculty? Will universities devise larger strategies to connect their open course content to other online efforts — both on their own campuses and alongside others?
  • Sally Loan on 20 Oct 11
     
    Not sure this will happen to NIE? I wander..
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A free and easy website DIY tool - 1 views

www.wix.com/website
shared by youfang cao on 20 Oct 11 - Cached
  • youfang cao on 20 Oct 11
     
    Wix is a do-it-yourself website builder: a free online tool that lets you create and customize your own websites. Built with a powerful, user-friendly interface, Wix gives you total control over your web design without knowing the first thing about fancy coding or programming. This tool is really wonderful and as easy as Prezi, maybe we can use it for our e-portfoilo and spread it to our staffs and student-teachers.
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