struggling to strike a balance between print and digital curricula for students, textbook publishers are taking to the cloud to house new digital resources and curricula.
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Education Week: Publishers Turn to Cloud Computing to Offer Digital Content - 47 views
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Just as with "hybrid education" schools must find a way to balance the types of resources we are providing our students. Funding is key here as well as the consideration of sustainability.
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cloud computing
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dip their toes into
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lack of resources
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nformation and power available from servers hosted by a separate, off-site entity
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bandwidth and hardware support,
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cloud-based textbook is stored on the Internet by servers not operated by school districts themselves
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Web 2.0 forma
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start discussions with each other about the content, complete interactive assessments and activities, and search Google or Wikipedia for further information.
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Students are able to interact with the content and not act as passive consumers. This is key as the classroom struggles to catch up with the true status of society.
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In actuality, this publishers has provided a CMS embedded with their curriculum. This is probably where text-book providers will need to move to in order to stay competitive.
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upgraded its online bandwidth
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Donald Clark Plan B - 39 views
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for 20% of the world to benefit from the internet, but 100% to benefit from the new technologies, including the Web, that are available.
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Open the doors of the internet, keeping in mind that schools act as the "great equalizer" to those who do not have internet access at home.
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“I want all the technology companies, the Microsofts, the Apples, the Facebooks, the Googles to be involved in this project
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The funding must come from the companies who create ed technology. Large companies must be on board.
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who can’t see past the ‘we need more teachers argument’. They’re right but teachers are not scalable.
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It took a politician to show the word’s educators how to communicate, teach, frame a problem, provide facts and detail, THEN a solution.
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All children in school by 2015, with massive injection of funds by the private sector, public sector, religious institutions and not-for-profits, all given wings by technology, mobiles and the web.
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shouldn't we admit we got it wrong" and asks that we put it right
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'Let's march. Let's march for education and let's march for it together.”
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Education is not an end in itself, it is a means to an end
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call for action is realistic.
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recession
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single fund
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Modus rolls out 'green' modular learning environments - Manufacturing - The Southwest B... - 26 views
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Interesting that a module classroom could be an individual classroom akin to a "portable" classroom. Revolution the building of classrooms as well as the theory of what goes on within them.
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Modular Learning Ireland, Science & Technology Module University Subjects Ireland - 32 views
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flexible learning
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Up-skilling/retraining
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professional development requirements
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Student centered--> Meeting the student where they stand at this moment in time
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The Accelerated Modular Learning Project: The Evolution into Web-based Courses - 49 views
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Information and knowledge
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paradigm shift
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formal kind of learning
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lifelong learning
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job, learning from others, learning constantly, learning in any place, and at any time.
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how to reconfigure courses into modules
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enhance the learning process
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ncorporation of multimedia
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other technologies
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1997-98 academic year
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online, multimedia presentations and interactive exercises with instructors and peers
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synchronous and asynchronous learning,
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attendance by students is not required
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materials are being developed throughout the semester
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online testing, various forms of assessment, and groupware discussions.
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fail a module exam are required to retake the exam
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two scores are averaged.
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Students are able to learn at their own pace,
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progress
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take the lead
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help others reinforce what they have learned.
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enhancing/extending
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learner-centered environment
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pace to match individual learning needs and styles
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Web-presence
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support new learning environments
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increasing on/off-campus access to the teaching-learning community
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Tricia Rodriguez