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edu-sharing is a non-profit organization which helps educational organizations to participate in OER.

This guide provides a practical approach to creating communities of practice (CoPs) based on experiences working with corporations, nonprofits, associations, government organizations, and educational institutions. While it is important to recognize that every organization and community is different, this guide provides a structure to help clarify the most important design elements that go into defining, designing, launching, and growing CoPs-both online and face-to-face.

These are very practical guidelines for everyone. Thanks for sharing it, Sibel!

SITE 2016 in Savannah, Georgia, March 21-25, is the 27th annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education ... I know that it is late to say for this conference but I thought that maybe the studies can be followed by this conference news.

This link is also related with the conference and useful for us. http://site.aace.org/sigs/tpack-sig/

Take free online classes from 115+ top universities and educational organizations. We partner with schools like Stanford, Yale, Princeton, and others to offer courses in dozens of topics, from computer science to teaching and beyond. Whether you are pursuing a passion or looking to advance your career, Coursera provides open, free education for everyone.

Could you even think universities facilitate Snapchat to promote events, host giveaways, and showcase what is happening around the campus? This article shows how to use Snapchat at the organizational level in the higher education institutions. A good one!

EdTech Leaders Online (ETLO) is an program for K-12 school districts, state departments of education, regional service centers, teacher training institutions, and other educational organizations to enable them to provide effective online learning programs for teachers, administrators, and students.

Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.

Oh, how come I forgot to mention Mendeley! Apart from being reference manager, it is a useful networking platform as well.

You may have heard about the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as the organization that runs the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).OECD released the report of their new international study on teacher professionalism, using the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2013, a survey of teachers and principals in 34 countries and economies around the world. Dian Schaffhauser's article in The Journal summarizes the highlights of this study.

From this infographic, it can be concluded that flipped learning method can be adopted by teachers for all age groups, it can be applied for all education levels, and it bring positive outcomes such as increased student engagement and improved grades.

I have heard "Sophia" and searched for it but I couldn't find. To see it here made me happy, thank you for sharing this, it helped to understand flipped classroom better :)

The new community provides easy online tools for educators to engage in lively discussions organized by topic, find post and rate AP classroom-ready materials and related resources, browse the curriculum framework and share strategies, and connect with colleagues and grow your personal network. Getting Started