EDT Diigo Group Summer 2014

"Wherever we are, we'd all like to think our classrooms are "intellectually active" places. Progressive learning (like our 21st Century Model, for example) environments. Highly effective and conducive to student-centered learning. But what does that mean?"

Please take a look at this video

Great video! I always wondered how to cook my links.

Super helpful and obvious (after the fact!) thanks

Welcoming your students to your online class means giving them the information that they need to get started

This resource make student feel like they are in a real classroom with this resource.

And interesting blog post from User Education about the merits of Andragogy and Heutagogy in Mobile Learning

"Less to Pedagogy Among educators, there's much talk of pedagogy, but in institutions of higher education, there should be more talk of andragogy. Andragogy, also called adult learning theory, is the adult version of pedagogy. Adult learners, especially non-traditional college students, will probably gain more from instructors who use principles of andragogy. In college, I learned about four of its assumptions."

Andragogy

Screen distance + brightness/contrast reduction + lighting + glasses

"The Post-Lecture Classroom: How Will Students Fare? A new study finds moderate student gains in courses where lectures take place at home and "homework" happens in the classroom. "

I had no idea how many resources were available

Why is curation important? Curation is a life skill and an important part of being digitally literate. Educators need to know how to curate information so they can teach students how they can curate content for research, their interests and passion. As part of this process educators need to encourage students to curate information using techniques that address their own personal learning needs.

I took it and I scored 85%. I think it can help weed out some students who should not take an online class.

Some good ideas for those of us who only want or like to teach a hybrid brand of online class.

"Distance Education Student-led facilitation strategies in online discussions"

Shows the reach of any single online event.

I am going to be curious to see how instructors "call on people" in virtual space. As the article notes, that's difficult