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"As an educator who is addicted to Twitter I have always read about students getting introduced to Twitter and wondered how it would work. After reading and reading I have finally decided to give it a go. Here is my introduction to Twitter in my classroom. Last Tuesday, the day started like any other. Roll call, discussion, introduction to an activity and a bit of a laugh with my Year 7 and 8 Technology class. We had been discussing the importance of being an active online user and being a positive digital citizen (the students are preparing some presentations for Year 2-3 children later in the term). The conversation moved into learning environments and we discussed the small and "un-student friendly" (their words) environment that they were currently sitting in. "Take the teachable moment and run with it" my inner, energetic teacher yelled from my shoulder. So there we were talking about the "Ultimate Learning Environment", when one of my students asked me "Why is social media so big?". Good question I thought, why is it 'so big'. So we unpacked that question and broke it down. We talked about Social Media and what it was and how it worked, they gave me excellent examples and we tied it back into our discussion about digital citizenship. From this point, as a class, we decided we would use social media to help us with our learning. The students had no idea how it could work. I suggested twitter and how I use it. We pulled up my profile and saw how it worked (discussion only). The decision was then made -> Let's ask the twitterverse to help us!! On rolled Monday 5th May and in our first class (I see this group twice a week) we decided that tomorrow would be the day, we would ask twitter for their advice on "What makes a GREAT learningenvironment?". The students already have some fantastic ideas and a plan of where they want to see their environment heading but they needed some depth to their plan and some other opinions outside of

"It has me thinking about what it would mean to improve online classes. A few ideas come to mind: Use multiple platforms. I'm not against using an LMS as a central hub. However, I think it's valuable to experiment with the types of productivity tools you will actually use outside of a classroom. Use Google Docs to share ideas, create surveys, and ask questions. Use Google Hangouts to meet as a group. Go project-based. I haven't figured this out entirely with my first class but my hope is that we can go fully project-based in the same way that my face-to-face class is. In fact, the asynchronous nature of online classes actually means there is a better potential of creating a project-based culture that mirrors the way people actually work on projects. Make something together. I use a collaboration grid with co-creating and communicating on separate spectrums (x-axis) and multimedia and text on another spectrum (y-axis). This has been an effective way to think through collaborative tools that allow students to co-create. Embrace a synchronous/asynchronous blend: I love using Voxer because students can speak back and forth in the moment. However, if they miss it, they can listen to it later. The same is true of using a Google Hangouts On Air. Make it more connective. We tend to treat online instruction as if it is a linear process and we don't do enough to link things back and forth and connect ideas, resources, discussions and content creation in a seamless, back-and-forth nature. Incorporate multimedia. It's a simple idea, but I create a short video at the beginning of each week and I encourage students to create video and audio as well. This has a way of making things more concrete. There's something deeply human about hearing an actual human voice. I know, crazy, right? Go mobile. I don't simply mean use a smart phone. I mean assign some things that allow students to get out in the world and create videos, snap pictures, or simpl

"El aprendizaje basado en juegos o Game-Based Learning (GBL) consiste en la utilización de juegos como vehículos y herramientas de apoyo al aprendizaje, la asimilación o la evaluación de conocimientos. Se trata de una metodología innovadora que ofrece tanto a los alumnos como a los profesores una experiencia educativa diferente y práctica que se puede aplicar a una materia o tema o integrar varias asignaturas. Si se opta por los juegos educativos digitales y el uso de las TIC, el GBL supone una aproximación muy completa que además trabaja la alfabetización digital. Te explicamos las principales ventajas de este método de aprendizaje para que te animes a probarlo el próximo curso. OCHO VENTAJAS DEL GAME-BASED LEARNING (GBL) 1. Motiva al alumno. Una de las principales ventajas del GBL es su capacidad para captar la atención de los alumnos, ya que les proporciona un entorno que les gusta, les divierte y les resulta muy motivador. El juego dinamiza la clase, despierta el interés previamente y lo mantiene durante todo el desarrollo, no solo por la victoria final sino también por la propia práctica lúdica. 2. Ayuda a razonar y ser autónomo. El juego plantea al alumno situaciones en las que debe reflexionar y tomar las decisiones adecuadas, solventar fallos y reponerse de las derrotas. Con este método de aprendizaje no solo estará asimilando conceptos de la asignatura o del tema en el que se centre el juego, sino que además estará desarrollando capacidades cognitivas a través del pensamiento crítico, el análisis de la realidad y la resolución de problemas. 3. Permite el aprendizaje activo. El aprendizaje GBL da la posibilidad de ejercitar los conocimientos de manera práctica. Al aprender haciendo el alumno experimenta, practica la prueba-error, establece relaciones entre conocimientos previos y nuevos y toma decisiones para mejorar. 4. Da al alumno el control de su aprendizaje. Mediante el juego el niño o adolescente logra un fe

"Discover Moodle and teach with Gnomio We are just a few Moodle fans offering free tools for the e-learning community. With us you can discover the most widely used open source learning tool, and create your own online learning community. In a few minutes you can have your virtual classroom active, with your own subdomain, secure access, complete administration privileges and totally free."

1) the ways they currently implement Twitter in their teaching and learning, 2) ideas for future development of Twitter-based assignments and pedagogical practices, and 3) issues concerning the integration of Twitter and other digital media into both traditional and non-traditional pedagogies. Collaborators should feel free to add material to these pages, to comment on existing material, and to share links to relevant external readings and resources. It may be helpful to tag your contributions with your Twitter handle. Collaborators are asked to please respect this space as a forum for open and respectful dialogue and networking. Let's fill up the pages below with great ideas!  Share the ways you currently implement Twitter in your teaching and learning: Students in my course New Information Technologies do an "Internet Censorship" project, focused on a specific country. I ask them to follow a journalist who tweets on that country as part of their research to understand the state of Internet freedom in the country they select. -- Lora Since shortly after Twitter was launched, I've experimented with various iterations of "The Twitter Essay," an assignment that has students considering the nature of the "essay" as a medium and how they might do that work within the space of 140 characters. -- Jesse (@Jessifer) In my fully online classes, I've started using Twitter to replace the discussion forum as the central location for student interaction. -- Jesse (@Jessifer) Show Tweets that have gotten people arrested and prompt discussion on whether it is fair that anyone be arrested for any Tweet in the US, who is likely to be arrested for their Tweets, what kinds of Tweets are likely to prompt arrest, etc. Students in my First Year Seminar course "The Irish Imagination: Yeats to Bono" developed a platform for digital annotation of Irish literature. Embedded in their platform was a twitter feed of relevant individuals/groups, makin

"EdX is a nonprofit online initiative created by founding partners Harvard and MIT and composed of dozens of leading global institutions, the xConsortium. EdX offers interactive online courses and MOOCs from the world's best universities and institutions. Open edX is the open source platform that powers edX courses. Through our commitment to the open source vision, edX code is freely available to the community. Institutions can host their own instances of Open edX and offer their own classes. Educators can extend the platform to build learning tools that precisely meet their needs. And developers can contribute new features to the Open edX platform. Our goal is to build a thriving worldwide community of educators and technologists who share innovative solutions to benefit students everywhere. We invite you to explore Open edX and participate in our growing movement. Frequently Asked Questions What is Open edX? The Open edX platform is a free--and open source--course management system (CMS) that was originally developed by edX. The Open edX platform is used all over the world to host Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as well as smaller classes and training modules."

It seems like these days you can learn just about anything online for free, but of course some of that information is better than others. The good news is there are plenty of reputable places to educate yourself online for free, and here's a good 20 of them to get you started.

Webs útiles para el autoaprendizaje

Cursos online gratuitos.

Ventajas y recursos sobre la formación en Red. Adaptar el aprendizaje a las necesidades del alumno, lo que le permite tiempo para más actividades.

Educational games are a great tool for building foundation math and language skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These online learning games and songs for kids are fun, teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids and they're free.

Livemocha es una red social estructurada como comunidad de aprendizaje para la práctica de idiomas. Cuenta con más de 15 millones de miembros en más de 195 países.

"there is no live teacher engagement... Currently, just 10 percent of MOOC registrants complete their courses. Where Will MOOCs Be Just Two Years From Now? Within the next two years, MOOCs will quickly evolve from lacking teacher engagement to having a lot of teacher engagement. Right now, it's essentially a model where computers are teaching students. This model is simply not sustainable in the long run without live student-teacher engagement. Teachers are the key that unlocks learning in these courses. They help students resolve issues and problems. Will the biggest change in online education moving forward be putting live teachers at the center of the MOOC (not just on video)? We will know the answer very soon."

(luego las problematizamos) "Flexibilidad horaria. Facilidad de acceso. Reducción de costes. Contenidos actualizados. Infinidad de oportunidades de formación. Introducción a las nuevas tecnologías. Networking."

"Create, share and reuse interactive HTML5 content in your browser Interactive Video, Create videos enriched with interactions Course Presentation, Create a presentation with interactive slides Branching Scenario (beta), Create dilemmas and self paced learning Y mucho más: Games Multimedia Questions Social media"

Resumen de las últimas tendencias y modelos en educación a través de la Red. Desde los más tradicionales o expositivos a los MOOCs

"1 DISEÑO INTENCIONAL Aunque una dinámica de aprendizaje colaborativo debe llevar consigo un alto grado de flexibilidad y capacidad de redimensión durante el proceso, es muy importante realizar un diseño previo bien estructurado y coherente. 2 JERARQUÍA Y LIDERAZGO No hay colaboración sin la premisa fundamental de dislocar las lógicas de poder imperantes en la educación. Debemos cultivar la capacidad de trasladar las relaciones en grupo de lo vertical a lo horizontal. Para ello, el rol del alumnado será el de participante, y el del profesorado, el de facilitador. 3 DISTRIBUCIÓN DE ROLES Si se convive en un entorno más horizontal, inevitablemente la gestión y distribución de roles pasa por una mayor capacidad por parte del facilitador o facilitadora de generar y gestionar espacios de trabajo más autónomos para los/las participantes. 4 HABILIDADES INTERPERSONALES ( Las alianzas colaborativas traen consigo una red de conexiones interpersonales conducentes a generar una mayor capacidad de ayuda mutua y de compromiso, una mejor aceptación de opiniones, una exposición de ideas más emancipada, y una resolución de problemas más colaborativa. 5 DIÁLOGO Y CONSENSO Todo proceso de co-trabajo precisa de un constante proceso de diálogo, y de ilimitados espacios de consenso, para generar lugares de intercambio colaborativo de experiencias, conocimientos y saberes. 6 META COMÚN ( La meta común actúa como ancla fundamental ya que, una vez lograda, simboliza el proceso vivido en colaboración; y, por otro lado ayuda a cristalizar un aprendizaje significativo que debe tener proyección a lo largo de la vida. 7 EL AMBIENTE ( Los elementos más básicos de la experiencia humana están asociados a nuestra relación con el entorno. Por ello, el ambiente actúa como un agente pedagógico más, tanto a nivel físico como, sobretodo, psico-social. ( 8 NUEVAS TECNOLOGÍAS ( Vivimos en una sociedad del conocimiento donde se experiencia

Skype ha creado una plataforma online para ayudar a profesores y estudiantes a conectarse con colegas y clases de todo el mundo. En este enlace está todo explicado: cómo funciona y qué opciones presenta. Creo que puede ser de utilidad, aunque antes hay que estudiarlo un poco. ¡A ver quién se anima!