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Connie Gross

eLearning Tools Home - eLearning Tools - 1 views

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shared by Connie Gross on 10 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Connie Gross on 10 Mar 10
     
    Jackie, Karen and I attended a workshop in Denver in which we were given access to this wiki. It's a great place to learn about new elearning tools.
Jackie Doherty

McElvaney - 1 views

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  • Free and easy-to-use technologies offer new ways to find, organize, create, and interact with information.
  • The 2009 Horizon Report defines personal webs as "customized, personal web-based environments . . . that explicitly support one's social, professional, [and] learning . . . activities via highly personalized windows to the networked world" (Johnson, Levine & Smith, 2009, p. 19), and heralds them as an emerging learning trend.
  • This paper explores personal web technologies (PWTs) and their learning applications. Examples are given of commonly used, customizable technologies such as: social bookmarking, personal publishing tools, aggregators, and metagators.
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  • learning needs extend far beyond the culmination of a training session or degree program. Working adults must continually update their skills and behaviours to conform to the constantly changing demands of the workplace (Lewis & Romiszowski, 1996)
  • some needs may best be addressed by the individual him/herself.
  • PLE) to manage their own learning resources; whether these are wikis, news feeds, podcasts, or people.
  • The use of PWTs for learning directly supports several principles of connectivism, a learning theory outlined by Siemens (2006): (i) Knowledge rests in networks, (ii) Knowledge may reside in non-human appliances, and learning is enabled / facilitated by technology, and (iii) Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities (p. 31).
  • If individuals can sufficiently develop their ability to find, organize, and manage these connections, their available knowledge does not have to be limited by the confines of their own skulls.
  • To navigate the Internet more efficiently, individuals can assemble a virtual toolbox from an ever-growing list of free, and often open-source, technologies to aid in aggregating, organizing, and publishing information online.
  • To create a personal web for learning, it is first necessary to explore what personal web technologies are, where to find them, and how to use them.
  • Social bookmarking and research tools allow users to save web pages, articles, and other media (usually to an online storage location) and organize them in personally meaningful ways.
  • n general, the length and full-featured capabilities of blogging offer learners the opportunity to explore topics in depth and reflect, while the speed and simplicity of micro-blogging lends itself more towards posing questions and collaborative brainstorming (King, 2009).
  • esides enriching and enlivening a post, these tools make it possible for an individual to publish artifacts that are ill-served by text-only displays.
  • Micro-blogs, such as Twitter (twitter.com), allow users to post short messages from their computer or mobile phone.
  • Users can also 'follow' other members to receive a stream of their posts.
  • asily "ask and answer questions, learn from experts, share resources, and react to events on the fly"
  • ndividuals who follow multiple blogs and/or regularly visit news or media sites may find juggling the disparate streams of information overwhelming. For this reason, it can be helpful to subscribe to these streams (or “feeds”) by using an aggregator.
  • Metagators, also called portals or start pages, can aggregate feeds, social networks, and widgets to create a central, personalized location for an individual's Internet usage
  • Netvibes and iGoogle
  • Widgets are small, adaptable, programmable, web-based gadgets that can be embedded into a variety of sites or used on mobile phones or desktops (
  • Due to the fact that they are user-created, there is no exact definition of a PLE (PLE, n.d.). In general, a PLE is the sum of websites and technologies that an individual makes use of to learn.
  • PLEs may range in complexity from a single blog to an inter-connected web of social bookmarking tools, personal publishing platforms, search engines, social networks, aggregators, etc.
  • http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Ple
  • Once an individual creates a PLE or PLN, there is no need to sit in front of a computer to access it. The majority of PWTs have mobile-friendly versions available, allowing individuals to take their learning to go.
  • Instead of limiting learning to traditional environments, mobile versions of PWTs give learners more options on where and when to learn.
  • However, there is a catch: PWTs may clash with traditional, linear, teacher-centered instruction (see Figure 2)
  • Learners who use PWTs must learn to question sources, verify information, compare and contrast various perspectives and become more independent
  • need to focus on building critical media and information literacy skills, so that students can effectively navigate the online maze and avoid being fooled by false or misleading information.
  • students have already experimented with a personal web technology, such as social networking, but, "few of them are being taught how to leverage its potential and benefit from the deep learning that can ensue"
  • In higher education, PWTs could be of great use for researching, developing PLNs, and creating online portfolios.
  • An undergraduate student who uses a research tool such as Zotero will graduate with a searchable, organized collection of annotated resources that could be valuable in the workplace or in future academic undertakings.
  • As the individual becomes increasingly connected to their PLN, they may become increasingly disconnected to those who are physically around them, such as family and friends
  • Using PWTs to incessantly check for new articles, status updates, and activity may become a drain on one’s attention and productivity
  • Valuable or innovative ideas put forth by lesser-known individuals can easily become lost in the noise.
  • ndividuals who wish to learn from their personal network must strive to create a diverse PLN populated with voices that may dissent, challenge, or provoke. Otherwise, the PLN cannot foster critical and creative thinking,
  • anything they publish on the Internet may be found by supervisors, peers, teachers, a
  • uture hiring managers (Harris, 2007)
Tyler Wall

Competencies Required for Digital Curation: An Analysis of Job Advertisements | Kim | I... - 0 views

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  • Tyler Wall on 27 Jun 13
     
    These skills and competencies for digital curators include seven areas: 1) Communication and interpersonal competency: This competency is required for clear and effective communication with a variety of audiences, including users, creators, managers, researchers and collaborators. 2) Curating and preserving content competency: This competency is required to understand and carry out a range of activities as defined in the digital curation lifecycle model, including the creation, acquisition, management, representation, access, organization, transformation and preservation of digital content. 3) Curation technologies competency: This competency is required to identify, use, and develop tools and applications to support digital curation activities. The context of this competency is the information technology infrastructure, including the tools and applications deployed to support digital curation. 4) Environmental scanning competency: This competency is required to identify and use resources to stay current and on the leading edge regarding trends, technologies and practices that affect professional work and capabilities within the field of digital curation. 5) Management, planning and evaluation competency: This competency is required for planning, coordinating, implementing, and assessing programs, projects and services related to digital curation. 6) Services competency: This competency is required to identify, understand and build services to respond to a community's and/or institution's digital curation needs. 7) Systems, models and modeling competency: This competency is required for high-level, abstract thinking about and critical analysis of complex systems, workflows and conceptual models related to digital curation.                                                                      Robin Good
anonymous

Mobilicity - Newsroom List - 1 views

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  • anonymous on 13 Aug 12
     
    "Survey confirms that majority of Canadians agree mobile phones are an invaluable tool for students; unlimited mobile data plans enable Mobile Student 2.0 movement Toronto, ON - August 9, 2012 - Mobilicity today released new research findings pointing to the increasing role smartphones are playing in and out of the classroom. The Mobile Student 2.0 Survey found that 66 per cent of Canadians would use a mobile phone to conduct online research anywhere, anytime; 46 per cent would download mobile apps to help stay organized; 41 per cent would record lectures and tutorial sessions; and 42 per cent would coordinate school and social activities if they were a student. Moreover, the majority of Canadians (56 per cent) think that mobile phones are an invaluable tool for students. The Mobile Student 2.0 refers to the next-gen student who relies on a smartphone with Internet usage to enhance their education and social life. "
tobiah_goldstein

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy - 4 views

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shared by tobiah_goldstein on 26 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • tobiah_goldstein on 26 Oct 11
     
    This taxonomy is not about the tools and technologies, these are just the medium, instead it is about using these tools to achieve, recall, understanding, application, analysis, evaluation and creativity
Tyler Wall

Screenhero | Collaborative Screen Sharing - 1 views

screenhero.com

education collaboration screensharing tools

shared by Tyler Wall on 11 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Tyler Wall on 11 Mar 13
     
    Great tool that makes any app collaborative (like Photoshop)
anonymous

Babson College Finds Video Success on the Small Screen -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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technology

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  • anonymous on 25 Feb 13
     
    "Around fall 2010, the college began looking for a tool that could be distributed to faculty and students for user-generated content. Said Palson, criteria for evaluation focused on two areas: "It had to be accessible via mobile. And it had to be easy to use." Ease of use included the ability for a new user to "jump into it, create something, and it would be ready to go." The instructional technology staff began a pilot using Brainshark and, according to Palson, immediately saw that it was different from what had been used in the past."
  • anonymous on 25 Feb 13
     
    Brainshark - another tool for generating online presentations
Kathy Schwarz

"Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success" MOOC - 0 views

Participating in the Massive online open course (MOOC) "Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success" The course is led by Dr. Curtis Bonk, with the assistance of the CourseSites te...

started by Kathy Schwarz on 03 May 12 no follow-up yet
Christie Robertson

Diigo Tutorial - 2 views

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diigo tutorial diigo_tutorial Tools resources

shared by Christie Robertson on 06 Jan 12 - Cached
  • Christie Robertson on 06 Jan 12
     
    I was working with some instructors on including a widget in their Angel courses that would update a list of the articles they are bookmarking.  Found a way to do this using Diigo through this informational slide show.  Lots of different tidbits on how to use all the tools Diigo can offer.
  • Connie Gross on 09 Jan 12
     
    Again, another great idea. I'd love to try this out in my classes. So, please let me know asap so I can give it a try. Thanks! Connie
Christie Robertson

Popplet | Collect, curate and share your ideas, inspirations, and projects! - 0 views

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collaboration mindmap tools popplet sharing

shared by Christie Robertson on 07 Feb 12 - Cached
  • Christie Robertson on 07 Feb 12
     
    A new tool (or at least new to me) for concept mapping, collaborating and sharing ideas.
Christie Robertson

Edmodo | Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students - 0 views

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education socialnetworking Tools teaching edmodo

shared by Christie Robertson on 14 Nov 11 - Cached
  • Christie Robertson on 14 Nov 11
     
    What's interesting about this tool is not so much that it is an online learning environment for teachers and their students, but that it can also be used to make connections between teachers.  This could be useful for instructors who may feel isolated at their particular school and a chance to branch out.
Connie Gross

Designing Online Courses with Course Updates in Mind | Faculty Focus - 1 views

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Web2.0 learning teaching tools website 21stcentury online research resources education designing courses e-learning

shared by Connie Gross on 04 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Connie Gross on 04 Mar 11
     
    "March 1, 2011 Designing Online Courses with Course Updates in Mind By: Patti Shank, PhD, CPT in Online Education Add Comment Online courses are rarely "done." Over time, things change, including the curriculum and content (because of changes in the field and changes to available content) and the technologies (ways that the content can be delivered and tools for interacting with it and with others in the courses, including you). Bottom line: Just like initial course development, updating courses can be quite a lot of work. You can reduce the hassles and work (but not eliminate them) by designing your online courses with updating them in mind. That is, design so that updating is built into the process, not tacked on as an afterthought. Identify change-likely elements"
  • Connie Gross on 04 Mar 11
     
    This article might really help us decide how to keep our courses updated more effectively.
anonymous

7 Reasons To Leverage Social Networking Tools in the Classroom | EDUCAUSE - 2 views

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social media

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  • anonymous on 06 Jun 11
     
    "Social networking tools aren't going away any time soon, they appear to be here for the long term. But do these kinds of applications really belong in the classroom? I think they do, and here's a few reasons why:"
Jackie Doherty

EET - Knowledge, Visualization and Brainstorming Assignment - 3 views

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brainstorming visualization web2.0 teaching tools learning education research resources

shared by Jackie Doherty on 28 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Jackie Doherty on 28 Sep 11
     
    This a collaborative table I made with my group in one of my courses. There are some great brainstorming and visualization tools on here.
Connie Gross

12 Cool-laborative Web 2.0 Tools -- Campus Technology - 2 views

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learning thesaurus research teaching graphwords cpu090 web2.0 resources tools education

shared by Connie Gross on 25 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Connie Gross on 25 Oct 11
     
    Looks like Dropbox still one of the top! I am using in for many of my students - they love the ease of use, especially since they no longer have access to the "z" drive for storage.
Kathy Schwarz

New Digital Tools Let Professors Tailor Their Own Textbooks for Under $20 - 4 views

The idea of customized textbooks has been around for years, but until recently use of the option was rare. But these days more professors appear to be taking a Frankensteinian approach to their tex...

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started by Kathy Schwarz on 11 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
anonymous

Grades Without Evidence Are (Almost) Meaningless; Evidence-Based Evaluation Is Better -... - 1 views

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eportfolios

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  • anonymous on 16 Jun 11
     
    "the reality is that we now have choices for how we in higher education do final evaluations in courses. The tool is at hand to support an evaluation process that provides evidence behind the grade: the electronic portfolio (for more on electronic portfolios, see http://www.aaeebl.org). It is now possible to have a transcript with links from each grade to the work evidence behind the grade. Now, in response to the question, "but what does that grade mean?" there can be an answer."
tmason43

Home - Professor's Resource Site - 2 views

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teaching and learning 21st century skills

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  • tmason43 on 18 Apr 16
     
    Professor of the 21st Century Framework.  Resource, provides assessment tools and toolkit.  
  • Jeff Hamilton on 19 Apr 16
     
    Great resource. Thanks for sharing.
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