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This research article provides an overview of how transformative learning experiences can be created through instructional design.  The aim is to use instruction to make learning more experiential, personally relevant and transformative to students.  The authors explain a framework for providing transformative learning experiences, including several indicators that fall into the categories of developing personal meaning, competence with the subject and relationships.  The authors also present guidelines for designing these experiences, including applying design fundamentals, crafting the learning experience and teaching and facilitating to inspire learning. A quick, but worth while read! Wilson, B. G., & Parrish, P. (2011). Transformative learning experience: Aim higher, gain more. Educational Technology, 51 (2), 10-15.

Be creative, help people and make dreams come true with engineering. Play games, watch full episodes and video clips, design new inventions and share them in this social community. Try engineering and science activities or compete in contests on DESIGN SQUAD NATION's educational website for kids. Read a blog from real engineers.

Be creative, help people and make dreams come true with engineering. Play games, watch full episodes and video clips, design new inventions and share them in this social community. Try engineering and science activities or compete in contests on DESIGN SQUAD NATION's educational website for kids. Read a blog from real engineers.

This is a link to the full-text research article authored by Glenda A. Gunter, Robert F. Kenny and Erik H. Vick. The title is "Taking educational games seriously: using the RETAIN model to design endogenous fantasy into standalone educational games". The authors argue that for educational games to be effective, a new design paradigm needs to be utilized. They recommend the RETAIN design and evaluation model. The article is published in Education Tech Research Dev (2008) 56:511-537 and the DOI is 10.1007/s11423-007-9073-2.

Breaking down awareness of attention economy - types of attention, etc.

Be creative, help people and make dreams come true with engineering. Play games, watch full episodes and video clips, design new inventions and share them in this social community. Try engineering and science activities or compete in contests on DESIGN SQUAD NATION's educational website for kids. Read a blog from real engineers.

In this 3D printing and modeling course, kids (and adults) learn how to design their own robot for 3D printing!

Your landing page design doesn't have to be complicated. All marketers should use these 4 neuroscience principles to maximize conversions. Super helpful too if you design online content for students!

As more schools integrate digital games into learning, programs are evolving to turn students into bona fide video-game designers

How to Leverage the Potential of Mathematical Errors Author(s): Wendy S. Bray Source: Teaching Children Mathematics, Vol. 19, No. 7 (March 2013), pp. 424-431 Published by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5951/teacchilmath.19.7.0424 Accessed: 29-01-2016 05:23 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. This content do 3 on Fri, 29 Jan 2016 05:23:09 UTC 3 on Fri, 29 Jan 201 ll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 424 March 2013 * teaching children mathematics | Vol. 19, No. 7 Copyright © 2013 The National CounTcilhoisf TceoanchteenrstodfoMwanthleomadateicds,fIrnocm. w1w3w2..n1c7tm0..1or9g3. .A7ll3rigohntsFrreis,e2rv9edJ.an 2016 05:23:09 UTC This material may not be copied or distributed electronicaAllylloruisneasnuy bojtehecrt ftoormJSatTwOithRouTt ewrrmittsenapnedrmCisosniodnitfiroomnsNCTM. x www.nctm.org to Leverage the Potential of Mathematical EIncorporrating arfocus oon students'rmistakses into your instruction can advance their understanding. By Wendy S. Bray elling children that they can learn from their mistakes is common practice. Yet research indicates that many teachers in the United States limit public attention to errors during math- ematics lessons (Bray 2011; Santagata 2005). Some believe that drawing attention to errors publicly may embarrass error m

My interests in instructional design as well as online/distance learning led me to read this article by Dr. Thompson. 

The site for web design and development- instructor version.

InspirED PLN is a professional learning support program designed and managed by teachers, for teachers and education support staff. It is a not-for-profit organisation backed by Athol Road Primary School. Our aim is to provide excellent professional learning opportunities at a very reasonable cost.

InspirED PLN is a professional learning support program designed and managed by teachers, for teachers and education support staff. It is a not-for-profit organisation backed by Athol Road Primary School. Our aim is to provide excellent professional learning opportunities at a very reasonable cost.

A perpetual question that we face as designers of online instruction, in the era of rapidly evolving communication technologies and learning management systems, is: how do we create a vibrant community of learners online?

A perpetual question that we face as designers of online instruction, in the era of rapidly evolving communication technologies and learning management systems, is: how do we create a vibrant community of learners online?

WOW! I just discovered this site via the search tools from our text book's website. Everything from themed lesson plans to printables to science experiments.

The A to Z Teacher Stuff website is designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. It comprises lesson plans, thematic units, downloadable teaching materials, and eBooks to name a few.

A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily.The website offers thematic worksheets, units, downloadable materials and more!

The site provides a Dewey Decimal Search for kids where they are able to click on an area and the find links related to the particular subject they are looking for. This could be helpful for a Media teacher to incorporate into his/her class.

HOME KidsClick! is a web search site designed for kids by librarians - with kid-friendly results! This site is easy to use for kids and teachers. It has a wealth of information for nearly every subject in easy to understand concepts and terms.

A web search site designed for kids by librarians

This site provide several downloads for lesson plan templates. It contains several styles and designs.

Educational software and online games with these goals: 1) To add sound and visual effects to make learning fun and more memorable. 2) To design games with many difficulty levels so that players will continue to be challenged no matter how far they progress. 3) To provide games that will exercise players' brains.

The "7 Things You Should Know About..." series provide quick reads with concise information about emerging technologies and practices. The Campus-Wide IT section addresses professional challenges in higher education, while the Learning Technology section discusses individual technologies or practices. I could bookmark at least a dozen of these relevant articles (microlectures, social content curation, educational design research, e-readers, cloud computing, and so on), which is why I'm saving the main page instead.

Students, teachers, ans parents FBI resources designed for internet safety and online security.