Flat Connections Global Project

iPad sales are surpassing computer sales, and the demand continues to increase. Transition from paper to tablets. There is more emission when producing an iPad than when producing paper but it is balanced from consuming on the same device rather than buying new books over and over again. The disposal of tablets is a little more tricky. E-waste is often sent to other countries.

Some devices are more eco-friendly than others. This is based on what it is made of, where the materials came from, manufacturing, packaging, energy efficiency, and recyclability. Each wireless phone service has their own way of promoting the ways that their company is green. The greenest manufacturer is Wipro.

This unit examines and discusses the carbon-based environmental impacts of teaching and learning in higher education institutions. It introduces a typology for teaching models that use or do not use information and communication technologies ( ICTs), and explains the factors and activities that need to be considered when assessing the carbon-based environmental impacts of different teaching models.

Very useful link for the people in environmental impact/open content.

Many people complain that renting computer power from Amazon and other cloud companies is too expensive. I found this site useful because it discusses how the cloud can be made cheaper for the use of everyone.Cloud prices have been lowered 6 to 8 percent annually, he says, whereas as hardware costs have plummeted 30 to 45 percent.

I found this website very helpful to understand the concept of cloud computing and its functions.

Network-based services, which appear to be provided by real server hardware and are in fact served up by virtual hardware simulated by software running on one or more real machines, are often called cloud computing.cloud computing is computing that involves a large number of computers connected through a communication network such as the Internet, similar to utility computing. In science, cloud computing is a synonym for distributed computing over a network, and means the ability to run a program or application on many connected computers at the same time.

What is Cloud Computing? Cloud computing is a web based service that allows workers to access the files and documents needed to do their job or task. Everything that is needed is stored on an internet based center and can be shared, edited and or viewed by anyone who is able to access the designated software program storage.

­Buying computers for everyone isn't enough, you also have to purchase software or software licenses to give employees the tools they require. This tells that cloud computing has many different advantages for users.

This site is essential because it discusses how cloud computing is being used in the cooperate world and it discusses how it saves time and money. When talking about a cloud computing system, it's helpful to divide it into two sections: the front end and the back end. They connect to each other through a network, usually the Internet. This site breaks this process down and makes it easier to understand

Virtual and remote laboratories (VRLs) are e-learning resources that enhance the accessibility of experimental setups providing a distance teaching framework which meets the student's hands-on learning needs. In addition, online collaborative communication represents a practical and a constructivist method to transmit the knowledge and experience from the teacher to students, overcoming physical distance and isolation.

LAK 14 stands for Learning Analytics and Knowledge (Conference) 2014. This is the fourth year of the conference, and I think a lot of data can come from this site. See the "Live Blogs and Notes" page for more information about the conference via blogs written as it occurred.

A good summary of how analytic tactics are used in the modern world. Amazing definition of learning analytics on page 4. Also has useful charts to help understand how different forms of data can be used in an educational setting.

A good resource to find other programs and organizations that are attempting to change the learning world. NGL provides grants to programs that use new technology to help students better learn. See the Break Through Model page under "Find" or "Discover's" many links for more information

I founded very uselful since it give examples and descriptions of books provided by the open content.

iPads could help you leave a smaller carbon footprint. The production of an iPad mini has the smallest amount of carbon emission when compared to an iPad 4, air 13", pro 15", iMac 27", and Mac Pro. Also, iPad minis use much less electricity to run. Also, small tablets can help to reduce your media footprint if you do things like download books onto your iPad instead of having a hard copy.

LACE is a learning analytics project aimed at bringing together various projects from the learning analytics world. It's goal is to allow learning analytics to have a smooth transition of data between companies and programs, allowing for more effective support for students and teachers in the long run. More date may be needed.

This article is about figuring out what is the most environmentally friendly way to present something to a group of people. It is comparing a big projector, small projector, laptop, tablet/iPad, or hanging out sheets of paper. In the end which method you use depends on how many people you are presenting to. In some cases tablets are more energy efficient than a large projector or paper. It all depends on the audience size.

In development by Perdue University, the program entitled Signals allows students and teachers to monitor areas of difficulty. It uses a color system that informs the student of how he or she is doing in a subject, and even in a specific topic of a subject. This allows students to realize what they need to focus more on, or where they need help.

This is a link to the OpenEssayist project page. It is a project currently under development in the UK that assists students in writing essays. It examines their paragraphs and gives suggestions for how to write the rest of it. It is currently in use by Open University UK.

Do you know where you old electronics go when you get rid of them? If not, you should check out this article. It is eye opening and shocking. To say the least. It talks about how our old electronics are sent to a waste processing plant in Africa. This waste processing plant is positioning people and children living in Ghana, which is on the west coast of Africa. The name of the waste treatment plant is Agbogbloshie. Apparently it is an illegal landfill. It is located very close to Ghana, which is the reason it is poisoning the people there. The electronics that are sent there are processed by "young men and children." These workers tend to earn about $4 a day. The poisons emitted when they burn these electronics are stunting the workers mental and physical growth.