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Tinto, V. (2003). Learning better together: The impact of learning communities on student success. Higher Education monograph series, 1(8). The theme for M5 is "community, presence and interactions." This piece by Tinto is a pretty quick read and although it doesn't address online learning in particular, I thought it was appropriate as it emphasizes the idea that it takes a community of learners to make effective learning happen. He discusses 3 things all learning communities have in common: shared knowledge, shared knowing and shared responsibility (which really struck me as we start our group project).

The Web Literacy Map is a map of competencies and skills that Mozilla and our community of stakeholders believe are important to pay attention to when getting better at reading, writing and participating on the web.

As we move into different modAlities, it is nice to remember thAt our students will Arrive in our clAssroom fAmiliAr with these technologies. As the use of on-line tools increAse in public educAtion, our students will Arrive with A bAseline comfort level with the google tools, which still remAin robust for mAny Activities. These grAphics reAlly bring this home.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/06/handy-google-hangout-cheat-sheet-for.html This is a cheat sheet for the Google Hangout...

Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:43:00 By: SAlmAn KhAn Join the #YouCAnLeArnAnything movement My 5-yeAr-­old son hAs just stArted reAding. Every night, we lie on his bed And he reAds A short book to me. InevitAbly, he'll hit A word thAt he hAs trouble with: lAst night the word wAs "grAtefully."

A Blog About Open And Online EducAtion (by Debbie Morrison) I reAlly liked her entry, StArt Here, becAuse it discussed the PROS And CONS of some of the vArious instructionAl models presented in other resources. She mAde the connection between design And higher educAtion - much of whAt I've been seeing relAtes to trAining in A corporAte or business setting. I cAn more eAsily see how to use these models As tools to build my course now.

Interesting article from the Chronicle of Higher Education that deals with the lack of proper research skills of college graduates as they engage the internet.

This book has a chapter on creating a "student-centered syllabus" for an information literacy course, which could come in handy next week!

somewhat of a commercial for online learning, but does a good job of outlining global concerns of non-traditional learners. Curiously, like many articles that are older, it seems to attempt to define the non-traditional learner as an older learner, not younger technology savvy learners and those who learn differently.

Piece from _Kairos_, a flagship journal in writing studies, about how principles of universal design can make writing pedagogy "more flexible, more inclusive, and more challenging."

This is a succinct summary of the UDI goals in creating a course.

A quick reAd About the nAture of presence within online leArning And the usefulness of sociAl mediA plAtforms therein.

There are some great suggestions and examples of how to use social media to increase the "social presence" element of the online classroom.

this storify consists of active learning videos and resources - may want to view the Tools to Encourage active Learning from the Hawaii arts alliance - this was a fun in-class activity

Based on Blooms Taxonomy and apps, this creates a specialty in aligning outcomes with activities

Hangen reflects on a radical redesign of her syllabus, which also includes elements of more student-directed learning.

from the 2005 ASCUE (AssociAtion Supporting Computer Users in EducAtion) Conference. I thought this wAs pArticulArly good with respect to issues of the time demAnds An online course plAces on instructors (especiAlly in terms of development And roll-out), As well As on students.

A bit dAted, now, Hess is one of the few fAculty who hAs treAted the use of technology in theologicAl educAtion with sustAined Attention.