GlobalSkillsCC

Description from the test publisher (Riverside Publishing), the test is a popular reading placement test.

Originally bookmarked by Brenda. By Terry Anderson. Chapter 2 of The theory and practice of online learning, ed Terry Anderson, published by Athabasca University, 2E, 2008. In this chapter, Anderson looks at learning theories generally, in order to look at and develop more useful theories of online learning.

The full-text of this book, ed Terry Anderson, published by Athabasca University in 2008, is available for download in its entirety or by chapter, as PDF. Chapters 2 and 4 are bookmarked in our collection.

in Design section of GOOD. December 23, 2010

R.A. says that "these visual displays of information are great for class discussions."

An online only grad school for teacher preparation in NY state helps teachers in their own classrooms instead of in a teacher prep class outside of where they work. Videos of teachers teaching and other techniques are used to train teachers.

By Sheila Tobias, published by Paw Prints, 2008. Originally published in 1978.

By Grant P. Wiggins. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

RA discusses Lindemann's chapter on responding to student writing in Choice Events/Reid Sunahara: Feedback 3.0: Using Technology to Respond to Student Writing (1/22/10)

JEC recommends Ning, as "your students can "co-own" the site with you & add their own content--in other words, it's more student-centered (but you lose the institutional archiving functions) [of sites like Blackboard]."

Ning is a site where you can create social communities.

By Gail O. Mellow, Diana D. Woolis, and Diana Laurillard in Change, May-June 2011. Co-PIs Mellow and Woolis, along with Diana Laurillard, write about the GSCC project. Full article is available by subscription only; check with your local library for access.

From Nikon Festival, video ironically depicting a day in the life of a math teacher.

By Serena Golden, April 11, 2011, Inside Higher Ed. Author writes about the neglected subject of basic writing, particularly at the Conference on College Composition. The members on the Council on Basic Writing are working to combat the inattention.

M.K. mentioned this article in Coffee Klatch, April 2011. P.A. is quoted in article.

By Beth Fertig on WNYC News. Main page with links to full series.

Collection of definitions of Appreciative Inquiry on the Appreciative Inquiry Commons.

By Lynne Truss. New York: Gotham Books, 2004.

From the Learning Theories Knowledgebase at Learning-Theories.com, n.d. This page presents brief entries on Social Development Theory (Vygotsky) and Communities of Practice (Lave and Wenger), with links to further details for each.

From Ted.com

By Rebecca Cox, published by Harvard University Press, 2009

RA recommended as essential reading for community college teachers (week 9, semester 4).

Coach RA recommended this book as one that is helping her to better understand her students.

By Kevin Carey in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Issue #15, Winter 2010. In this editorial, Carey (policy director of think tank Education Sector) argues that colleges are not fulfilling their mission to students: costs are rising and students are not learning (or even graduating). He argues for transparency and studies of the effectiveness of teaching and learning, and warns of the education-related lobbies that keep the rest of us in the dark about higher education.

By NPR staff on NPR, January 22, 2011

Shared by R.A. in January coffeeklatch.