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Steve Yuen

New Cengage Learning: Instructors and Students: Technology Use, Engagement and Learning... - 0 views

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shared by Steve Yuen on 23 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Today’s college students are juggling multiple demands and are also entering school lacking essential skills, which is significantly impacting their ability to study and focus, according to a survey released by Cengage Learning.
  • more than 25 percent of their students enter the classroom without basic skills in reading, writing, math and other areas.
  • nearly half of today’s college students hold jobs and 30 percent report being distracted by external responsibilities,
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  • Tech Effect: Technology Positively Impacts Student Engagement
  • • A majority (58 percent) of instructors believe that technology in courses positively impacts student engagement. • Seventy-one percent of instructors that rated student engagement levels as “high” report seeing a great benefit to learning outcomes as a result of using technology in courses. • Seventy-one percent of students who are employed full-time and seventy-seven percent of students who are employed part-time prefer more technology-based tools in the classroom.
  • Survey Says: Increased Need and Support for Educational Technology According to the survey, students and instructors have seen technology improve engagement in the past 12 months. • In fact, 79 percent of instructors and 86 percent of students have seen the average level of engagement improve over the last year as they have increased their use of digital educational tools. • Additionally, 67 percent of students reported they preferred courses that use a great deal of technology, a nine percent increase from the previous year. • Similarly, 58 percent of instructors said they prefer teaching courses that use a great deal of technology, a 10 percent increase from 2009.
  • What type of impact have the following technologies had on your overall learning? ■ 87% of students believe online libraries and databases have had the most significant impact on their overall learning. ■ 62% identify blogs, wikis, and other online authoring tools while 59% identify YouTube and recorded lectures. ■ E-books and e-textbooks impact overall learning among 50% of students surveyed, while 42% of students identify online portals.Which of the following technologies will have the greatest impact on student engagement? ■ 44% of instructors believe that online libraries and databases will have the greatest impact on student engagement. ■ 32% of instructors identify e-textbooks and 30% identify interactive homework solutions as having the potential to improve engagement and learning outcomes. (ereaders was 11%) ■ 49% of students believe that online libraries and databases will have the greatest impact on student engagement. ■ 31% identify e-textbooks and 27% identify interactive homework solutions as having the potential to improve engagement and learning outcomes. (ereaders was 11%) Students are more optimistic.
sirui wang

Creating your own QR Code! - 1 views

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QR Code Instructional technology

shared by sirui wang on 04 Mar 11 - Cached
  • sirui wang on 04 Mar 11
     
    QR Codes is really very interesting! Type in a URL, TEXT, Phonenumber, you can just create the QR Code for yourself! This is also the first time for me to know that camera's eye can see something different with human eyes! Amazing!
Leslie Rasmussen

Managing Comments and Posts On Student Blogs Using Google Reader - 1 views

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Blogs tools Google Reader technology education resources

shared by Leslie Rasmussen on 04 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Leslie Rasmussen on 04 Feb 11
     
    This article discusses the importance of quickly reading posts when managing student blogs. It is a very time consuming process, so the author provides tips using Google Reader to manage student blogs more effectively.
  • Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong on 07 Feb 11
     
    Thanks Leslie. This is what I need.
Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong

Google Wave - Communicate and collaborate in real time - 0 views

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shared by Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong on 03 Feb 11 - No Cached
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      Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong on 03 Feb 11
       
      I have not tried this site. Therefore, I am not so sure how good it is.
Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong

Are Undergrads Learning Much in College? - The College Solution (usnews.com) - 0 views

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shared by Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong on 07 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Why are so many students seemingly sleepwalking through school? Because they can. The authors argued that among the culprits is an educational system that doesn't expect much from its undergraduates.
  • Many students can graduate from college without spending much time reading or writing. According to the researchers, 37 percent of students reported spending fewer than five hours a week on homework!
  • Professors are rewarded for their research and not for their teaching skills. Tenure, pay, and awards are typically linked to research grants and published papers, not on whether professors can make organic chemistry understandable to a lecture hall full of 20-year-olds. Too often professors mistakenly think that everything must be hunky dory if they get good teacher evaluations at the end of each semester.
Steve Yuen

Brainstorming 2.0: Making Ideas That Really Happen - 0 views

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shared by Steve Yuen on 06 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Disney’s rigorous creative process involves 3 distinct phases of idea development, each of which is designed to unfold in a separate room.
  • Step 1 asks “WHAT are we going to do?” It’s all about dreaming big. Any idea, no matter how absurd, can and should be suggested. Here, you are defining the big, bold objectives that will shape your project. Room Setup: Airy rooms with high-ceilings are the best locations for thinking big. The team should sit in a circle facing each other to promote collaboration and creative flow.Mentality: Any idea is fair game. This step is not about feasibility, it's about surprise. Set aside your assumptions and push yourself to think in new ways.
  • tep 2 asks “HOW are we going to do it?” Now the focus is on creative execution. How will the idea be implemented? Who’s doing which tasks? What’s the timeline? In Disney’s case, this stage would involve sketching out characters, discussing plot, and ultimately building out storyboards. Room Setup: A practical room with a large dry-erase board or wall facilitates strategic planning. The team should sit in a semi-circle facing the board as everyone participates in the execution planning process.Mentality: This is the step where you role up your sleeves and fill in the blanks. You may find a gem of an idea from the first step that needs to be fleshed out. During this phase, seek to resolve every uncertainty around timing, logistics, and feasibility. When something doesn't make sense, question it.
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  • Step 3 asks “WHY are we doing this?” And, “Is this the right approach?” In this final phase, the critic enters the fray, asking hard questions. Is the plan really gelling? Are their unwieldy aspects that need to get cut? Are you meeting the overall project objective? Room Setup: Analytical thinking is best done in smaller, more constrained spaces. (The Disney crew used a small room under the stairs.) The team sits in a single row facing the project plan, which promotes criticism of the project, but not individual people.Mentality: Pose the difficult questions and share the earth-shattering doubts. In step two, you're likely to get lost in the weeds. The third step provides the perspective from the balcony as opposed to the dance floor. In this phase, consider your plan in the context of your business and your long-term mission.  
Steve Yuen

Amazing Mobile Growth Projected: Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traf... - 0 views

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shared by Steve Yuen on 05 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Global mobile data traffic will increase 26-fold between 2010 and 2015. Mobile data traffic will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 92 percent from 2010 to 2015, reaching 6.3 exabytes per month by 2015. There will be nearly one mobile device per capita by 2015. There will be over 7.1 billion mobile-connected devices, including machine-to-machine (M2M) modules, in 2015-approximately equal to the world's population in 2015 (7.2 billion). Mobile network connection speeds will increase 10-fold by 2015. The average mobile network connection speed (215 kbps in 2010) will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 60 percent, and will exceed 2.2 megabits per second (Mbps) in 2015. Two-thirds of the world's mobile data traffic will be video by 2015. Mobile video will more than double every year between 2010 and 2015. Mobile video has the highest growth rate of any application category measured within the Cisco VNI forecast at this time.
Steve Yuen

Study Finds the Internet Makes Youth More Engaged Citizens - 0 views

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shared by Steve Yuen on 26 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • recent findings from a longitudinal study of high school-age students challenges these notions, suggesting that youth who pursue their interests online are more likely to be engaged in civic issues.
  • The study found that spending time in online communities appears to promote engagement with broader society.
  • It also found that youth are not simply participating in online political discussions that become simply echo chambers that fail to expose them to diverse perspectives. Only 5% of youth reported that they were exposed only to political views they agreed with online. More damning, perhaps - 34% said they didn't encounter any political perspectives online at all.
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  • The findings from the study echo recent research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that found that among adults as well, Internet users were more civically-engaged.
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