Create an interactive class textbook using Flipboard. Create a twitter account and have students post video, blogs, etc. about topics they are discussing in class. An excellent idea on how to incorporate the iPad/Flipboard into the classroom
Over 100 Free resources to use in the f2f or online classroom. Learning objects, FREE, as well as emerging tech. and social networking tools to use in your classroom
Successful online students share their secrets on how they have succeeded in the online environment. The pointers in this article will also help those instructors who are new to online teaching.
Which technology tools can help improve teaching and learning? Which can boost productivity? Which are just plain useful for keeping organized? At the FETC 2010 conference last week, education technology veterans shared their lists of apps intended to make life in and out of the classroom faster, easier, and, well, better.
A seven-step plan to set up (and benefit from) a simple social measurement program. With the emergence of social networking, it's important to have some type of assessment plan in place to reinforce the benefit of using this platform in higher ed
Wiki on Diigo and why this platform should be used in higher education. Has a nice video, powerpoint presentation and how to use it in your classroom..
The article intends to simplify the different aspects of podcasting. The article covers types of podcasts; the pedagogical benefits of podcasting; the connection between theory and podcasting;
answers to questions, queries, and apprehensions. Before trying out a new tool, it is important to understand why we do things the way we do. A crucial part of using any tool or technology is to understand, test, and determine the pedagogical appropriateness of it for specific context. Through the article, the author has tried to suggest some of the uses of podcasting along with the pedagogical
appropriateness in different scenarios. At the end, the author has tried to (through pictorial representation) describe the podcasting community and the tasks performed by the community
members. Also, through a pictorial representation, the author has provided a gist of the podcasting creation process as a producer and as a consumer.
The main portal which contains numerous research publications tied to technology, pedagogy, learning, and other aspects associated with the CTL and higher education
ISETL is dedicated to the study of instruction and principles of learning in order to implement practical, effective methods of teaching and learning, promote the application, development and evaluation of such methods, and foster the scholarship of teaching and learning among practicing post-secondary educators.
15 factors which influence adult learning, course design, and classroom teaching are presented and discussed providing strategies for supporting continuing education.