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The Online Learning Discussion - 0 views

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By Joshua Kim of the blog BlogU, part of Inside Higher Ed, March 29, 2010. Kim reflects on the more successful online learning experiences that he's taken part in, and points to three attributes that made these experiences successful. The comments section also provides some interesting links.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Joshua Kim of the blog BlogU, part of Inside Higher Ed, March 29, 2010. Kim reflects on the more successful online learning experiences that he's taken part in, and points to three attributes that made these experiences successful. The comments section also provides some interesting links.</div>

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Re-designing Learning Contexts: Technology-rich, Learner-centred Ecologies - 0 views

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By Rosemary Luckin, published by Routledge (UK), April 2010. Luckin is Professor of Learner-Centred Design at the London Knowledge Lab. This book has just been released in the UK, and may not yet be available in US markets or libraries.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Rosemary Luckin, published by Routledge (UK), April 2010. Luckin is Professor of Learner-Centred Design at the London Knowledge Lab. This book has just been released in the UK, and may not yet be available in US markets or libraries. </div>

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5 Trends in Education Technology Leadership - 0 views

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By David Nagel, in Policy & Advocacy section of THE Journal, April 23 2010. The article announces the newly published National Educational Technology Trends: 2010, Innovation Through State Leadership report, published by State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA). Trends include "enhancing teacher effectiveness" through professional development and "scaling up success" by expanding innovative programs that have worked. Report is bookmarked as well, see trends_edtech tag.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By David Nagel, in Policy & Advocacy section of THE Journal, April 23 2010. The article announces the newly published National Educational Technology Trends: 2010, Innovation Through State Leadership report, published by State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA). Trends include "enhancing teacher effectiveness" through professional development and "scaling up success" by expanding innovative programs that have worked. Report is bookmarked as well, see trends_edtech tag.</div>

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A Guide to Actionable Measurement - 0 views

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Presented by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, April 2010. This guide, "is the result of a year-long cross-foundation effort to develop common principles, approaches, and taxonomies to help staff decide how best to allocate time and resources for data collection and analysis." Link to the PDF of the full guide from this page.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Presented by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, April 2010. This guide, "is the result of a year-long cross-foundation effort to develop common principles, approaches, and taxonomies to help staff decide how best to allocate time and resources for data collection and analysis." Link to the PDF of the full guide from this page.</div>

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Changing developmental ed at the classroom level - 0 views

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By Garry Boulard in Community College Times, published May 4 2010. The article looks at the finding that, the more times a student takes a specific developmental math course, the less likely he or she is to pass it. Quotes Paul Nolting, learning specialist, enrollment services advisor, and author of Winning at Math: Your Guide to Learning Mathematics Through Successful Study Skills.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Garry Boulard in Community College Times, published May 4 2010. The article looks at the finding that, the more times a student takes a specific developmental math course, the less likely he or she is to pass it. Quotes Paul Nolting, learning specialist, enrollment services advisor, and author of Winning at Math: Your Guide to Learning Mathematics Through Successful Study Skills.</div>

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National Educational Technology Trends: 2010, Innovation Through State Leadership - 0 views

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Published by SETDA (State Educational Technology Directors Association), April 21 2010. This report summarizes a national survey of the 50 "states' implementation of the technology sections of the ESEA [Elementary and Secondary Education Act], Title II, Part D (Title II-D) Act."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Published by SETDA (State Educational Technology Directors Association), April 21 2010. This report summarizes a national survey of the 50 "states' implementation of the technology sections of the ESEA [Elementary and Secondary Education Act], Title II, Part D (Title II-D) Act."</div>

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Being Online: A Critical View of Identity and Subjectivity in New Virtual Learning Spaces - 0 views

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This special issue of the London Review of Education, 8 (1) 2010, looks at virtual learning. Co-editors are Gwyneth Hughes and Martin Oliver (affiliated with London Knowledge Lab). Full text articles are available for purchase from this page (publisher site). Check with your local library for full text articles.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This special issue of the London Review of Education, 8 (1) 2010, looks at virtual learning. Co-editors are Gwyneth Hughes and Martin Oliver (affiliated with London Knowledge Lab). Full text articles are available for purchase from this page (publisher site). Check with your local library for full text articles.</div>

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New Masters in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab - 0 views

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Interesting academic opportunity in London, an MSc in Learning Technologies offered by the London Knowledge Lab. The program directors are Diana Laurillard and Alex Poulovassilis. The program focuses both on computer science and on learning theory. Link to application details on this page.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting academic opportunity in London, an MSc in Learning Technologies offered by the London Knowledge Lab. The program directors are Diana Laurillard and Alex Poulovassilis. The program focuses both on computer science and on learning theory. Link to application details on this page. </div>

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Cultivating Global Cyberinfrastructure for Sharing Digital Resources - 0 views

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By Andrew Bonamici, Steven G. Huter, and Dale Smith in EDUCAUSE Review, 45(2), March/April 2010, pp 10-11. Those of us in the "developed" world (North America, Europe, etc.) rely on cyberinfrastructure to gain access to the vast amounts of information available on the Web. But what about students and researchers in the rest of the world?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Andrew Bonamici, Steven G. Huter, and Dale Smith in EDUCAUSE Review, 45(2), March/April 2010, pp 10-11. Those of us in the "developed" world (North America, Europe, etc.) rely on cyberinfrastructure to gain access to the vast amounts of information available on the Web. But what about students and researchers in the rest of the world? </div>

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College Board Launches Center on Higher Ed. Policy and Practice - 0 views

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From Education Week, April 21 2010. This article is not available for free, online. If you are not an Education Week subscriber, check with your local library for full text of this article.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">From Education Week, April 21 2010. This article is not available for free, online. If you are not an Education Week subscriber, check with your local library for full text of this article. </div>

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Timeless Fundamentals: Changing the Future of Higher Education - 0 views

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By Diana G. Oblinger, in EDUCAUSE Review, 45(2), March/April 2010. In an opinion piece, the President and CEO of EDUCAUSE looks at the future of higher education.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Diana G. Oblinger, in EDUCAUSE Review, 45(2), March/April 2010. In an opinion piece, the President and CEO of EDUCAUSE looks at the future of higher education. </div>

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Former Gov. Tom Kean to lead study on how to cut costs, improve N.J. colleges - 0 views

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By Josh Margolin and Ted Sherman for the Newark Star-Ledger, May 5 2010. NJ Governor Christie is appointing a panel to study higher education issues in New Jersey; the panel will be led by former governor (and former university president) Tom Kean.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Josh Margolin and Ted Sherman for the Newark Star-Ledger, May 5 2010. NJ Governor Christie is appointing a panel to study higher education issues in New Jersey; the panel will be led by former governor (and former university president) Tom Kean. </div>

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Mass. to track colleges' success via student achievement - 0 views

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By Tracy Jan in the Boston Globe, May 5 2010. In Massachusetts, a new plan to "measure and report student achievement," called the Vision Project. Development of the plan included all 29 of the state's public colleges, universities, and community colleges.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Tracy Jan in the Boston Globe, May 5 2010. In Massachusetts, a new plan to "measure and report student achievement," called the Vision Project. Development of the plan included all 29 of the state's public colleges, universities, and community colleges.</div>

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College Persistence and Completion: What impacts student success? - 0 views

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A collection of related studies looking at college completion and student success from the ECS Research Studies Database. Studies are from a variety of sources -- not the ECS (e.g. Journal of Higher Education, National Bureau of Economic Research, and American Educational Research Journal).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A collection of related studies looking at college completion and student success from the ECS Research Studies Database. Studies are from a variety of sources -- not the ECS (e.g. Journal of Higher Education, National Bureau of Economic Research, and American Educational Research Journal).</div>

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in education | exploring our connective educational landscape - 0 views

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This is open access journal from the University of Regina (Canada) launched in December 2009, a a re-birth of Policy and Practice in Education, which published it's last number (15:1) under that title in August 2009. From Our Scope, "We envision works that augment the latitude and significance of the idea of education, while acknowledging the ubiquitous growth of the digital arts and sciences in the everyday practice of life and how that might (in)form notions of formal and informal education."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is open access journal from the University of Regina (Canada) launched in December 2009, a a re-birth of Policy and Practice in Education, which published it's last number (15:1) under that title in August 2009. From Our Scope, "We envision works that augment the latitude and significance of the idea of education, while acknowledging the ubiquitous growth of the digital arts and sciences in the everyday practice of life and how that might (in)form notions of formal and informal education." </div>

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Get Them In, Get Them Out - 0 views

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By David Moltz, News column, Inside Higher Ed, June 21 2010. Jamie Merisotis (president, Lumina Foundation) and Stan Jones (president, Complete College America) urge President Obama "to prioritize the distribution of funds from the recently created Community College and Career Training Grant program to those institutions that radically remodel their certificate and degree programs to emphasize speedy graduation and job placement."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By David Moltz, News column, Inside Higher Ed, June 21 2010. Jamie Merisotis (president, Lumina Foundation) and Stan Jones (president, Complete College America) urge President Obama "to prioritize the distribution of funds from the recently created Community College and Career Training Grant program to those institutions that radically remodel their certificate and degree programs to emphasize speedy graduation and job placement."</div>

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At Community Colleges, Open Access Is Latest Cutback - 0 views

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By Tamar Lewin, New York Times, June 23 2010. While interest in community colleges is on the rise, budget cuts are drastically decreasing access to students, and decreasing the course offerings. It is actually taking students longer to graduate, as they are denied courses that they need for graduation.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Tamar Lewin, New York Times, June 23 2010. While interest in community colleges is on the rise, budget cuts are drastically decreasing access to students, and decreasing the course offerings. It is actually taking students longer to graduate, as they are denied courses that they need for graduation. </div>

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Facebook, Pandora Lead Rise of Recommendation Engines - 0 views

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By Lev Grossman, Time Magazine, May 27 2010. This article provides an overview of recommendation engines and how they work, looking at sites like Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube, but really concentrating on Pandora/Music Genome Project.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Lev Grossman, Time Magazine, May 27 2010. This article provides an overview of recommendation engines and how they work, looking at sites like Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube, but really concentrating on Pandora/Music Genome Project.</div>

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A global teacher of 1,516 lessons and counting - 0 views

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By Lisa M. Krieger, Physorg.com, June 27 2010. This article profiles the "exuberant founder and sole faculty member of the nonprofit Khan Academy," Sal Khan who creates short YouTube videos on a variety of educational topics, primarily (but not exclusively) math. You can find his work at http://www.youtube.com/khanacademy

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Lisa M. Krieger, Physorg.com, June 27 2010. This article profiles the "exuberant founder and sole faculty member of the nonprofit Khan Academy," Sal Khan who creates short YouTube videos on a variety of educational topics, primarily (but not exclusively) math. You can find his work at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/khanacademy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/khanacademy</a></div>

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World eBook Fair - 0 views

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From July 4 - August 4 2010, download eBooks for free at this site. There are over 3.5 million titles available, ranging from Peter Rabbit to William Shakespeare (and that's just on the home page!).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">From July 4 - August 4 2010, download eBooks for free at this site. There are over 3.5 million titles available, ranging from Peter Rabbit to William Shakespeare (and that's just on the home page!). </div>

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