Group items tagged

The open online learning on the internet's Web 2.0, as the printing press did at the start of the first Renaissance period in 1450, will make world class self-motivated learning affordable for all. It will be delivered in a 'just-in-time' mode, being completed at the place of our choosing, at a speed appropriate to our learning abilities and preference (visual, auditory, reading/writing or tactile) and in accordance with our situation and need.

A guide to online learning ( more like an extended annotated infographic) from Accredited Schools Online. Looks like a good overview describing online learning. What do you think? Feel free to reply to this entry.

Download Individual Chapters of this handbook. Chapters are listed below: Trends and Issues with Online Learning 1. From Reluctant and Reticent to Engaged and Enthusiastic: The Passage to Online Teaching by Susan Giullian 2. Preparing Special Education Teachers Through Online Instruction Donna Sobel 3. Using eCollege to Facilitate Learning, Provide for Program Coherence, Manage Accountability Innovations, and Ensure the Evolution of a Principal Licensure Program by Connie Fulmer 4. Make, Share, Find: Web 2.0 and Informal Learning by Phil Antonelli Technology in Action 5. The Advantages of a Ning Social Network Within a Higher Education Program by Laura Summers 6. Fresh and Forward-thinking: Using Blogs for Educational Purposes by Joanna C. Dunlap & Ellen Stevens 7. Hanging on by a Thread by Dorothy F. Garrison-Wade 8. Instructional Uses of Twitter by Joanna C. Dunlap & Patrick R. Lowenthal 9. Using Audio for Giving Feedback to Project Teams: A Useful Complement to Track Changes by Brent G. Wilson 10. Wordle… Just for Phluff? by Joanna C. Dunlap 11. A Teaching Video Project Brought to Closure by Farah A. Ibrahim 12. Improving the Design of PowerPoint Presentations by Patrick R. Lowenthal

A list of 100 tools resources for developing your own online course. Their list includes Learning Management Systems, resources for getting your class online, resources for designing an online course, online course tools, how to teach an online course, student resources and, distance education blogs.

"Michigan Virtual University developed this planning document as a practical resource to assist school board members, administrators, teachers, parents and others in meeting student needs. This document presents an overview of online and blended learning, offers guiding questions to support local planning efforts, identifies standards for teaching in online and blended environments and provides student and district planning rubrics." This guide was featured in an article on Page 14 in the Spring 2013 MACUL Journal. http://www.macul.org/downloads/journals/macul_journal_spring_2013_20130114_115352_2.pdf

iNACOL, is a non-profit organization that facilitates collaboration, advocacy, and research to enhance quality K-12 online teaching and learning. Identify and drive future directions in K-12 online education. See their "About" for details. Lots of great free resources, membership required for archived webinars.

Michigan Learns Online home page

GenNET Online Learning provides students with a wide range of teacher-led courses, teacher-facilitated courses, and self-directed classroom tools delivered over the Internet.

Links to websites that feature virtual learning experiences that expose online visitors to the history, geography, literature, government and for different places around the world.

"Online Learning Today... and Tomorrow" eduMOOC (massive open online course). Click on the title of this posting or here to visit the home site of the MOOC http://sites.google.com/site/edumooc/.

Students can get Online Tutoring, 24/7, while sitting in their Living room. Online Tutoring provides Students with the opportunity, to access & learn from the best tutors, from around the world. eTutoring helps students to save Energy, Travel Time & Cost.

MACUL Journal Spring 2013 the Blended Learning (Conference issue) Articles include: Using Technology to Love the Common Core; iPad Creativity for Elementary Students; Video Use In Your Classroom; "Flipping" EdTech PD; What is and How To Participate in the MILEARNS Online Portal; Making the Best of Technology You Already Have; Blended Learning for Today's Learner; Teaching With iBooks Author; Blooming with Technology: Blooms Taxonomy Goes Digital; Achieving Library 2.0; Discovering Self Through Web Design Is also available as a flash version at http://content.yudu.com/A20rl4/MACULJournalSpr2013/

This website contains a number of learning objects that are useful in designing online instruction for students. Click on the links in the link bar on the left to visit any of these subjects.

Digital India is not a 'Policy Change" but also a "Social Change" which involves transforming the mind-set of its Citizen. E-Learning and Digital Education are the two sides of the same coin. Students nowadays are apt with Computers, Laptops, Tablets and Smartphones. They are getting introduced & gaining experience of E-Learning.

Supercool School is an online school platform that empowers everyone to create customized education environments for live online learning.

Peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials.

Portal for courses, resources and professional development for online learning in K-12. Currently under construction.

moodle site for Michigan Learns Online

Resources to Support Online Learning for K-12 Students

Karl Kapp's slides and resources from a Sept. 2014 online Learning conference