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In the midst of a growing storm of new technology-induced learning concepts such as flipped learning, blended learning, personalized learning (to mention but a few) , teachers are left with no other alternatives but to enhance and accommodate their professional development efforts to suit the changing educational paradigms. Edsurge called this "personalized professional development". This is the kind of life-long learning that involves the integration and leverage of digital media and technology (and offsite resources) for expanding one's field of expertise. Image source: EdSurge The web now abounds with all kinds of resources, tools, materials, and know-how to help teachers grow professionally. EdSurge has this wonderful guide featuring a set of different tools that teachers can draw on to expand their professional development. These tools are selected in such a way that they address different areas : They support how teachers engage with colleagues They help teachers learn or find support for implementing fresh strategies and approaches They measure how that learning impacts practice in the classroom. To better evaluate how these tools help teachers grow professionally, EdSurge created a "framework of a continuous cycle of learning." This framework is composed of 4 stages: engage, learn, support, and measure. Under each of these stages is featured a collection of web tools to help teachers get more out of that stage.

"Last year we published a list of 60+ blended learning articles. With the extensive use of blended learning in classrooms and lots of shared success stories, we doubled that total.  Following are 125 blogs by category."

This is great! Thanks for sharing this. It will help with my lit review on blended learning

"As my students worked with me to invent our own version of student-centred learning, we realized that the three questions every student in our classroom had to answer were: What are you going to learn? How are you going to learn it? How are you going to show me your learning? This became our mantra - our framework for learning.  This is what it means to give students "control over their education.""

iPad-focused article about apps that contribute to the steps of project-based learning. 

Another discussion about the Cone of Learning or Learning Pyramid

introduce five key features of blended learning, from the learning-centric perspective on instructional interaction between teacher, student, and digital content.

Cultivating Media-Rich Learning Experiences Created by the Learning Technology Lab at the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning. University of Notre Dame

An overview of how Mobile Learning can be integrated in schools

Technology allows students to take learning into their own hands.

Yet another model trying to sort out how to describe 21st Century learning. 

Good breakdown of the steps of developing and implementing a project-based learning curriculum with a focus on mobile devices.

"The Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition Model offers a method of seeing how computer technology might impact teaching and learning.  It also shows a progression that adopters of educational technology often follow as they progress through teaching and learning with technology.  "

"I also learned effective ways to track student progress toward learning goals that will inform the feedback I give students. While my effectiveness as a teacher has grown exponentially, I still have a lot to learn. ... These are some of my experiences, ideas and resources for using technology to provide meaningful feedback to students -- and making the process more streamlined for everyone."

Cathy Davidson looks at the transition from EdTech to Digital Media Learning.

Resources on mobile learning categorized by topic.

Here is a discussion about the research behind the Cone of Learning. Evidently it's an old controversy.

Cellphones as mobile learning devices - photos, movies, podcasting, etc.

This article goes deeply into how mobile learning contributes to a different type of pedagogy (heutagogy). There are many resources and a good slideshare on this page.

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Description of Challenge-based Learning