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This article describes the increased use in the eLearning industry to HTML5 as an authoring tool. Moving away from things like Adobe Flash has allowed new opportunities and avenues of creation possibilities to content developers. HTML5 has wide support across many different browsers and LMS platforms which makes the use of HTML5 an easy transition/addition. HTML5 does, however, have difficulty working with older browsers such as IE8. Using authoring tools such as Adobe Captivate 9 and Articulate Storyline makes HTML5 easy to use.

This article was very interesting and informative, thanks for sharing

This article is aimed toward faculty in mathematics departments who are working to increase the number of high-achieving mathematics students from racial and ethnic minorities and for researchers investigating these endeavors. The Emerging Scholars Program (ESP) is one of the most widespread models for supporting such increases. It is also one of the oldest, so there is a considerable body of research, both quantitative and qualitative, related to its impact. Whether or not one chooses to implement an ESP, this discussion of the history, philosophy,

College course work is meant to be challenging. The content and the vocabulary used are often unfamiliar to many students. For at-risk learners, the challenges are even greater.

A wonderful place for up-to-date education news. I send my students here several times a semester for articles to discuss in class.

Article about Academic Honesty which includes information about Securexam Proctor, used at Troy University in Alabama

Academic Article on Twitter in the College Classroom

This article delves into the question of where Clickers as an Active Learning Tool stacks up.

This article is relevant to nursing educational programs. It starts with background on Web 1.0 then moves to 2.0.

Since many online courses are offered in a compressed format, some may think courses are "easier." This article talks about a study that was done that shows that is not the case. If there is a difference, it is because of the instructor. Interesting.

This article talks about what a Wiki is and why it is a great tool to use for our classes.

This article provides a description of 10 best practices for online teaching.

This article contains a great module to use for student reflections. At the end of each MVCR Module we are given reflective questions and this article offers structure to creating reflective assignments.

We've been discussing the pros and cons of social media and Twitter. So, I thought we could ponder on what comes next as a group. :) I found this article very interesting. What do you all think? ;)

Here is a current article (March 31) on online education. Can (or should) you try to replicate the F2F course in an online environment?

An interesting article on gender on Facebook

Article discusses 5 characteristics of social media that can enhance online learning.

Problems of privacy with social media sites are legal issues as well as practical ones. This article reveals various cases of employers (and schools) probing for personal data from subordinates.

More on the privacy theme. It's not just about students posting things that they'll regret later, it's also about making laws that protect us all from grasping superiors.

PBS article on teaching multimedia journalism