E-Learning Queen focuses on distance training and education, from instructional design to e-learning and mobile solutions, and pays attention to psychological, social, and cultural factors. The edublog emphasizes real-world e-learning issues and appropriate uses of emerging technologies. Who is the Queen? You are, dear reader. Susan Smith Nash is the Queen's assistant.
Back again to Twitter but this time with a wonderful collection of more than 50 ideas and tips on how to put this popular social networking and microblogging tool to work in your classroom.
Back again to Twitter but this time with a wonderful collection of more than 50 ideas and tips on how to put this popular social networking and microblogging tool to work in your classroom.
Many readers use synchronous e-Learning tools to deliver instruction live and online. However, there are many other uses for these tools in education and in corporate settings. This article relates the success of one particular tool, and offers a number of best practices that you will be able to put to work in creating and delivering effective, competitive e-Learning.
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This is a good introductory treatment of Social Constructivism, which sets the stage well for what social networking tools might be able to do for us in education.
I agree that as we continue, learning will become more interactive, using all types of tech tools to enable students not only to learn in the classroom, but as online learners also.
This article explains how synchronous communication techniques can effectively work to make graduate courses more relevant. It can also be used for the same purposes in an undergraduate course.
Many regard Twitter as quite a useless social media sharing portal. Some have this negative opinion, mainly because of the fact Twitter allows you to "tweet" or post only 140 characters in length. This length equals the text of a regular SMS, and for some this is simply not enough.
I use this app, which can be used on any device, in my blueprint reading class. It is applicable in any course when trying to develop visualization skills. Some students love it, some do not. It has a gamification feel to it. Heather Zaccagnini