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An estimated 96% of people with chronic medical conditions live with an illness that is invisible. Invisible disabilities can impact student performance, and that staggering stat means that invisible disabilities are more prevalent in classrooms and eLearning environments than you think. Watch a recording of the presentation below, or read on for highlights.

What accommodations are needed for eLearning students with "invisible" disabilities?

What accommodations are needed for eLearning students with "invisible" disabilities?

"An instructor's 'digital' personality can influence student achievement, retention or completion, and satisfaction with courses..." I couldn't agree more as this has been my experience!

Personality Psychology in the Classroom

A good synopsis of 20 Web 2.0 tools that can complement teaching.

There are definitely many teaching tools to choose from. This article just scratches the surface... Dawn

Love the description of all the items we are learning in class. This helped a lot in putting 2 and 2 together. Thank you for posting this. Kathy

Yes, there are a ton of great ed-tech tools out there, but which ones should you be adopting for your classroom? This article gave me some great ideas.

Ranzie, Thank you for sharing this. Loved it. I am still learning about much of this content and how it can be utilized in my classroom

An interesting article about how we can(not) detach from technology Part 2/related article in the series: http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Distracted-Classroom-Is/239785

Debut Video Recorder provides a great tool if you want to record video or capture an image on your screen. I used it to record student speeches before my college installed cameras in our speech classrooms. It can be saved to a flash drive and does not have to be installed on your computer the way most programs do.

5 easy activities if you teach a course that address the topic of Globalization. The activities are geared toward high school level but can be expanded for higher levels.

I find this article (based on a video that is also there) very interesting. The author goes through a list of online resources that people can use to find ways to learn languages online. It even offers a link to CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Learning Instruction Consortium) reviewed course.

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing. I could definitely use the sites here. One I'm intrigued by is the Book Creator and the Meme generator! Both can definitely be used to spice up writing classes.

Thanks for sharing. I am always looking for new apps to create my video lessons. This is great source of information.

Great tools for student to create in the online course.

This is a really easy program to create videos/screencasts. You get a link that you can post in course emails/announcements/assignments/syllabi, etc. It doesn't caption yet but I have put in the request for this feature. I use the free version.

Great augmented reality labs that can be used to practice in Anatomy. I've even made my own assignments by using the pictures from the assignments.

This paper raises serious doubts regarding the success of our educational system in preparing students for the knowledge society. According to the author the knowledge economy "...holds the promise of changing, to our benefit, some of the most deep-seated and universal regularities of economic life and of dramatically enhancing productivity and growth. Its effects, however, have so far proved modest." The disruption brought by the new technologies can cause an even bigger inequality in societies. Worth thinking about it.

Free interactive website for music students who wish to learn and then test their knowledge of music theory; also has specific exercises for students learning keyboard and various fretted string instruments. The webpage also features various interactive tools and calculators, and printables (e.g. staff paper). What makes it useful for teachers is the ability to customize exercises in great detail. The site then produces permanent links to these exercises that you send to students. To make it even better, students can submit reports with results of their drills. Great for mastery learning approach. They also make paid iOS apps, Tenuto and Theory Lessons

Free quiz game tool for students. Can organize teams and see who finishes first; also see which questions students struggle on. Even college students enjoy playing.

#TT2041 Using this software, students can virtually participate in chemistry labs that correspond to the lesson taught, for a risk-free and safe environment for all ages.

Scroll down to the part of the article that discusses Pinterest. Pinterest can be great for creating a digital portfolio. I like this idea.

When You need to Give a Persuasive Speech or Your students need a Topic for a Persuasive speech you can pick off of the list of 105 great Topics.

This is another great assessment conference that I would encourage others to attend. Fabulous resources can be found here that are sure to improve your student learning.

This is another fabulous conference focused on assessment.

I currently teach public speaking courses to at the collegiate level. I'm now seeing that there are numerous apps that can be used in my course.

"Texas Learn OER is a set of ten openly-licensed, self-paced modules for faculty, staff, and administrators in higher education. The training was developed by Carrie Gits, Head Librarian and Library Services OER Team Leader at Austin Community College, for the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas. Anyone can earn a certificate of completion for Texas Learn OER -- for free! Texas Learn OER was been recognized in 2021 with an OE Global Open Education Award for Excellence."