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an interesting TED talk about MOOCs

This article discusses very innovative ways for students to use their cell/smart phones in class.

Collaborative Technologies | Feature From Twitter to Edmodo: Schools Collaborate With Social Media Schools are using a variety of social media tools to help students connect and work together. A great resource with many options to use in the classroom as well as information on security.

This article provides a synopsis of the impacts of social media on learners and learning.

This is a good article which highlights the ways instructors can design the course to reduce cheating.

I thought it would be interesting (and maybe ironic) to post an article about diigo on diigo.

What is Diigo? Diigo stands for "Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff." It is a social bookmarking program that allows you to save your 'favourites' online, so that they can be accessible from any computer with an internet connection. However, Diigo does much more than this.

Great Ted Talk about our education.

Free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education

Online teaching and learning materials

A must for anyone using technology in education

An infographic with numbers about students use of social media and its role in education.

The clinic is organized and run by doctoral students of the physical therapy program at Lynchburg College who provide cutting-edge evidence-based therapy. We provide quality, free services under the supervision of licensed physical therapists from our faculty and the community to join in an educational partnership that benefits our patients.

UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs.

Use this as a resource to catalyze discussion on your campus.

We'll be updating this page regularly.Please check back for updates. Call it the year of the mega-class. Colleges and professors have rushed to try a new form of online teaching known as MOOCs-short for "massive open online courses." The courses raise questions about the future of teaching, the value of a degree, and the effect technology will have on how colleges operate.

A great article on how to promote critical thinking through discussion question design and collaboration.

A great read on the acts of great teachers! I thought most of this list spoke to how we could create immediacy in the classroom.

"Think Twice Before Cheating in Online Courses"