Open Opportunities

Defines flipping as a hybrid learning model

LMS, VLE = Walled Garden Do you need one?

photo by Kirainet

Overview of Collaborative Critical Inquiry pedagogical pattern

instrumental MacArthur study on media education

Recommended by George in first Collaborate session

Audio files supported by images. Terrific tool for creating a group project.

The future is already here -- help spread it around a little more evenly with immersive learning environments.

A Theoretical Approach to Distillation of Pedagogical Patterns from Practice to Enable Transfer and Reuse of Good Teaching Dejan Ljubojevic and Dianne Laurillard introduce the concept of pedagogical patterns and how it can be used in learning design to support practitioners.

Special guest -- author of our text and many other YA nonfiction titles, Marc Aronson

Joint production of NC State ECI 521 and Eva Perry Mock Printz Book Club

Dave Cormier examines "openness" from many perspectives and closes with a nod to the openness and social justice connection that George Roberts mentioned in FSLT13's first Collaborate Session.

"Hybrid learning Freed from time and place, online learning should nonetheless be connected back to multiple locations around the world and not tethered exclusively to the digital realm. This can happen by building in apprenticeships, internships and real-world applications of online problem sets. Problem sets might be rooted in real-world dilemmas or comparative historical and cultural perspectives. (Examples might include: "Organizing Disaster Response and Relief for Hurricane Sandy" or "Women's Rights, Rape, and Culture" or "Designing and Implementing Gun Control: A Global Perspective.")"

Mother community garden in Raleigh that has seeded over 70 gardens around the world now.

Fascinating research on what really works in science videos

Muller's fascinating research on effective science videos

Jamie Michie's teen MOOC research

Hybrid model for public schools?