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The Mobile Learning infoKit is a developing resource from JISC infoNet launched at ALT-C 2011 alongside the new JISC publication Emerging Practice in a Digital Age (September 2011). Sections = Introduction; Strategy; Pedagogy; Implementation; Snapshots; Case Studies

12 Jan 2014 - A very interesting (and believable) take on the future of online learning in the next 5 - 10 years. Check out the list of future choices for: Students and learners; Faculty and instructors; Institutions; and Government.

"This website is for educators who want to learn about using iPads in education. Here you will find information about the Victorian school iPads for Learning trial including the specially selected apps, classroom ideas and technical tips."

In our new world of online plenty, "no matter what you are interested in you can go online and join a group of people attracted to something because they want to learn about it", ... "It also means education, knowledge and achievement are opening up to a much broader range of students, particularly visual learners who didn't have a chance to shine in text-based education systems, international e-learning expert Marc Prensky says. "What many educators often forget is that reading and writing, although they have enjoyed primacy for hundreds of years, are very artificial ways to communicate, store and retrieve information," he says." ... "We have to get over the myth that mobile phones have eaten the brains of our children and talk productively about using new communications tools. "There is an untapped reservoir of interest and enthusiasm, and if you can find the right tasks [that] empower students, it's like reaching a [teaching] tipping point," Allen says.

The Innovative Teaching for Effective Learning ITEL project is conceived as a future-oriented and innovation-focused contribution to OECD's work on teachers and teaching. It focuses on the pedagogical knowledge base and competences of teachers and how they should be redefined to be in line with recent developments in understanding effective learning, as for example as hightlighted in publication: The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice.

""Learning Design for a 21st Century Curriculum". The course will run from 10th January to 13th March 2013."

A new resource about blended learning. See project website - https://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/blended-approaches-learner-engagement

PLNs were discussed quite a bit at the 2012 ascilite conference. Interesting to think of own PLN as a 'space' for learning.

2 lessons about how to improve student engagement in flipped classrooms

Okay, so this is good for two reasons: it demonstrates some of the principles of gamification in practice, but also, the little activities she does could be a good icebreaker activity for a learning experience.

Welcome to PBL-Online, a one stop solution for Project Based Learning!

Looking for examples of current work being done in the US?

Discusses 'learning measurement'. It includes a Course Review Template aimed at measuring how performance focussed the course is. Also, his link to a previous article (The Five failures) is worth a read.

Link: Beyond MOOCs Sustainable Online Learning in Institutions (PDF) Link: Beyond MOOCs Sustainable Online Learning in Institutions (MS Word .docx) Executive Summary The key opportunity for institutions is to take the concepts developed by the MOOC experiment to date and use them to improve the quality of their face-to-face and online provision, and to open up access to higher education.

Grade Change - Tracking Online Education in the United State is the eleventh annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education. The survey is designed, administered and analyzed by the Babson Survey Research Group, with data collection conducted in partnership with the College Board. Using responses from more than 2,800 colleges and universities, this study is aimed at answering fundamental questions about the nature and extent of online education.

An interesting reflection on what learning involves.

An excellent resource with a range of exemplars.

Interesting article on the effects of test-taking as a learning tool.