QUT Learning Design

Seems to mirror the approach LDs take to academic development. Steel, Caroline and Andrews, Trish (2012). Re-imagining teaching for technology - Enriched learning spaces: An academic development model. In Mike Keppell, Kay Souter and Matthew Riddle (Ed.), Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Concepts for the Modern Learning Environment (pp. 242-265) Hershey, PA, U.S.A.: Information Science Reference.

Listing with a brief description of smart phone use in the classroom. Some well known; some lesser known ideas.

Some interesting options for online presentations. (One of them, of course, is Prezi.)

A great, simple website that lets you trim a YouTube video to just the part you want. Simply drag the entry & exit sliders to the relevant part of the video ... & press Chop It. It then gives it a new URL &/or Embed Code. Great for plucking out pertinent snippets from a long lecture.

Most of the tips are relevant to higher ed, and each contains a decent paragraph description.

Great program with updates and trends relating to popular uses of technology. Updated every Thursday.

...a new open source platform that will give individual educators and universities the ability to create MOOCs of their own

Course Builder is Google's experimental first step in the world of online education.

A QUT library database which focuses on national and international trends of all kinds, including technology and education. Well worth a look!

This brief summarizes the main themes from the EDUCAUSE Analytics Sprint, held July 24-26, 2012. Presenters and participants exchanged ideas and information via webinars, online conversations, Twitter, and blog posts

(View webinar archive and support resources) - Next Generation Learning Challenges has identified six essential dimensions of next-generation learning: - learning goals focused on deeper, more comprehensive outcomes - measurement of progress through embedded and adaptive assessment - learning designs that are personalized, competency-based, and supportive - blended and open-source implementation and change management - conditions that enable "breakthrough models" to succeed - broad and rapid scaling to match the widespread need

A Google site which is full of tutorials on using Google Apps (Google Docs, Google Sites, etc).  I'm sure our team could use these when instructing others in how to use these tools.

This article is useful in considering the future of higher ed within the broader context of economic change brought on by digital technologies.

I note particularly the planed "engaging ed" competition. QUT staff could be part of this...

"The series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation." The ten innovations are: Assessment for learning Badges to accredit learning Learning analytics MOOCs New pedagogy for e-books Personal inquiry learning Publisher led mini-courses Rebirth of academic publishing Rhizomatic learning Seamless learning

This blog posting deconstructs the recent infographic from the Envisioning Technology website - http://envisioningtech.com/ - and outlines some of the more interesting predictions.

Nicely breaks up elearning interactivity into 4 levels - from Level 1: Passive (no interaction) up to Level 4: Simulation and game-based learning. Provdies examples of activites in each level.

Neat visual summary of how teachers are using social media. Comprises mainly one long graphic.