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"The [OECD's OER] project analyses and maps the scale and scope of initiatives regarding "open educational resources" (OER) in terms of their purpose, content, and funding" (Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) - Open Educational Resources, ¶2).

Revisiting the Community of Inquiry Framework: July 9-22, 2012 Facilitators:  Cindy Xin and  Sarah Haavind Since its original publication, Garrison, Anderson and Archer's (2000) "Critical Inquiry in A Text-based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education" has inspired a great many researchers and advanced our understanding of online learning and online education. In recent years, a number of reviews of the Community of Inquiry framework (CoI) have been published, including, Garrison and Arbaugh's (2007), Swan and Ice (2010). Cindy Xin, author of a recently-published critique (Xin, 2012) will be with us to explain her argument and, together with Sarah Haavind, facilitate a discussion reconsidering the CoI and its recent reviews and critiques. By provoking new thoughts and possibly constructing new theories and methods, we hope to further our understanding of online discussion in particular, and online education in general.

"OEDb currently contains reviews of 1,025 programs from 83 accredited online colleges. Unlike other leading online education directories, our database only lists accredited online colleges ..." (Welcome to the Online Education Database, ¶1).

"Educators should choose instructional strategies that are most effective for accomplishing a particular educational objective. From this perspective, instructional strategies are tools available to educators for designing and facilitate learning ."

"Leading educational psychologist Robert Slavin is a Professor in the IEE" (Biography, ¶1, retriieved 2010.12.14 [page updated 2010.11.11]). This page lists selected publications and presentations.

A LearnCentral "webinar with Wayne Mackintosh on designing an "Open Educational Resources" (OER) university and creating free learning for all students worldwide" (Event Details, Detail[ed] Description, ¶1).

Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help.

Stage 1 "findings revealed that there was a high level of interest in the use of ePortfolios in the context of higher education, particularly in terms of the potential to help students become reflective learners who are conscious of their personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, as well as to make their existing and developing skills more explicit."

Thanks to Meg for pointing this out on her Kwantlen Mahara Pilot page

Specific to medical education but lots of hints about preparing slides etc.

"Educational Uses of iPads: October 18-29, 2010 Facilitator: Brent LeeBrent Lee In lecture halls and libraries, on the bus or at the beach, what makes the iPad a good fit for teaching and learning? This 2-week discussion will be combined with 2 one-hour sessions in the SCoPE Elluminate room. "

"Some of these apps are from companies that submitted promotional codes for my review, and some are my own finds that I am really enjoying, but all of them could find a place on your iPad, as they have on mine."\n\nvia @wlonline

Anderson and Anderson (2010) characterize online continuing professional education (CPE) conferences as "structured, time[-]delineated" events involving "distributed population[s]" in synchronous or asynchronous use of "online communication and collaboration tools" (p. 15). They suggest that these characteristics may enhance "both the quantity and quality of interaction" in formal CPE sessions, thanks to possibilities for preliminary access to conference materials, world-wide participation, and asynchronous as well as real-time interpersonal engagements (p. 22), which in turn may promote constructivist and connectivist modes of learning within professional communities of practice (pp. 7-10). Anderson, Lynn; & Anderson, Terry. (2010). Online Conferences: Professional Development for a Networked Era. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing

"Video is not being used enough in online learning in post-secondary education. When used it is often an afterthought or an 'extra', rather than an integral part of the design, or is used merely to replicate a classroom lecture, rather than exploiting the unique characteristics of video."

Excellent analysis of ebook issues and reliance on textbooks in our educational culture. Part of the current seminar discussion at SCoPE. By Alannah Fitzgerald

"National Educational Technology Standards Electronic Portfolio Templates"

"This e-Portfolio has been completed in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education at Australian Catholic University during 2009."

Presentation by Brent Lee - BC Educational Technology Users Group Spring Workshop June 2010

Collecting resources for the SCoPE Educational Uses of iPads seminar that runs October 18-29, 2010

Uses of iPad apps in different areas ie literacy, numeracy, etc.

"When the iPad was first announced I posted some brief thoughts about its potential for education. Since then, it's been released and I've had the chance to spend some time playing with one. It's been an opportunity to see to what extent the device itself and the software available would be a useful tool for supporting the work of teachers and lecturers."

"Motivation and Adult Learning Online: Dec 1-17, 2010 Facilitator: Firat Sarsar What motivates adult learners in online learning environments? What are the barriers? How do we measure motivation? Motivation is both complex and multidimensional and there is a lot to explore during this seminar. We will look at the sources of motivation and what we, as educators, can do to support adults in meeting their learning goals."