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Hugo Domingos

Mobile Learning: Using Tools at Hand - 2 views

  • Take a look around and chances are you’ll see a mobile device. Phones, iPods, laptops, netbooks, iPads, USB drives, and handheld games seem to be everywhere. Combine these ever-present gadgets with educational and productivity uses and you’ve got mobile learning.
  • Mobile learning can happen anywhere: in a classroom, at the dinning room table, on a bus, in front of a science exhibit, at the zoo…anywhere!
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  • A learner may take notes on her phone and later transfers them to a laptop where she adds images and shares the document online with her study group.
  • a podcast to view that visually explains the concept.
  • tudents create flashcards that they can access from their handheld computers at home.
  • lm video using their cell phones and transfer it to a computer for editing.
  • so he instantly accesses the article about Watergate online and views the Watergate complex on an interactive map.
  • mobile learning provides increased options for the personalization of learning
  • there are plenty of opportunities for formal and informal learning, both inside and outside the classroom.
  • Learners that harness the power of these tools can be more productive and have resources for learning when and where they are needed.
  • Learning in Hand Blog, podcast, and information about iPods, iPhones, iPads, netbooks and podcasting
Hugo Domingos

Apple's iPad: What does it offer for e-Learning? by Bill Brandon : Learning Solutions M... - 0 views

  • This means that, because of the bigger display, it is potentially a better platform for mobile learning than the iPhone or the iPod Touch, although the iPad (like the iPod and iPhone) does not support Flash.
  • This is all good for asynchronous e-Learning
  • Synchronous e-Learning on the iPad as shown today presents some problems. To begin with, there is no camera, so the virtual classroom is likely to be an audio-only experience
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  • Because the iPad does incorporate a microphone and speakers, learners should be able to conference via Skype or Google Voice. Sooner or later, an enterprising developer will come up with a whiteboard app. Interestingly, Apple has a patent for a multimedia conference system that appears to be applicable to the iPad
  • The iPad can also support classroom instruction and performance support. It can display HD video. It has video out via the dock connector, so an instructor can display Keynote presentations from the iPad alon
  • added a potential new platform for mobile learning, for social networking, and for content creation in Weblogs and wikis. It also provides content creators with another channel for interactive applications
  • Significant deficiencies for e-Learning on the iPad include the absence of a camera and the continued lack of support for Flash
  • who already own an iPhone, iPod Touch, or netbook will decide that the iPad is redundant – that their current device(s) already does everything the iPad does
  • it is too big to fit in a pocket, it is too small to be a practical laptop replacement, and it lacks a telephone
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    Será o Ipad uma boa solução para elearning: Prós e Contras!
Fernando Cassola Marques

Online University Reviews : 50 Incredible Books Every Educator Should Read - 3 views

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    Whether a daycare worker, homeschooler, or traditional teacher, the task of educating can be daunting. Assignments, lesson plans, grading, and discipline are just some of the responsibilities involved with being an educator. However, no amount of education can prepare you for what truly happens in the classroom.To this end, we have gathered 50 incredible books every educator should read. No matter if looking for inspiration, advice, or just a good read, they can help your career in education immensely.Incredible Books Every Educator Should Read by a Teacher 50 livros que qualquer educador deveria ler ... interessante
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    Excelente partilha Fernando! Ler 50 livros é obra, mas só com 5 já dá para aprender imenso!
Hugo Domingos

Wowza Boosts Student Learning at Hundreds of Universities Around the World with Video S... - 1 views

  • today announced that more than 500 universities and colleges on four continents are using Wowza Media Server® technology to deliver live, on demand and interactive content to students and faculty on multiple players and devices, including Flash® and iPhone®.
  • The collegiate market is among the most aggressive adopters of streaming media technology solutions as the modern campus expands beyond the traditional four walls of classrooms, labs and lecture halls and the Internet is an increasingly inseparable component of learning curriculum
  • online education sector grew 13 percent last year and had been growing at about 20 percent in previous years.
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      I would check this data. 20% grow?
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  • Universities are discovering that lecture capture is a competitive advantage and of great benefit to 'millennial' learners, who are accustomed to convenience and to on-demand access to myriad content sources," said Alan Greenberg
  • the University of New South Wales in Sydney found the Wowza servers to be much more cost effective and easier to maintain than its separate legacy QuickTime™ and Windows® streaming servers,
  • With Wowza Media Server 2 we are able to consolidate our media resources onto a single platform, while also opening the door to new campus IPTV and iPhone streaming capabilities for our UNSWTV and lecture recording services,"
  • Many other universities are leveraging the Wowza Media Server's iPhone and IPTV streaming capabilities to expand enrollment and make courses and other content such as athletics widely available outside
  • "Wowza is focused on helping educators make learning more accessible and affordable by using online video content," said Dave Stubenvoll,
  • Wowza Media Server was named Best Server Hardware/Software in the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards in 2008 and 2009, and received the 2009 Best Innovation award for Wowza Media Server 2
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    Argumentos para uso on-demand video em universidades. Razões para escolher Womza Media Server
Hugo Domingos

The Advantages of eLearning | eLearning Brothers - 1 views

  • nice advantages of eLearning
  • The mission of corporate eLearning is to supply the workforce with an up-to-date and cost-effective program that yields motivated, skilled, and loyal knowledge workers.
  • echnical obstacles, such as access, standards, infrastructure, and bandwidth, will not be an issue in a few years
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  • Employees can then access training when it is convenient for them, at home or in the office.
  • The biggest benefit of eLearning, however, is that it eliminates the expense and inconvenience of getting the instructor and students in the same place.
  • Web-based products allow instructors to update lessons and materials across the entire network instantly.
  • electronic learning solutions can offer more collaboration and interaction with experts and peers as well as a higher success rate than the live alternative.
  • With 24 x 7 access, people can learn at their own pace and review course material as often as needed. Since they can customize the learning material to their own needs, students have more control over their learning process and can better understand the material, leading to a 60% faster learning curve
  • Training Magazine reported that technology-based training has proven to have a 50–60% better consistency of learning than traditional classroom learning
  • Teaching and communication techniques which create an interactive online environment include case studies, story-telling, demonstrations, role-playing, simulations, streamed videos, online references, personalized coaching and mentoring, discussion groups, project teams, chat rooms, e-mail, bulletin boards, tips, tutorials, FAQs, and wizards.
  • can try new things and make mistakes without exposing themselves.
  • After a failure, students can go back and try again. This type of learning experience eliminates the embarrassment of failure in front of a group.
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