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This weeks topic was UGC and instead of asking questions and staring at blank, tired faces I challenged the students. I brought along my flip video camera and asked them to make a video during the discussion section on two topics: Define UGC & Give examples of UGCs.

Information technologies are having a significant impact on how people work, play, gain information, and collaborate. Increasingly, those who use technology in ways that expand their global connections are more likely to advance, while those who do not will find themselves on the sidelines. With the growing availability of tools to connect learners and scholars all over the world - online collaborative workspaces, social networking tools, mobiles, voice-over-IP, and more - teaching and scholarship are transcending traditional borders more and more all the time. (Emphasis mine.)

"You can teach in order to have it be effective years later," Ms. Metcalfe says, "or you can teach so that they get their A on the final exam and then they forget it all."

Consistent with Cathryn Gorlinsky's poster on Leadership in World of Warcraft at the WFI09.

A group of scientists at Cambridge University has conducted a study that shows that associations in videogames transfer directly to the real world.

Industry evolution is the study of how industries begin, grow, mature and adapt to changing business environments.

One of the most common scenarios for rapid elearning developers is to take an existing PowerPoint presentation and convert it to an "elearning course." Sometimes you get the luxury of meeting with the subject matter expert and then reworking the content to transform it from a presentation to an elearning course. However, there are many times when you have to take the content "as is" and then put it online. The subject matter expert's not too interested in reworking the content much.

CITT Tools & Techniques Toolbox. Here, you will find very brief introduction to various tools and techniques for use in face to face education and synchronous/asynchronous distance education.

With growth of online course enrollments outpacing enrollments in traditional courses by 500%, institutions of higher education are experiencing significant changes in terms of long-term strategic planning. Along with providing for the infrastructure requirements associated with online course offerings, the issue of faculty preparedness and training is considered problematic from an administrative perspective.

Murder under the Microscope is an online environmental game for school students in years 5 to 10, typically children aged 9 to 14 years.

Videos and Channels from Colleges and Universities.