OER: I experienced watching a nine year old create his own learning experience. He went out to YouTube to find videos to teach himself how to play the drums. Now that is what learning is all about.

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells as illustrated below.

Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Filed by on The American Association of School Libraries (AASL) is a division of the American Library Association. This is the sixth annual Best Websites for Teaching & Learning list. Sites named as Best Websites for Teaching & Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation and collaboration.

UW Madison MOOCs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), are unique and exciting virtual teaching, learning and research experiences that are not for credit, aimed at unlimited participation and available at no cost to learners around the world. In 2013-14, UW-Madison launched four pilot MOOCs in partnership with the online education company, Coursera.

This comes from MERLOT and has a video and printed material for planning your online class. Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/gFPzbN from the Learning to Teach Online project website.This Learning to Teach Online http://bit.ly/d18ac5 episode explores some of the key considerations when planning your online or blended (face-to-face and online) class. It examines the importance of considering pedagogy before technology; constructively aligning assessment with learning outcomes; and the integration of digital literacy skills.

This is a TED Talk that could be used with educators at a professional development session or as media in an online professional development course. How can we create an education system that works for kids, instead of against them? Watch eight inspiring talks (and one beautiful performance) from TED's May 2013 PBS special, given in their entirety.