A VIU: Learning Community

this paper interviews 16 different teachers that teach online. they all have first hand experience and discuss best practices.

Interesting that this slideshare on Mobile Technology ends up focussing on student controlled learning. Well worth a viewing.

This Slideshare was well worth a revisit. Some aspects are definitely going to shift and change our approach to education.

This article examines the potential of synchronous communication in online education by analyzing the newest tools and platforms that facilitate real-time group communication, and the pedagogy associated with implementing synchronous communication tools into asynchronous learning environments.

Terry Heike from TeachThought has compiled this wonderful list of apps, resources, graphs, charts, and more to help project-based learning be successful for your class.

title says it all :)

By Tom Preskett Connecting formal education to social media/web 2.0 tools is a relatively new area. Educational institutions hope that by purchasing a virtual learning environment (VLE) all of their learning technology needs will be met. However, the world moves fast, and some educators find that our suite of communication and collaboration tools doesn't cater...

Editor's Note: This is an insightful analysis of assets and difficulties, both human and technical, in adopting and supporting teaching and learning with Web 2.0 Technologies. Students use these technologies constantly for their personal communications and for information access.

Simon, J., Burton, K., Lockhart, E., & O'Donnell, S. (2014). Post-secondary distance education in a contemporary colonial context: Experiences of students in a rural First Nation in Canada. The International Review Of Research In Open And Distance Learning, 15(1). Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1357/2770

Common Sense Media has been my go to place to stay abreast of online safety issues and perspectives on youth and media. This piece has some great reviews of services and apps... some benign... some scary. Quick and easy read. Well organized.

After seeing Avi's grade 9 class website I got excited and curious about starting my own. For someone who has never managed a web page before it can seem a little overwhelming. This page offers some helpful step-by-step information as well as some resources to get you started on creating a class web page.

Provides explanation of what a virtual lab is, the advantages as well as the challenges.

Link to pdf with interesting results to a study on information overload and online learners

A Will Richardson article outlining how the advancement of technology demands a shift in how we think about the work we have students do in school.

This paper argues that first time eLearners often experience cognitive overload, (as described in Cognitive Load Theory), in the early stages of an online course and it is suggested that this is a likely contributor to high drop out rates, particularly in terms of those withdrawing within the first few weeks of the course start

Practical steps on how to create a PLE

for flipped classroom teachers to share experiences and resources

4 easy steps to flipping a lesson and suggested tools

A different perspective on assessment - when our kids learn is not as important than if they learn

Some basic advice from a middle school science teacher who uses 3D printing to help students learn design and produce 3D objects in a grade 7 classroom.