June 2006

Tools for Teaching: Motivating Students

June 30, 2006

Motivating Students. ‘Some students seem naturally enthusiastic about learning, but many need-or expect-their instructors to inspire, challenge, and stimulate them: “Effective learning in the classroom depends on the teacher’s ability … to maintain the interest that brought students to the course in the first place” (Ericksen, 1978, p. 3). Whatever level of motivation your students [...]

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Personal Learning Environments (PLE)

June 29, 2006

Personal Learning Environments. ‘Personal Learning Envionments (PLE) are systems that help learners take control of and manage their own learning. This includes providing support for learners to * set their own learning goals * manage their learning; managing both content and process * communicate with others in the process of learning and thereby achieve learning [...]

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Wikibooks

June 29, 2006

Wikibooks. ‘Wikibooks is a collection of free instructional textbooks that are being written collaboratively by the readers of this web site. As an alternative to the proprietary model used by publishers of more expensive textbooks, Wikibooks uses the GNU Free Documentation License so that anyone may copy, modify, and reuse our textbooks. You can participate [...]

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LAMS Foundation

June 29, 2006

The LAMS Foundation. ‘The LAMS Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that manages research and development into LAMS and the concepts of Learning Design. The Foundation is based at Macquarie University, Australia as part of the Macquarie E-learning Centre of Excellence (MELCOE), under the leadership of Professor James Dalziel (Director of MELCOE and inventor of LAMS). [...]

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First International LAMS Conference 2006 and ASCILITE 2006 Conference

June 29, 2006

The First International LAMS Conference: Designing the Future of Learning. ‘The focus of the conference is on designing for the future. Where will Learning Design take us now? How is LAMS shaping up? What are the challenges for individuals and organisations? Importantly we want to capture the experience of those who have used LAMS and [...]

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Open Source Academy

June 28, 2006

Open Source Academy. ‘Our aim is to encourage the use of Open Source Software by local authorities through knowledge sharing and practical advice. The content of our portal, as well as our one-to-one services, can help you economise on costs and increase Open Source’s implementation efficiency. Registered Users are able to comment on documents such [...]

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Online Book: Theory and Practice of Online Learning

June 26, 2006

Theory and Practice of Online Learning, edited by Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi. ‘Theory and Practice of Online Learning is concerned with assisting providers of online education with useful tools to carry out the teaching and learning transactions online. It presents, in an easily readable form, the theory, administration, tools, and methods of designing and [...]

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PANdora: Pan Asia Network Distance and Open Resource Access

June 25, 2006

Pandora’s Box: A New Model for Education in Asia. ‘Distance education. Just say the words and a stereotype comes to mind — a system of education that is “second best.” Many who have only experienced face-to-face education in an institutional setting believe that the quality of education provided through distance education is inferior. However, this [...]

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