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Learning Online Info’s Most Viewed Posts of 2012: Social Media, Web 2.0, Technology, CMS, Gamification, OER, Apps and More Apps

January 1, 2013

What were the most popular posts published in 2012 on Learning Online Info?  Here they are, in order of page views, counted until December, 31. What Studies say about Social Media in Higher Education (January) Top Web 2.0 Tools for Learning (March) 5 Technology Tools Used by Teachers (February) How to Integrate Moodle and WordPress (August) 5 Reasons Why [...]

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Five Great Twitter Accounts For Teachers

December 21, 2012

Social media has a rather frivolous reputation, full of idle entertainment chit-chat and for old school friends to hook up with each other after years of no contact. However, Twitter in particular is gradually gaining in popularity as a wonderful source of information for professionals, teachers included. But if you haven’t delved into social media [...]

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Top Tools for a Free Online Education

September 10, 2012

The online platform supports education in many ways. There are so many online learning resources, most of which are free. However, online education, unlike physical education demands a lot. If it’s not well planned and executed, it can become overwhelming, chaotic and definitely wasteful. There are however, many free online education tools that are free [...]

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The Future is Open Courseware: Three Institutions Offering Online Learning Opportunities

February 2, 2012

As society becomes increasingly more tech savvy, more and more of the foundations of our lives are turning to the web. Our professional lives have been conduced online and plugged in for several years now and, with the advent of social media and social networking, so too are our personal and social lives. The latest [...]

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Get A World-Class Education With YouTube EDU and iTunes University

October 21, 2011
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If only one thing has been made clear by the protestors marching against Wall Street and the government officials who have colluded to steal the American Dream, it is that a top-flight university education no longer guarantees a job. People are now exploring new ways to learn without paying exorbitant tuition fees, and YouTube EDU [...]

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Three Valuable Web Tools for Improved Online Learning

September 12, 2011

As the web continues to evolve and mature, the tools that expand humanity’s options for learning and knowledge grow exponentially. If you think back just 15 short years, answering a quick question about the world required cracking open a dusty old encyclopedia. There was a 50/50 chance that the information it contained was still correct, [...]

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Making Learning Real: A Problem Based Case Learning Resource

December 13, 2010
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Making Learning Real is a comprehensive resource site for Problem Based Case Learning (PBCL) tools, videos, and more for instructors, students, and business partners. PBCL employs real-world business situations as the context for learning by asking students to solving current and authentic problems based on real scenarios at local businesses. In this environment, students and [...]

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