Pedagogy

2010 Global Education Conference

September 19, 2010
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The 2010 Global Education Conference will be held November 15-19, 2010, online and free. Sessions will be held in multiple time zones and multiple languages over the five days. Global Education Conference is now accepting proposals for presentations. The conference is a collaborative and world-wide community effort to significantly increase opportunities for globally-connecting education activities [...]

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Knowing Knowledge Wiki: An Online Book by George Siemens

January 16, 2008

Knowing Knowledge Wiki. From the Preface: Why does so much of our society look as it did in the past? Our schools, our government, our religious organizations, our media—while more complex, have maintained their general structure and shape. Classroom structure today, with the exception of a computer or an LCD projector, looks remarkably unchanged—teacher at [...]

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TechLearning 2007 Leaders of the Year and Awards of Excellence

January 4, 2008

Leaders of theYear 2007: For the 20th year, T&L is proud to honor outstanding educators. In the following pages we bring you profiles of innovation, of courage, of determination, and most important, of dedication to the future of students. You will read about: a superintendent who turned around a “failing community” through the use of [...]

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Innovate: The Knowledge Building Paradigm

June 7, 2007

The Knowledge Building Paradigm: A Model of Learning for Net Generation Students, by Donald Philip, Innovate, 3 (5), 2007. Abstract: In this article Donald Philip describes Knowledge Building, a pedagogy based on the way research organizations function. The global economy, Philip argues, is driving a shift from older, industrial models to the model of the [...]

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Design for Learning Programme

May 4, 2007

Design for Learning Programme. ‘The Design for Learning Programme aims to further develop the community’s understanding of the principles that inform the design of effective learning activities which involve the use of technology. This Programme builds on activities funded under the e-Learning and Pedagogy strand and the Technical Framework and Tools strand of the JISC [...]

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Article: Wiki Pedagogy

May 1, 2007

Dossiers Technopédagogiques: Wiki Pedagogy, by Renée Fountain. Abstract: This article endeavours to denote and promote pedagogical experimentations concerning a Free/Open technology called a “Wiki”. An intensely simple, accessible and collaborative hypertext tool Wiki software challenges and complexifies traditional notions of – as well as access to – authorship, editing, and publishing. Usurping official authorizing practices [...]

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Article: Instructional Design and eLearning: A Discussion of Pedagogical Content Knowledge as a Missing Construct

May 1, 2007

Instructional Design and eLearning: A Discussion of Pedagogical Content Knowledge as a Missing Construct, by Heather Kanuka, e-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology (e-JIST) Vol. 9 No. 2 (2006). Abstract: With the increasing use of instructional designers as pedagogical experts for eLearning activities within institutions of higher education, it is important we learn as much [...]

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First International Workshop on Pen-Based Learning Technologies (PLT 2007)

January 8, 2007

PLT 2007: 1st International Workshop on Pen-Based Learning Technologies, Catania, Italy, 24 and 25 May, 2007. ‘Handheld technology and pen-based input devices (e.g.,Tablet PC, PDA, Origami-UMPC, digital pen and paper, graphic tablets, pen-mouse) provide novel opportunities to develop: a) More natural interaction and collaboration; b) Multimodal, multi-party feedback and communication and c) Mobile learning. This [...]

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