Teaching

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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mobile 2011: Mobile Learning Experience

November 17, 2010
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Mobile 2011: Mobile Learning Experience: Experience the latest in Teaching, Learning and Mobile Computing. Interested in iPods, iPads, netbooks, laptops, and phones? Excited about mobile technology for teaching and learning? Want to connect with other educators and learn from their successes and challenges? Then you should attend the Mobile Learning Experience 2011 – April 6-8, [...]

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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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OECD: Education at a Glance 2010

September 12, 2010
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Education at a Glance 2010: OECD Indicators. Across OECD countries, governments are seeking policies to make education more effective while searching for additional resources to meet the increasing demand for education. The 2010 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries’ performance. It provides [...]

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The Best of Online Learning: Free Video Lectures

August 30, 2010

Having attended a brick-and-mortar institution, I remember what a crapshoot in-school lectures could be. Some were marginally interesting, others were pointless beyond comprehension, and still others were nothing short of life-changing. A delightful, relatively new online trend that is becoming further popularized through the advent of OpenCourseWare is the availability of recorded classroom lectures. The [...]

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Schoology: Combining Learning Management with Social Networking

August 29, 2010
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Schoology provides an enterprise level learning management system and configurable social network. Instructors and students can easily create, share, and manage academic material through a social networking interface. By incorporating learning management tools into a social environment, Schoology provides a means for teachers, students, parents, and administrators to seamlessly communicate and collaborate on academic issues. [...]

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Wiki Walkthrough: Wikis FAQs answered by TeachersFirst (with examples)

July 27, 2010
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TeachersFirst Wiki Walkthrough: The path starts with the basic What in the world is a wiki? and continues with Who uses wikis? and What is the difference between a wiki and a blog? For teachers is important to know So how do I use wikis with my class(es)? or What benefits are there from student [...]

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Handheld Learning: Mobile Technologies in Teaching and Learning

February 2, 2007

Handheld Learning promotes the use of mobile technologies and mobility to enable transformational improvements in teaching and learning through conferences, online knowledge sharing, consulting, teacher training and the provision of innovative software. Handheld Learning was formed in 2004 by Graham Brown-Martin who had envisaged the use of mobile computing devices for learning by children since [...]

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