Web 2.0

5 Reasons Why Educators and Students Need to Use Google+

January 18, 2012
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Since its inception, tech experts have raved about Google+, the social media platform that some predict has the goods to take down leading social networking site Facebook. Although Facebook still reigns supreme and Google+ is still  in the midst of growing momentum,  the rookie social media site is still a strong contender in changing the [...]

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Online Tools Help History Research Come Alive

November 21, 2011

Much has been made about technology’s ability to better facilitate a wide range of educational opportunities. With the advent of tablet computers in classrooms, ever-growing internet resources, and cloud computing platforms that help school administrators go wireless, there are boundless instruction possibilities when it comes to making use of new technological advances. This applies just [...]

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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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What Studies say about Social Media in Higher Education

January 11, 2011
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Are college professors using social media? Social Media in Higher Education, a study performed by Pearson, which includes a survey of 1000 college professors, showed that four out of five professors use social media. A little more than half use podcasts, video, wikis, and blogs for their classes. About 30% use social networks to communicate [...]

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Best of 2010: Most Popular Posts

January 4, 2011

Here are the most popular posts published in 2010 on Learning Online Info: Top Web 2.0 Tools for Learning for the New School Year Top Online MBA Programs in the US Microsoft Teacher Guides: Developing Critical Thinking Through Web Research Skills The Best of Online Learning: Free Video Lectures OECD: Education at a Glance 2010 [...]

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Facebook for Online Courses – How Good (or Bad) is It?

October 27, 2010

This is a guest post contributed by Carrie Oakley, who writes on the topic of online colleges . Carrie welcomes your comments here or at her email id: carrie.oakley1983(AT)gmail(DOT)com. It’s the single biggest phenomenon that has completely changed lives; it is so important that it has a starring role in a movie; and good or [...]

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Top Web 2.0 Tools for Learning for the New School Year

September 13, 2010

This guest post is contributed by Roger Elmore, who writes on the topics of hospitality management degree. He welcomes your comments here or at his email Id: rogerelmore24 @gmail.com. The list of cutely, cleverly and sometimes oddly spelled Web 2.0 apps for learning continues to grow, making it easier but also more confusing to find [...]

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Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds Conference

August 26, 2010
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1st Global Conference Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds (Call for Papers), 20th–22nd March 2011, Prague, Czech Republic. The aim of this conference will be to examine formal and informal learning in virtual worlds in an attempt to critique both its essential characteristics and its future possibilities. Teachers of all levels, university faculty, virtual world players, [...]

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