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

October 27, 2010

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 bad, it’s here to stay and improve some lives even as it ruins others. At the end of the day, Facebook is just another technological wonder, one that has [...]

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LearnCast Mobile Learning Grant

October 14, 2010
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LearnCast to Award Educational Technology Grants to 50 Schools: Achieve Labs Inc., creator of LearnCast®, will supply their web-based mobile learning software to 50 schools for the purpose of creating mobile learning courses. Achieve Labs™, the creator of LearnCast®, a mobile learning and technology company, has announced a nationwide academic technology grant for K-12 schools [...]

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Top Web 2.0 Tools for Learning for the New School Year

September 13, 2010

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 online tools to help you learn and excel as a student. With so many choices, it can be hard to figure out where to focus and what tools and [...]

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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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Twitter for Online Students

August 18, 2010

Online students are connected to their homework, campus services, professors and classmates via their distance learning university, but there are other tools that can enrich their learning experience and make them feel even more included and engaged in their education. Twitter is an easy, remote-access tool that facilitates research, directs students to primary resources and [...]

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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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