May 2013
12 posts
Fables, Myths And Narratives — Converting Our...
See on Scoop.it - Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age Senongo Akpem: “This article talks about 5 concepts of telling multi-screen stories and how we can use them to create exciting, digital experiences.” The Digital Rocking Chair’s insight: An interesting article which uses some great transmedia works to illustrate its points. See on uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com
Habits of Mind →
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Community of Inquiry in an Online Course →
A Case Study Usin Analyze Online Discussions in WordPress and Blackboard in a
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The World Bank and Education: Critiques and... →
Klees, S. J., Samoff, J. & Stromquist, N. P. (Eds.) (2012) The World Bank and Education: Critiques and Alternatives. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Pp. 245 ISBN 978-94-6091-901-5
Beyond Collecting and Sharing: Twitter as a...
See on Scoop.it - Content Curation World Robin Good’s insight: What’s the difference between “collecting” and “curating”? How can Twitter be used as a “curation” tool? What are some examples and ideas to put real-time news curation to effective use for those working as educators? In this good article by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano (published...
10 Steps to a Successful School iPad Program
See on Scoop.it - Learning Technology iPads have certainly become a highly desired commodity in education. Apple is reporting that schools are purchasing iPads by a ratio of 2:1 over MacBooks. However, that rush to purchase the latest technologies often precedes the careful planning and preparation that’s crucial to their success as educational tools. Stated simply, technology alone doesn’t have...
#Ideachat - Twitter Chat & Salon for Twitter...
See on Scoop.it - #ideachat #Ideachat is simple—a global discussion about “ideas.” A look at the power of ideas in a socially networked world. A salon for Twitter thinkers, creators, artists, scientists, analysts, writers, entrepreneurs, you! A convergence of connected minds, right, left or whole-brained. Held on the Second Saturday of every month at 9 am EST. See on...
What Effect Does Having Your Idea Stolen Have on...
See on Scoop.it - #ideachat Photo of Wangling Soho Building by Zaha Hadid Architects A Beijing building project by London-based architect Zaha Hadid – which was not even finished yet – was already being copied in Chongqing. “Hadid herself seems a little more relaxed about the use of her work, provided the results contain a certain amount of innovation, saying ‘that could be quite exciting.’” – ...
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Academic literacies in the digital university →
Academic Literacies in the Digital University Mary Lea and Robin Goodfellow, Open University
Academic Literacies is an international field of study concerned with literacies and learning in tertiary education (Lea & Street 1998; Ivanič 1998; Lea & Stierer 2000; Lillis 2001; Walton & Archer 2004; Thesen 2006; Ivanič 2007; Lillis & Scott 2007). The use of the term ‘literacies’...
Find, Collect and Organize Curated Learning...
See on Scoop.it - Content Curation World Overview of how Avoca’s education search engine lets students, teachers and parents search, manage and share millions of education resources and online lessons Robin Good’s insight: The Avoca Learning platform is a web service which facilitates the finding, collection and organizing of vetted learning resources from dozens of the leading...
WordPress Curation Workflow, Resources and Tips...
See on Scoop.it - Content Curation World Robin Good’s insight: If you are interested in what could be a good workflow and set of tools to use to curate content on your own WordPress blog, Nathan Weller has a must-read article for you. In it, he dissects and explains the tools he uses to curate content on WordPress, from how he aggregates and browses RSS feeds, to how he filters, edits...
Network Virtualization Defines the Wireless Edge →
The CIO’s mandate has changed more in the past decade than perhaps any other position in the corporate world. A decade ago, CIOs kept the technology infrastructure running to support the business with best-effort IT services. Today, the CIO must lead business transformation using innovative technology solutions. To accomplish this, CIOs must align their priorities with the business, not in...
April 2013
33 posts
ICT In Education in Central and West AsIa →
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2012/ict-education-central-and-west-asia-exec-summary.pdf
Video Discovery Tools: Where To Find New, Relevant...
See on Scoop.it - Content Curation World Robin Good’s insight: Thanks to @LutzFinger who kindly motivated me to update and share my video discovery tools list, here is a brand new and more comprehensive collection of the best free video discovery tools available out there. From the newest ones such as Waywire and Moziy, to the classics such as Topsy or Devour, you’ll find here...
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From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Digital... →
http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/pdfs/SU12EducatorsandParents.pdf
Create Unique Double-Images By Using Both Cameras...
See on Scoop.it - Presentation Tools Use both cameras on your iPhone to create a single image. Get the app. Robin Good’s insight: Dblcam is a new iPhone app which allows you to capture images with both front and back cameras integrated in your iPhone. The unique double-images can be instantly posted to Instagram. Free to use. App store download:...
Markup, Highlight and Text Annotate Any...
See on Scoop.it - Presentation Tools Robin Good’s insight: If you need to rapidly add some notes, text, highlights or arrows to a screenshot or a photo, there is no better and easier free tool that I know of than Evernote Skitch. The newly released version 2.5 introduces full PDF annotation capabilities, and a great set of superuseful “visual stamps”, that further enhance...
The Best Cross-Platform Image & Collage Editor for...
See on Scoop.it - Presentation Tools Robin Good’s insight: Fotor is a free cross-platform image editing tool and web app which makes it easy for everyone to crop, resize, filter or optimize any image without needing advanced skills or an expensive piece of software. Key features include an easy-to-use gallery of over 60 image filter effects, ability to control contrast, brightness,...
15 Outstanding Writing Apps for your iPad ~...
See on Scoop.it - iPads in Education “Mobile technology has made everything easier and more enjoyable to do. Those who love writing, for instance, can now find new ways to write anywhere they are and share what they have written with all the world and again from anywhere they are with an internet connection.If you have an iPad or you use one with your students , below is a bunch of great...
How & Why Google Killed the Longtail of Search
See on Scoop.it - Curation Revolution An infographic about how Google killed the long-tail with stuff like Google Instant, localization, updates like Mayday and Panda, verticals, scrapers and the ‘not provided’ keywords. Martin (Marty) Smith’s insight: Why Google Killed Search’s Long Tail Why would Google want to kill the long tail of search? The long tail represented a back door to...
QR Codes for Sight Words: Attaching audio files -...
See on Scoop.it - Learning Technology First I needed to find a website that would let me record an audio file online and store it at a particular URL. There are many sites that do this, but I needed a little something extra. I needed the site that I found to automatically play the audio file once the user scanned the QR code. Nik Peachey’s insight: Some really nice ideas here. See on...
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Designing with Energy →
http://www.agencyofdesign.co.uk/energytrumps/pdf/The_Agency_of_Design-Designing_with_Energy.pdf
How to Say Zero in English.
See on Scoop.it - TeachingEnglish A strange topic for a blog? Or is it? To most of my Business English clients, how to say zero in English is very important to avoid misunderstandings, especially on the telephone or in video confer… See on englishwithatwist.com
Trying to Teach: Differentiate Smarter...not...
See on Scoop.it - TeachingEnglish See on eslcarissa.blogspot.com.es
a lonely unused transfer
See on Scoop.it - TeachingEnglish Why am I left behind when so obviously useful? What are the skills our students practice in our classes if not transferable? By definition, transferable should include anything from our classroom t… See on fourc.ca
Critical Thinking
See on Scoop.it - TeachingEnglish Click on any of the thumbnails to view the posts. Vladimira Chalyova Adam Simpson Arjana Blazic Josette Leblanc Wawan Setiawan See on itdi.pro
» Resources and activities for discussing Genetic...
See on Scoop.it - TeachingEnglish See on sharonzspace.com
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Effective Practice with e-Portfolios →
e-Portfolios are not a new concept. In various guises, digital presentations of skills and competences, online records of achievement and action plans with opportunities for reflection have been in use in education for nearly a decade. Tools and systems built for these purposes are now numerous. So what is new about e-portfolios?
During the first decade of the 21st century, there has been...
Learning-Beyond-the-Walls-with-PLNs-and-Curation
See on Scoop.it - Leadership Think Tank Learning outside the clasroom walls. A bit about personal leaning networks and curation See on portal.sliderocket.com
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Blended Learning in English Language Teaching:... →
Edited by Brian Tomlinson and Claire Whittaker
The term blended learning originated in the business world in connection with corporate training (Sharma and Barrett, 2007), then was employed in higher education (MacDonald, 2006) and lastly it appeared in language teaching and learning. It is difficult to say exactly when the term became commonplace in ELT although I suggest that it...
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MOBILE LEARNING AND POLICIES - Key Issues to... →
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 LEARNING TRENDS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND OPPORTUNITIES →
Most of us are curious about tomorrow (hence, our fascination with all the predictions that come out at the start of any new year). It’s natural – we all want to be prepared. Hopefully you’ll come away from reading this paper with a sense of what you can expect with learning trends and technologies in the coming 12 to 18 months. Because we live in TODAY and can only anticipate TOMORROW,...
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19 PRACTICAL EVERNOTE IDEAS STUDENTS CAN BEGIN... →
“It’s not what the software does– it’s what the user does.”
-Hugh MacLeod
Board Notes
19 Practical Evernote Ideas
Let’s look at routine ways you can use Evernote in any class. Pick and choose from my suggestions and start thinking of other ways Evernote will specifically help you be a student.
1. Snap a Picture of Board Notes
Snap a picture of the notes your teacher has written...
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High Cognitive Complexity and the Making of Major... →
This essay is derived from insights developed from a complex research project about major discoveries in the basic biomedical sciences of Britain, France, Germany and the United States during the entire twentieth century. Focusing on 291 major discoveries, that study was designed to understand the organizational and laboratory context in which major discoveries occurred.2 In the process...
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Poetry Samplers →
InternatIonal Journal of TechnoethIcs... →
Editorial Preface i The Technoethical R/Evolution
Rocci Luppicini, Editor-in-Chief, IJT
Research Articles 1 Material Cultures and Moral Mediators in Human Hybridization
Lorenzo Magnani, University of Pavia, Italy
20 The Ethics of Cyberweapons in Warfare
Neil C. Rowe, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, USA
32 Shaping the Ethics of an Emergent Field: Scientists’ and Policymakers’...
InternatIonal Journal of SocIal and organIzatIonal... →
January-March 2011 Edition - Vol1 No1
Table of Contents
ReseaRch aRticles
1 Toward an Understanding of Software Piracy in Developed and Emerging Economies Bruce A. Reinig, San Diego State University, USA Robert K. Plice, San Diego State University, USA
13 Gender Wage Differentials in Information Systems: 1991 – 2008 A Quantitative Analysis George Nezlek, Grand Valley State...
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Learning Styles →
One of the first questions which comes up when discussing learning styles refers to the definition of styles. To define these styles it seems best to quote some of the experts in the field:
Guild and Garger (1998) say ‘The way we perceive the world governs how we think, make judgments and form values about experiences and people. This unique aspect of our humanness is what we call...
Create Your Free One-Page Responsive Website with...
See on Scoop.it - Web Publishing Tools Robin Good’s insight: Aircus is a web publishing service which allows you to create, edit and publish a professional looking one-page web site or landing page without needing to know any HTML code and without needing to have any design skills. Once you are registered and logged into Aircus you can easily add pre-designed content modules into your...
Free Video Converter and Downloader for Mac and...
See on Scoop.it - Online Video Publishing Free video, audio and image converter and flash downloader for Mac and Windows. Robin Good’s insight: Adapter is an excellent free video conversion tool with no strings attached. Available as freeware for both Macs and PCs it offers both a rich set of conversion presets for most any kind of device as well as the possibility to manually set...
Professional Live Video Streaming and Publishing...
See on Scoop.it - Online Video Publishing Robin Good’s insight: TVRuler is a commercial web service which allows you to publish your video content in multiple ways (public, private, live and on-demand) and to program and schedule the broadcasting of pre-defined clips according to your own schedule. TVRuler automatically encodes all of the video material being uploaded and converts into...
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Connectivism - 21st Century Learning in Action →
4 Essential Rules Of 21st Century Learning
See on Scoop.it - TeachingEnglish by Jennifer Rita Nichols, TeachThought Intern 4 Essential Rules Of 21st Century Learning The term “21st century” has become an integral part of educational thinking… See on teachthought.com
March 2013
51 posts
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Copyright Protection of e-learning Contents →
Making copies of physical learning contents has significant effort and costs. On the other hand, in e-learning, there is almost zero cost in duplicating copies and distributing e-learning contents via a network. Therefore, to encourage continued development in e-learning content, protection of copyright is a very important issue. However, our e-learning community lack s knowledge in the...
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Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright →
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Teacher leadership, co-constructed meaning and... →
This article outlines a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project in which the researcher, a teacher leader, was the subject of the research. The PAR project traced the improvements in a teacher leader’s practices to build a professional community’s capacity during the facilitation of a school-wide professional learning experience. The findings include insights into the teacher leader’s...
What Type of Links to Avoid To Steer Clear from...
See on Scoop.it - Google Penalty World Robin Good’s insight: If you are trying to understand better whether your site has been losing traffic sue to Google Penguin, and possibly some not very high quality links pointing to your site, here is an informative article, summarizing for you what type of links you need to be avoiding to steer clear from any risk of being hit by Google Penguin....
Convert PDFs Into Fixed-Layout ePUBs
See on Scoop.it - eBook Publishing World Robin Good’s insight: Magic ePub is a service that allows to convert PDF documents into “fixed layout” ePub files (IDPF) that can be published on iBooks, Kindle Fire, Vox and more. Free to try. More info: https://beta.magicepub.com/home See on beta.magicepub.com
Curate Any Blog or RSS Feed Into a Downloadable...
See on Scoop.it - eBook Publishing World Robin Good’s insight: Bloxp is a free web app which can autmatically convert any blog feed, from start to end, into a downloadable eBook. But there’s more. Before you actually download the final eBook in your preferred file format, you can actually select which stories from the selected blog feed you want to be included in the final...
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The Academic Journey →
A research study about students, education, degree completion, and focus.
