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The Manifesto
We believe that learning technology offers the possibility for creating uniquely valuable learning experiences. We also believe, with a sense of sadness and profound frustration, that most...
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5 Things Really Successful Learners Do
Most everyone can learn, but some people just absorb and grow at remarkable rates. Here are some of their tricks.Lara N. Madden's insight:Great Advice, I am going to post this in my Fall Course...
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6 Scientifically Proven Brain Facts That eLearning Professionals Should Know
In this article, I will share some scientifically proven brain facts that you'll want to take into consideration before creating your next eLearning course. Keeping these interesting brain facts on...
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BlendKit Course: BlendKit Reader: Chapter 3 | Blended Learning Toolkit
Lara N. Madden's insight:I find that a selection of assessments works best in any course, online or blended. In a universally designed course an instructor should make diligent attempt to use multiple...
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FERPA Statements - Pedagogical Repository
Lara N. Madden's insight:FERPA Online Examples of how to approach and be cautious.See it on Scoop.it, via Pedagogy & Higher Education
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Blended Learning: 10 Trends
There is mounting evidence that complementing or replacing lectures with student-centric, technology-enabled active learning strategies and learning guidance—rather than memorization and...
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BlendKit 2014 Week One ~ Response | MADDTech
Lara N. Madden's insight:New post (a bit late) for week one of Blendkit2014. Loving this information on how to create blended courses in higher education.See it on Scoop.it, via Pedagogy & Higher...
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Geographic Calibrations
"Occasionally we need to be reminded that the concepts of distance and area are important to the day-to-day understanding of breaking news stories, as well as many of our daily personal decisions....
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Google for Education: Training Resources
Lara N. Madden's insight:More on Google!See it on Scoop.it, via Pedagogy & Higher Education
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Opening Up Education | The MIT Press
"Opening Up Education argues that we must develop not only the technical capability but also the intellectual capacity for transforming tacit pedagogical knowledge into commonly usable and visible...
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A Curated Journal of the Best Copyright-Free Contents Available Online: The...
Online journal dedicated to showcasing the most interesting and unusual out-of-copyright works available on the webLara N. Madden's insight:This could be a great resource for both educators and...
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Artist Stages an Unauthorized Performance Inside MoMA Using Augmented Reality
Performance-based artist Adam H. Weinert manages to sneak a guerrilla performance into MoMA by way of augmented reality.Lara N. Madden's insight:This disruptive art using augmented reality gives me...
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Why Connected Learning? - Connected Learning Alliance
Why Connected Learning? For more than a century, educators have strived to customize education to the learner. Connected Learning leverages the advances of the digital age to make that dream a reality...
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Animaker - Make Animated Videos
Animaker.com is a cloud-based do-it-yourself (#DIY) video making app that is bringing studio quality professional animation tools within reach of everyone.Lara N. Madden's insight:cool tool!!See it on...
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Smart Homework: 13 Ways to Make It Meaningful
"I've been accumulating guiding principles for creating highly motivating homework assignments for many years," writes expert Rick Wormeli. "Here are a baker's dozen. See it on Scoop.it, via Pedagogy...
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Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding
Through alternative formative assessment, teachers can check for student understanding without falling back on the tedious or intimidating pop quiz.Lara N. Madden's insight:Love this, how can we...
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Research: How Video Production Affects Student Engagement
edX recently commissioned a study of nearly 1,000 videos, segmenting them out by by video type and production style, and discovered this among their other findings:Shorter videos are more engaging....
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Humanize Your eLearning Courses or Risk Losing Learners
eLearning is more efficient when the designer finds a way to personalize it for the learner.Lara N. Madden's insight:I love this SH!FT blog. This is a great reminder when thinking out online course...
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Oldest and Youngest Populations
"There are 1.2 billion people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the world today — and that means that many countries have populations younger than ever before. Some believe that this 'youth bulge'...
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The 6 Laws of Learning No Instructional Designer Can Afford to Ignore
By following these tested principles, eLearning professionals can help students learn more effectively. Ignore them at your own risk!Lara N. Madden's insight:Simple, yet powerful infographicSee it on...
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This School Has Bikes Instead Of Desks--And It Turns Out That's A Better Way...
Some schools are canceling recess. But this North Carolina grade school is going in the opposite direction: Kids ride bikes as they read.Lara N. Madden's insight:We need bikes at our DESKS!See it on...
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Make It Hard to Forget: 6 Principles to Help Your Learners Remember Anything
Fostering effective eLearning requires understanding how memory works. Master crucial ways to help learners encode new principles in their brains. This requires a grasp of six premises.Lara N....
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The Future of Higher Education in a Digital Age - YouTube
As part of the event, "The Future of Higher Education in a Digital Age," a group of students talked to us about higher education, the ongoing digital disrupt...Lara N. Madden's insight:Thought...
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EduTips
Lara N. Madden's insight:Another way to use screencasting for instructor presence in your online or flipped courseSee it on Scoop.it, via Pedagogy & Higher Education
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4 C’s and Gold Standard PBL | Project Based Learning | BIE
Lara N. Madden's insight:The 4 C's...See it on Scoop.it, via Pedagogy & Higher Education
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Lumen Learning Announces Open Course Design Guidelines and Certification --...
Open courseware provider Lumen Learning is publishing a set of guidelines and best practices for developing courses using open educational resources (OER).Lara N. Madden's insight:This is right inline...
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Using Videos to Facilitate Learning Outcomes for eLearning
Incorporating video into eLearning courses is a great way to facilitate learning through the use of multimedia. According to the Schwartz and Hartmann model for using digital videos for learning,...
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These Women of SUNY Are Difference Makers in their Fields | Big Ideas Blog
As a college student, you are probably striving to become an exceptional component to whatever industry you are seeking to be a part of. And while that means putting in a lot of time and work in order...
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Linking Pedagogical Theory of Computer Games to Their Usability
This article reviews a range of literature of computer games and learning theories and attempts to establish a link between them by proposing a typology of games which we use as a new usability...
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Bullets in eLearning: Friend or Foe?
Here's how to create impactful bullet lists that liven up your eLearning course and make it effective.See it on Scoop.it, via Pedagogy & Higher Education
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