Tips, Tricks, and Lifehacks for Online Educators
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Our university is evaluating Learning Management Systems right now, and comparing the features of Blackboard 9.1, MoodleRooms Joule, and Instructure‘s Canvas LMS has forced me to think about basic tools in online learning....
Image by Mr_Stein via Flickr I”m excited to be joining the DS106 Digital Storytelling course with Jim Groom at http://www.ds106.us. You can follow my posts by subscribing to the RSS feed for the tag...
The recent explosion of great tools that simply run in a web browser has been amazing. From tools like Google Docs, Evernote, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Prezi, and Rememberthemilk and the venerable Gmail— you can...
I watched this talk today and it was a great synthesis of the reasons to move beyond tradition Learning Management Systems into a more flexible paradigm that supports various open technologies for learning. Related...
Image via Wikipedia Did you know you can save time and effort by starting a Frequently Asked Questions Discussion Board in your course? Do you get tired of answering the same student questions over...
Update! What began as a pie-in-the-sky idea was actually put into production as Google Body Browser, a 3D WebGL powered app that showed the major features of the anatomy in a browser. As Google...
Image via Wikipedia I recently got an email from a colleague who wanted to explore the idea of developing Second Life scenarios for educating nursing students. What would be the educational benefits to students...
Image by lrargerich via Flickr In Jez’ e-Rambler blog, he meditates on the importance of reflection in education. Researchers have long known that reflection is an excellent way to stimulate critical thinking. By comparing...
Most people, after trying Google Wave, spend a good long time wondering why anyone would need this. The great Gina Trapani of Lifehacker.com has compiled some real-world use cases that might illuminate the way...
Lost your job? Put down that remote and listen here! Burrowing a groove in your couch is not getting you any closer to that dream job you want. Why not use your unemployed hours...