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As the value employers place on digital literacy continues to grow, Jisc’s Helen Beetham underlines the importance of developing these skills in young people...
Elizabeth E Charles's insight:
Good summary of the importance of digital literacy in a digital world.
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What will classrooms look like in the year 2040? What will be the biggest and most popular teaching tools? A dazzling (but potentially controversial) visualization maps out what's coming to education in the future.
Elizabeth E Charles's insight:
Possible roadmap for the furture of classrooms/education.
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"The first eLearning industry conference that I attended was DevLearn in 2010. I attended Neil's session, 'Is Learning Design a Science? You bet!' and was blown away by his enthusiasm and presentation style. I remember thinking: 'This guy is a nut, and I absolutely love it!' I was hooked." Via EDTECH@UTRGV 
EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight,
March 19, 2013 10:22 AM
Neil Lasher: "The best examples [of elearning] are those that fit the need, are fit for purpose, are contextually on the nail." I totally agree.
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The Stanford School of Engineering and the National Academy of Engineering co-hosted a panel discussion on the topic of online learning March 5, 2013. This p... (RT @stanfordeng: [Video] Online Learning: Will Technology Transform Higher Education?
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"Researchers are trying to understand why the vast majority of students fail to finish free online classes and who is signing up for the classes to begin with. One widely quoted dropout figure for students in massive open online courses is 90 percent." Via EDTECH@UTRGV
Elizabeth E Charles's insight:
Some timely research findings focusing on the discrepancy between registeration and completion, as well as who is participating in MOOCs.
EDTECH@UTRGV's curator insight,
March 19, 2013 10:36 AM
I think we need to stop comparing MOOCs to traditional courses. Do we measure the dropout rates on YouTube video tutorials?
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The universities minister encouraged workers at the end of their careers to study again as educational patterns change (David Willetts: older people should return to higher education http://t.co/z7JizebacF...
Elizabeth E Charles's insight:
Education for older generation as well as the young, how novel! George Birkbeck and the philosophy of widening participation.
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Who owns our data? Our School. Our school encourages in our daily work and curricula a continuous emphasis on digital citizenship and digital safety; we practice citizenship in our classrooms, virtual and in reality.
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Digital literacy is the topic that made the ETMOOC learning space so irresistible to me… I think as educators we spout off about wanting our students to be digitally literate, but not many of... Via John Shank 
Helena Gordon's curator insight,
March 5, 2013 5:55 PM
Pierre Levy sobre Letramento Digital. É uma condição que todo professor precisa ter para estar atualizado. 
Sally Tilley's curator insight,
March 16, 2013 5:56 PM
An interesting summary of the challenges implementing digital literacy imposes on curriulum planning and teachers
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There are dozens of great brainstorming and organizing tools available on the web to help students prepare for writing assignments and develop their Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) 
Angie Bingaman's curator insight,
November 6, 2013 1:00 PM
Great for brainstorm and organizing - cause & effect, main ideas, comparisons, sequences of events, ect...
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Google continues to provide a wealth of useful easy-to-use tools that can be used well in the classroom. Some of these are newer and some have been around for a while. All of these tools, as well as additional tools can be found at Google Options.
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30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education By 2028 (30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education By 2028 http://t.co/zpMOmard93 via @zite)...
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One to return to repeatedly
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Just in time to celebrate Open Education Week, here comes a new initiative, the School of Open, a learning environment focused on increasing our understanding of “openness” and the benefits it brings to creativity and education in the digital age.
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One stop shop for all things 'open'. |
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Network technology, disruptive innovation and the future from Mark Smithers This is the invited presentation that I gave at the launch of the SAFFIRE Via Mark Smithers
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Christensen and Horn: MOOCs disrupting higher education - leading to just-in-time mini-courses http://t.co/YAFIkDizfS #edtech #elearning
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RT @tomwhitby: 3 Awesome Posters on Multiple Intelligences for Teachers http://t.co/vFJCFs9P59 #Edchat #MACUL13
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"So you have tried many iPad educational games but still did not find the one that perfectly meets your students needs. Well you will never find a perfect one for your particular students because each group of learners have their own idiosyncrasies and only their teachers know them . That being said, using TinyTap you can now easily create your own games based on pictures of your choice. " Via John Evans 
Jennifer Dellinger's curator insight,
March 19, 2013 3:18 PM
This is a great app for teachers to keep in mind. This would allow a teacher to change the context of what student's are learning at any given point. This is the type of app that would enhance a student's learning based on what they know or don't know. 
Jeroen Rougoor's curator insight,
March 19, 2013 4:30 PM
Zie ook dit lesidee: http://eduapp.nl/profielen/jeroenrougoor/lesideeen/letterboek ;
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The Santa Cruz Faculty Association's concern highlights an emerging tension as professors begin to teach MOOCs and, in turn, become academic stars to tens of thousands of students who sign up for the free classes... The union said the professors lobbied for a 12-year-old California law to guarantee that faculty -- not universities -- own the intellectual property rights to class lectures and course materials. But before professors can have their courses put on Coursera, they are expected to sign away those rights to the university so the university can give the professors’ work to Coursera..." Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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This is a comparison of notable screencasting software, used to record activities on the computer screen. This software is commonly used for desktop recording, gameplay recording and video editing. Screencasting software is typically limited to streaming and recording desktop activity alone, in contrast with a software vision mixer, which has the capacity to mix and switch the output between various input streams. The following table compares features of screencasting software. The table has seven fields, as follows: Via Baiba Svenca
Elizabeth E Charles's insight:
A useful reference source for screencasting softwares. 
Baiba Svenca's curator insight,
March 19, 2013 12:04 PM
A useful Wikipedia page listing all the most popular screencasting software (free and commercial), compared by specification and features, and giving the latest release date.
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Elizabeth E Charles's insight:
Good starting point for resources on digital literacy. 
Ana Cristina Pratas's curator insight,
February 22, 2013 12:06 AM
In today’s 21st century classrooms, digital tools should coexist alongside more traditional tools. Online tools, compared to their more traditional counterparts, provide a broader array of information about words and word meanings. In addition, some tools allow teachers to easily customize words so that students can practice, review, and play games with content or unit-specific words. Digital tools allows students to:
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The founder of Chicago's pioneering Digital Youth Network (DYN) describes how the organization empowers young people with critical digital literacy skills that make them academically and professionally competitive. For more resources, visit: http://www.edutopia.org/nichole-pinka...
Click headline to watch video full screen-- Via Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
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Blooms Taxonomy is one of the popular topics here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. I have amassed a treasure trove of great resources on everything that is related to this taxonomy from web tools to mobile apps.
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A new report showcases some of the most important and difficult challenges of using education technology in today's classrooms.
The Challenges Faculty training still does not acknowledge the fact that digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession.
Teachers needs to be learning how to use the technology themselves, too. Where formal training lacks, professional development needs to step in, and does in many cases. But integrating the how-to of technology with the how-to of teaching needs to happen.
Read more in the article, a MUST!
Via Gust MEES 
Gust MEES's curator insight,
March 10, 2013 1:04 PM
The Challenges Faculty training still does not acknowledge the fact that digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession.
Teachers needs to be learning how to use the technology themselves, too. Where formal training lacks, professional development needs to step in, and does in many cases. But integrating the how-to of technology with the how-to of teaching needs to happen.
Read more in the article, a MUST!
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The presentations and the session recording from the JISC webinar Rising to the Digital Literacy Challenge, held on 28 February 2013, are online.
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Flying cars, living on Mars? That's all great but what about next year? What are the biggest education technology trends we should expect in 2013? |
