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How ‘Cool’ is this!

I’m new to blogging.  It feels kinda weird writing thoughts down for everyone to read….and I mean everyone….anyone out there in cyberspace can be reading my thoughts….and I have proof they are!

Last week I started blogging about the new technology I am going to learn…I chose to learn the Classroom Suite software by IntelliTools.    …

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Win an iPad Mini: Online Teaching and Learning Effective Practices Video Clips

Let’s share our excellent online teaching practices! This contest aims to gather effective practices for online teaching that enhance student learning in higher education. As an online instructor, you have developed a range of innovative and exciting online learning resources and techniques.…

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Soundbitification

“We’re looking for half seconds to excerpt”

– so ends this intriguing Wired article, “The Animated GIF: Still Looping After All These Years”

I’ve been pondering GIFS and other short bursts of content for the past few weeks, particularly since the illustrious Jim Groom “gave good GIF” in an #etmooc presentation a couple of weeks ago.

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This isn’t summer camp

…doesn’t look much like MOOC Madness either but is central, at ;east to my perspective and that of the many without reliable. affordable high speed access. The assumption that goes with most ed tech ventures either presumes everyone has it or willfully ignores the reality that they do not.

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How Life is Like Dinner Theatre: On Embracing Participatory Culture

First watch this:

This was indeed life not too long ago. Until, perhaps, the “YOU” was inserted as a prefix to “TUBE”, among other advances.

In the ’80s, I recall watching Videodrome, primarily because my New Wave idol Deborah Harry of Blondie was starring.…

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MOOC’s Disruptions

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MOOC’s Disruptions

Posting this article by  Michael Horn & Clayton Christensen on my blog as a prelude to exploring the disruptions MOOCs are having to traditional course delivery in higher ed. Here is a worthwhile video on this subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gU3FjxY2uQ

Risk and Resilience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hhu0ihG3kY

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When might a safety manual be a story?

Whilst I was thinking about the process of storytelling during a previous post and how Storytellers hold your attention, stir your imagination, compel you to want to hear (read/see/experience) more, invoke an emotional response … make you care. I wondered also how that might map across different media.…

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New Quality Matters Web Workshops

Quality Matters is developing a NEW series of web conferencing workshops. These concise workshops are designed to be interactive and dynamic, with concrete take-aways for faculty to improve their courses. Your faculty will interact with colleagues from various institutions during the two-hour sessions.…

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syndicating 5358 posts from 517 #etmooc blogs