October 15, 2013 • 6:00 AM 0
A New Architecture for Learning, by Rob Abel, Malcolm Brown and John Seuss. Educause Review Online, 7 Oct 2013: http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/new-architecture-learning . “If we are to support students and faculty as connected learners and instructors, we must rethink our approach to academic technology architecture”.
Filed under: Learning & Teaching, Open Education
September 4, 2013 • 5:01 AM 0
The Metaliteracy MOOC is open to students at the University at Albany and Empire State College for credit as well as to all global participants as a free and open learning experience. One of the first readings set for the MOOC is about reframing information literacy as a metaliteracy: http://metaliteracy.cdlprojects.com/index.html .
Filed under: Learning & Teaching, MOOCs
September 4, 2013 • 5:00 AM 0
It seems that Springer is charging academics for using CC-NC “Open Access” in lectures: http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2013/08/07/springer-charge-academics-for-using-cc-nc-open-access-in-lectures/ – watch this space!
Filed under: Learning & Teaching, etexts
September 4, 2013 • 3:23 AM 0
It seems that Springer is charging academics for using CC-NC “Open Access” in lectures: http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2013/08/07/springer-charge-academics-for-using-cc-nc-open-access-in-lectures/ – watch this space!
Filed under: Learning & Teaching, etexts
September 3, 2013 • 7:21 AM 0
The Digital Literacies Toolkit is an interactive learning tool developed by the eLanguages unit within the School of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton (http://www.elanguages.ac.uk/digital_literacies.php ). The purpose of this set of learning resources is to help students: explore the educational uses of Web 2.0 tools and services, to familiarise themselves with a range of useful applications for study-related purposes, and to highlight good practice in the use of social software and the internet, in general.
Filed under: Information Literacy, Learning & Teaching, Information Literacy
September 3, 2013 • 4:59 AM 0
The Digital Literacies Toolkit is an interactive learning tool developed by the eLanguages unit within the School of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton (http://www.elanguages.ac.uk/digital_literacies.php ). The purpose of this set of learning resources is to help students: explore the educational uses of Web 2.0 tools and services, to familiarise themselves with a range of useful applications for study-related purposes, and to highlight good practice in the use of social software and the internet, in general.
Filed under: Learning & Teaching, digital, Information Literacy
August 30, 2013 • 4:58 AM 0
Megan O’Neil from Wired Campus reports on OpenStax College, which just added a sixth title to its free online textbook initiative. OpenStax texts have been adopted for 319 classes at 297 colleges and universities. The initiative aims to save a million students a total of $95 million in textbook costs over its first five years.
Filed under: Learning & Teaching
August 20, 2013 • 4:57 AM 0
Google’s recent update to its Google Play Books app for iOS brings only a handful of improvements, but one of them is pretty significant. During its press event a couple of week…
See on mashable.com
Filed under: eTexts, Learning & Teaching, Google, textbooks
August 20, 2013 • 4:54 AM 0
Inside Higher Ed‘s Scott Jaschik reports on a new variation on MOOCs: distributed open collaborative courses (or DOCCs), which take some elements of MOOCs but then change them in ways consistent with feminist pedagogy.
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Full article: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/19/feminist-professors-create-alternative-moocs
Filed under: Learning & Teaching
August 20, 2013 • 4:54 AM 0
The August issue of Campus Technology is devoted too all things MOOC, including business plans, assessment tools, and opportunities for collaboration.
Issue link: http://online.qmags.com/CPT0813#pg1&mode1
Filed under: Learning & Teaching, technology
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