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Useful summary from Blend list-latest ed tech trends

Useful summary from Blend list-latest ed tech trends

I found this summary of the latest higher ed tech trends so useful I decided to repost it here: Hey Clark (and everyone) Great video and there’s no arguing that these trends (scalable online programs mastered by for-profits, open educational resources for repurposing, and mobile technologies reshaping how/when we learn) but I’d argue there is […]

the manifesto is going to Vegas

the manifesto is going to Vegas

Reblogged from manifesto for teaching online: and we’re going with it! We’ve been invited to run an afternoon ‘unconference’ workshop at the end of the Sloan-C/MERLOT Emerging Technologies for Online Learning conference in Las Vegas on 27 July. Jen will be there in person, and Hamish, Clara and Sian will be collaborating at a distance. […]

Kaltura at University of Portland

Kaltura at UP After a long and thoughtful process, Academic Technology Services has decided to add a great new tool to our tech arsenal. Kaltura is an open-source video management and publishing suite that will fill a much needed gap in our digital media offerings, allowing the University to provide faculty and students with their […]

Three Free Ubiquitous Apps Professors Need

What are important characteristics of a good education app?  Okay, free is good.  I will give you that one. What else?  For me, I love ubiquitous apps, or in other words, programs that work on all my devices, including my phone, my iPad, and my computer.  I also prefer apps that allow me to access […]

Digital Citizenship Poster – Created Using Glogster

Digital Citizenship Poster – Created Using Glogster

This is a simple example of a digital citizenship poster that my students create to demonstrate competency on ISTE NETS for Teachers Standard 4.  Students work through a short WebQuest where they review digital citizenship elements and then create a Glogster poster that they can share with students or parents.  Glogster has a feature to […]

Purpose of Work & What Motivates

Purpose of Work & What Motivates

More and more, instructors are asking “how do I get the students to do the work….how do track them in the LMS…” and many times the conversation degrades into carrots and sticks. How many points do I award, what penalty can I impose? But in a few classes, students are given a huge amount of […]

Reflecting on the Technology Craze

Reflecting on the Technology Craze

All teachers, instructors, professors are talking about IT….that “it” being technology in the classroom; learning via social media; incorporating student-generated content into our syllabi; utilizing technology to further discussions into the online sphere; being technology literate and savvy and, of course, innovative. There are so many ways we feel pressure to teach to this new […]

What does “Don’t Be Evil” mean?

What does “Don’t Be Evil” mean?

There has been much talk recently about the new Google privacy policy.  “Search data can reveal particularly sensitive information about you, including facts about your location, interests, age, sexual orientation, religion, health concerns, and more,” warns the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco and an advocate for online privacy.   One of the […]