Google Classroom (LMS)

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Dina Vyortkina

Google has done some interesting things lately. LMS Classroom is one of them. More likely your institution is already running an LMS at the enterprise level. If not (or you are looking for an alternative or as a project site, explore this video for details. Be aware, that if any LMS is not fully ingratiated with your enrollment system and other registrar’s databases, a faculty member would need to manually create class sites and enroll students. (and would you really like it???).

Free Full-Text Scientific Studies

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Dina Vyortkina

There are many resources available now where content is free (see my prior posts). It is the service of the scientific community to the society and commitment to sharing and disseminating the information. Please add these resources to your collection and share them with your students.

New Instructional Design for New Instructional Technology

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Dina Vyortkina

Though the contributors in this book are not all higher education people, their advice is till relevant for any learning organization.

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In this eBook 21 learning professionals who have successfully melded new instructional design with new instructional technologies give us their best tips. Regardless of what technologies you’re using currently, you’re bound to find tips that will help you design more effectively for those technologies. The 84 tips cover topics including:

Putting learning goals and needs before technology
Planning for and managing new instructional technology
Developing with and blending instructional technologies
Leveraging instructional technology for language learning
Learning games and gamification
Driving learning with graphic novels
Making learning mobile
Using MOOCs
Sharing learning-technology expertise”

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P.S. The file is about 8MB, so please be patient with download.

Coursera and Turkcel partnership

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Dina Vyortkina

Coursera is partnering with Turkcell, a telecommunications provider in Turkey, to “build resources for Turkish learners.” Turkish students will be able to use interface in Turkish and experience Turkcell Akademi focusing on business, math, and technology.

8 Skills Students Must Have for the Future

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Dina Vyortkina

I am glad to see that digital literacy is mentioned! Do you address these skills in your courses?

The full list compiled by Pearson (see a summary or a full report) is below:

Leadership
Digital literacy
Communication
Emotional intelligence
Entrepreneurship
Global citizenship
Problem solving
Team-working

3 Ways to Get Faculty Up to Speed With Technology

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Dina Vyortkina

Ok, suggested ways (by this CT publication) are:

Create a self-service resource library
Provide training in course redesign
Build a community of practice

… and I would like add: lead by example!

Campus Technology Announces 2014 Innovators Award Honorees

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Dina Vyortkina

Campus Technology (the conference will be mid July, in Boston) officially announces the winners of its 10th annual Innovators Awards. This year, 11 honorees were selected in six categories out of 215 nominations submitted from outstanding higher education institutions around the globe. Read more in the CT post.

SocialBook’s video annotation

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Dina Vyortkina

SocialBook might be a great tool if you are using video in instruction or your students produce video as their course assignment.

Students can post their comments on a particular episode and see comments of others. If you are using a copyrighted videos, there are some restrictions, so be mindful.

MIT and Harvard released MOOC data