Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee says all students should be given some hands-on experience of programming, to provide a critical mass of enthusiastic and competent programmers to stem the current shortage of developers.
The Future of Higher Education and Cloud Computing
For 2013, cloud computing has become one of the most buzzed-about tech trends and solutions that improves IT and operational efficiency for businesses. From marketing strategies to technology-focused operations, the needs of educational institutions don’t differ too much from enterprises.…
Ways we are Using Google Drive in our Classroom
Here are some of the many ways teachers are using Google Drive in their classroom.
http://tworeflectiveteachers.blogspot.ca/2013/01/ways-we-are-using-google-drive-in-our.html…
NMC Horizon Report 2013 – Higher Education Edition
The tenth edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, a decade-long research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in higher education.
http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-higher-ed…
How Educators and Schools Can Make the Most of Google Hangouts
A Hangout is a web-based tool created by Google for communicating through video. Up to ten people can “hang out” at one time in a virtual “room.” A Hangout can be as simple or as complex as needed for the …
A Look At Big Data’s Plan To Personalize Your Education
Personalized learning is a longstanding benefit of in-person education. But now that technology plays such a big role, what kind of lessons are we actually putting in front of students? Are they more generic than we think? A look at …
Make a Raspberry Pi Solar-Powered FTP Server
There are lots of great Raspberry Pi projects you can make. Add to the growing list using the small computer as an FTP server—a solar-powered one, no less.
http://lifehacker.com/5967840/make-a-raspberry-pi-solar+powered-ftp-server?tag=raspberry-pi…
Learning Experiences: The Tin Can API
The Tin Can API (aka Experience API) is open specification for data interoperability from the US Department of Defense’s Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative. Tin Can API opens up new potential for scaffolding and personalization.
LearnDash: Learning Management System for WordPress
Instantly transform your site into a powerful learning management system with LearnDash’s WordPress LMS plugin. With a click of a button you can create and sell courses, setup quizzes, automatically award certificates, and download robust user activity reports.
Presentation of the Week: 7 Habits of Networked Academics
The Future Will Not Be Multiple Choice
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Pattern Matching In Khan Academy
I observed how some students made progress in exercises without necessarily demonstrating understanding of the underlying concepts. The practice of “pattern matching” is something that Ben Eater and Sal had mentioned on several occasions, but seeing some of it happening …
10 Reasons Why Educators Should Encourage Independent Learning
Facilitators are often used more in adult settings where it’s thought that adults can handle independent learning more readily. But is this really true?
What MOOCs Will, Won’t, and Might Do
An inteersting analysis on what MOOCs can and cannot do.
http://edudemic.com/2013/01/what-moocs-will-wont-and-might-do/…
Slidestory: Tell a story, share your photos, narrate in your own voice
Slidestory lets users create picture slideshows with voice narration for others to see and hear.