DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Udacity cofounder and CEO Sebastian Thrun says more Artificial Intelligence is coming to online education, but we’ll still need humans to grade our English essays.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517181/sebastian-thrun-on-the-future-of-learning/
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Here are five ways instructors can connect with their students, making sure the online education experience is worthwhile for everyone.
http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/5-ways-to-really-connect-with-online-students/…
Here are five steps the nation’s best online teacher says every program should take.
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/05/5-must-have-elements-every-online-class
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A new study is out from the great folks at HotChalk and it takes an in-depth look at trends in online learning, who is buying edtech, where they’re buying it, the popularity of print vs digital media, etc.
http://edudemic.com/2013/04/survey-uncovers-big-trends-in-online-learning/
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The future of education technology is not a new app, tool, or teaching method.
http://edudemic.com/2013/03/2-predictions-for-the-future-of-education-technology/…
Apowersoft Online Audio Recorder allows you to record audio online, free of charge, on Windows OS or Mac PC.
http://www.apowersoft.com/free-audio-recorder-online
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Educators knew the online revolution would eventually envelop the physical classroom, but a torrent of near-revolutionary developments in the past month are proving that change is coming quicker than anyone imagined.
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.
By using Dropbox as an automatic FTP client, you can save yourself a huge amount of time and hassle, while ensuring your website is always current with useful educational content and resources for your students.
http://tapintoteenminds.com/2012/04/12/using-dropbox-to-maintain-your-course-website-quick-easy/…
In the below infographic from Online Universities, you can see how each online course provider differs, what they currently offer, and even find out what they’ll cost you. Whether you’re a teacher, student, parent, or simply a lifelong learner … …
With iPads, teachers can create ebooks for their students or even help them create ebooks for themselves. Below is a compiled list of such apps.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/10/excellent-ipad-apps-to-create-ebooks.html…
The platform, called Class2Go, allows professors the flexibility to incorporate other online tools and to conduct research as they teach.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/september/class2go-online-platform-091212.html…