Some in higher education haven’t accepted the flipped model, even as it gains student support.
http://www.ecampusnews.com/top-news/is-professorial-ego-driving-opposition-to-flipped-learning/…
Are Today’s Students Truly ‘Tech Savvy’?
It is difficult to prove that the Generation Y and young people today are not more technologically adapted than their older counterparts. A new study conducted by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) explored this question in an attempt …
A Portrait of the Technological Skills and Habits of Today’s Cegep Students
Bruno Poellhuber, professor in the département de psychopédagogie et d’andragogie at l’Université de Montréal, discusses results from a survey conducted among Cegep students on their IT attitudes and skills as well as the advantages concerning information technology within an academic …
Want interactive learning? Forget the Smartboard. Consider 3D!
Unlike expensive Smartboard technology, which claims to be interactive, but actually promotes poor pedagogy, 3D provides true interactivity and engagement.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ca/2012/05/gaia-3d-finally-ed-product-that-doesnt.html…
Presentation of the Week: Flipped Classroom in Higher Education
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Edutopia’s 10 Big Ideas to Improve Public Education
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How To Develop Your Own Mobile Learning Tools
Educational technology companies now design effective and meaningful mobile learning tools by addressing various challenges associated with delivering content on mobile devices. This article introduces these challenges and discusses some strategies to design effective m-learning.
http://edudemic.com/2012/05/how-to-develop-your-own-mobile-learning-tools/…
Eight habits of highly effective 21st century teachers
What are the characteristics we would expect to see in a successful 21st century educator? Well, we know they are student-centric, holistic, and they’re teaching about how to learn as much as teaching about the subject area. We know, too, …
How Bottlenose Can Help Turn Twitter into a High Signal Channel
Bottlenose is an application that will convert Twitter into a personalized dashboard and newspaper.
How Teachers Make Cell Phones Work in the Classroom
At their best, cell phones and mobile devices seamlessly facilitate what students and teachers already do in thriving, inspiring classrooms. Students communicate and collaborate with each other and the teacher.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/05/how-teachers-make-cell-phones-work-in-the-classroom/…
NearPod: Create, Engage and Assess in the Classroom
Bring the classroom to life with interactive mobile presentations that teachers create and customize themselves.
Machines Shouldn’t Grade Student Writing — Yet
Standardized tests will finally ask good essay questions. But robot grading threatens that progress.
App lets teachers know that students are confused in class
A University of Toronto, Canada, graduate has developed a mobile application that enables students to let teachers know when they don’t understand the material being covered in class.
8 Great Free Web Resources Focused on Using the iPad in Education
A list of excellent free Internet based web sites and resources dedicated to the use of the iPad in the instructional setting.
The Massive Open Online Professor
Scalable education on the web is increasingly possible, largely through the use of commodity software that is easy to use and available freely or at low cost to anyone.
http://www.academicmatters.ca/2012/05/the-massive-open-online-professor/…