Category Archives: Teaching and Learning

ClassPager Lets Teachers Quiz and Remind Students Via SMS

https://www.classpager.com/ “Why ban phones from the classroom when you can harness them? Bootstrapped startup ClassPager today launches its Twilio-powered SMS system that lets teachers and professors efficiently send their students quizzes and reminders, and receive answers and feedback. ClassPager can … Continue reading

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The Mystery of the Millionaire Metaphysician

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2012/02/the_mystery_of_the_millionaire_metaphysician_slate_republishes_one_of_the_greatest_magazine_stories_ever_written_.html

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Learning 3.0: Why Technology Belongs in Every Classroom

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/918 Not great but interesting term “Learning Positioning System” i.e. Topic Heat Map

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Rice University And OpenStax Announce First Open-Source Textbooks!

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rjoY7scv1is/ “When we think about the distribution industry being disrupted, we tend to think about music and movies, whose physical media and vast shipment infrastructure have been rendered mostly obsolete over the last decade. To a lesser extent, we hear … Continue reading

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Don Sheridans Repository of Technology Supported Teaching and Learning

https://skydrive.live.com/view.aspx/LMS%20Futures?cid=1874a215264436b2&Bsrc=Share&Bpub=SDX.SkyDrive

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Educause Learning Technologies

http://www.educause.edu/ELI/EDUCAUSELearningInitiativeELI/LearningTechnologies/5672 The term learning technologies encompasses information and instructional technology, as well as telecommunications tools, applications, and systems that support learning. The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) explores the possible benefits and challenges of individual learning technologies, but also considers the … Continue reading

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Nextgen Learning

http://nextgenlearning.org/ Next Generation Learning Challenges is a collaborative, multi-year initiative created to address the barriers to educational innovation and tap the potential of technology to dramatically improve college readiness and completion in the United States. NGLC is guided by the … Continue reading

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Personal knowledge management: The role of Web 2.0 tools for managing knowledge at individual and organisational levels

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1827245&show=abstract

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7 Things You Should Know About Personal Learning Environments

http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutPerso/171521

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Adaptive Learning Platform™ – Power Your Content with Knewton

http://www.knewton.com/adaptive-learning/

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