Use within the classroom and as the hub of activity for homework assignments. Ipad provide this. So dynamic content can be created, delivered and actively engaged with by each student. Learning Design Learning Activities Blended Learning TabletsI wanted to blog again as it's been a while. Amongst all the different facets of my work recently, the area that is most stimulating my thinking is ipads and the potential of tablets in formal education. feel strongly that tablets have the potential to have really positive impact on our formal education in the classroom. MORE >>

My aim was to illustrate how easy it is to create something fairly engaging with just a few minutes of work in Powerpoint, provided you have your design well thought through. My approach towards scenarios When designing any kind of elearning, I like to use Cathy Moore's action mapping approach to first define the scenario-based activities. Tags: interactivity demos creativity scenario based learning activities learning elearning So last week I tweeted an example of immersive learning scenario built entirely in Powerpoint and published using Articulate Presenter. MORE >>

The “new pedagogical models” (A Silicon Valley term meaning: we didn’t read the literature and still don’t realize that these findings are two, three, or more decades old) being discovered by MOOC providers supports what most academics and experienced teachers know about learning: it’s a social, active, and participatory process. The current MOOC providers have adopted a regressive pedagogy: small scale learning chunks reminiscent of the the heady days of cognitivism and military training. Ah, the 1960′s. That won’t be easy. MORE >>

There is some but mostly the help and advice I provide is done informally in one-to-one meetings. Within each page I had a consistent structure of a short presentation, embedded or linked example and activities. The activities were setup so that the participants could practice using the tool within a relevant context. The activities mostly worked well although I will reflect about specific tool-types in later posts. can recommend using a free website service like weebly to act as the hub of any workshop you do involving lots of internet based activities. MORE >>

Who better to provide an overview of mobile learning theories and pedagogies then his creative mind? Mobile activism/learning: Sean (Abajian) from sunny California is a mobile activist believer. He knows that long-term activism coincides with quick learning. ICT for development : Michael (Sean Gallagher - UK/Korea) combines a literary pen with a mission to provide a mobile solution to anyone living in a challenged environment no matter where you are in the world. augmented learning mobile games mLearning education activism mooc mobimooc ICT4DInterested? MORE >>