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10 hot tips for moocers

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This was certainly the case for some in the EDCMOOC , and I fear I was too dismissive of the issue in my previous blog post. More specifically, use your blog to articulate your learnings from the mooc. I found it helpful to use the discussion forum to post preliminary drafts of my ideas, refine them, then blog them.

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3 hot resources for best practice multiple-choice quizzing

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To answer that question I hit Google and a couple of academic databases, but mostly in vain. You see, Google wasn’t much help because “best practice&# is frequently confused with “common practice&# – but it’s not the same thing. If they’re the bad and ugly aspects of MCQ design, what’s the good?

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Tips & tricks for self-publishers – Part 4

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If you’re relying on their extraordinary Google and Amazon search skills to be “discovered”, you’re dreaming. • If you write a blog, inform your subscribers. • Add a profile to Google Books. In Tips & tricks for self publishers – Part 3 I explained how to self publish a paperback.

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Reflections of a mooc unvirgin

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Before I signed up, I had decided to do a mooc because I was blogging about them but had never experienced one for myself. The course was supported by social media groups across several platforms, including Twitter, Google+ and Facebook. In all honesty, I think I would have dropped out if it were any longer.

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Good gear

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As readers of Paper cuts will know, I’ve been toying with virtual reality via the Google Cardboard headset. Third-party apps are searchable in Google Play, but as I mentioned in Paper cuts the results can not be filtered out by Cardboard compatibility. Here I share with you my observations… Headset.

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Educate everyone

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More recently, Google Glass has been making in-roads, though I consider it more of a data display device than an AR headset. The strategy might involve a YouTube channel, an expert-authored blog, a moderated discussion forum, a free webinar series, a corporate MOOC… all open to the public.

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Everything big started small

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I was lucky enough to attend many of the speaking sessions, and even live blog some of them. BJ offered Google as an example, which started as a search engine developed by a couple of college students. The bigger they are, they harder they fall. Implications for e-learning. learning, virtual classes).

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