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How To Fill The Void of Missing Powerpoint Clipart

eLearning Brothers

Due to the “internet of things,” Microsoft Office decided to kill off their Clipart library in December 2014. Inconvenience and inconsistent access aside, the main thing that can complicate this approach to sourcing images is the fact that royalty free and Creative Commons may not always be what they seem.

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2014 - the year of the wearable?

Learning with e's

Will 2014 be the year when wearable technology emerges as the next stage in our connected future? In the January 2014 issue of Wired Magazine , he argues that whilst the last decade has been about smart mobile technologies, the next decade will be about wearable computing. Unported License. Ben Hammersley seems to think so.

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My top 5 posts of 2014

Learning with e's

I''m grateful to all those who read my blog posts during 2014, especially to those who have amplified them through social media platforms such as Twitter and Google+, and for those who have taken the time to comment. Below is a quick analysis of my top five blog posts from 2014, based on the number of views and comments.

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Top ten UK education blogs

Learning with e's

TeacherToolkit (ranked 1st in 2013, 2014, 2015) 2. TeacherToolkit (ranked 1st in 2013, 2014) 2. ICTEvangelist (ranked 2nd in 2014) 3. Learning with ‘e’s (ranked 8th in 2014) 4. The Learning Spy (ranked 2nd in 2014) 5. Magical Maths (ranked 7th in 2014) 6. The Whiteboard Blog (ranked 5th in 2014) 7.

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What is authentic assessment?

Learning with e's

This is a simple principle of pedagogy known as constructive alignment (Biggs and Tang, 2011) where we start with outcomes that students need to achieve, support these with appropriate pedagogy, and then assess accordingly (Biggs, 2014). 2014) Constructive alignment in university teaching. Unported License.

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Future skills #metalearning

Learning with e's

Blaschke, Kenyon and Has, 2014). 2014) Experiences in Self Determined Learning. Future skills #metalearning by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. In the next few posts I'll explore some in detail.

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Taking a NAP

Learning with e's

Since 2014 I have served as chair of the steering committee of the Network of Academics and Professionals, an elected body that works autonomously alongside the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN). Unported License. It’s now time to step down, as my 3 year term has been completed.

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