Kitaboo

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In the realm of higher education, the effective management of teaching materials is critical to cultivating an enriching and dynamic learning environment. As an educator, you are confronted with the multifaceted challenges and opportunities inherent in the intricate landscape of teaching materials management systems (TMMSs).

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Gone are the days when education was all about reading from textbooks. Modern-day education involves the use of amazing virtual reality experiences , interactive modules, and other tech-savvy resources to make learning fun and engaging. That’s what we call educational content licensing. Table of Contents: I. Wrapping Up!

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Learning with e's

JULY 29, 2019

As this blog approaches 8.5 Blogging has always been one of the ways I best express my ideas, and coupled with teaching, public speaking and a number of interviews on video and through podcasting, it has been my main channel of communication and dialogue with my professional community in recent years. I couldn't let that one lie.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Image from Pixabay I'm often asked why I blog. Here are 5 reasons: Firstly, blogging keeps me focused and engaged. I'm always seeking new ideas and content for my next blog. Also, you're only as good as your last blog post! Then I blog about them. Secondly, blogging helps me to think more clearly.

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Learning with e's

JULY 29, 2013

I want to encourage as many educators as possible to engage online with their professional community. One of the best ways to do this is through blogging - sharing your thoughts, ideas, best practice, and so on, using a public online platform. And then get blogging! I''m on a crusade. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 13, 2013

June, who is at the Norwegian Business School will be presenting a keynote speech tomorrow at the event on ''Disruptive Education.'' She has some strong views on how education needs to be changed, and believes that disruption is necessary to challenge the current paradigms of teaching in higher education. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 28, 2012

Paulo Freire, that great Brazilian educational thinker died in 1997, just as the World Wide Web was emerging in the Western world. So Freire didn't actually live to see the power and potential of social media, or the impact blogging would have on education. This is not just a message for educational bloggers. not exactly.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 24, 2012

My view is that in the social media universe, blogging is potentially the most powerful tool. Time and again, blogging is proving its worth in education and training, with countless learners discovering that sharing their ideas, sharing content and discussion ideas worldwide has a whole range of benefits. Unported License.

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CourseArc

JANUARY 26, 2017

We asked Christopher Doyle , Education Specialist at the Maryland State Department of Education , to explain the recent refresh to the Section 508 law in layman’s terms. And for more help on making your video content Section 508-compliant, check out our recent blog post about video transcribing and captioning services.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Educate yourself about copyright laws, read articles by experts, follow the news, and read different licenses. Are you going to use the teaching materials for personal use, for an educational institution, to offer a monetizable course online, etc.? These often fall under the Creative Commons License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 30, 2017

In my last blog post I wrote about an illustration from 1930 that depicted - quite accurately - how people would be using their mobile phones for video communication. It has featured regularly in keynote speeches, articles and texts about the future of education. Technology is thrown in to make it appear futuristic. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

As you might expect, I encourage my students to blog regularly to support their learning. I have written extensively on the benefits of academic blogging , but perhaps the two most important positive outcomes are personal reflection and public dialogue. Some of my current group of education students are particularly active in blogging.

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CourseArc

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Top books, blogs, videos, and more to excel as an instructional designer. Instructional design is the thoughtful application of design aspects — like color theory, typography, and user experience — to create educational resources. Look for details about Cathy Moore’s blog below). Blogs, Videos, and Podcasts.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 22, 2016

In my last blog post I illustrated a new model of digital literacies in the context of age of remix. Since then, several have asked me what I mean by remix culture, and how it applies to education. Remixing is a creative process. However, in formal education settings, remixing is sometimes seen as undesirable.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

In a recent blog post, I gave seven reasons why teachers should blog. It was subsequently expanded to 10 good reasons by the contributions from readers - which is actually an eleventh reason why teachers should blog - you get back such great comments, suggestions, arguments and advice, it would be crazy not to share your content.

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Learning with e's

JULY 5, 2011

F rom personal experience blogging is one of the most beneficial professional development activities I have ever engaged with. I learn more from blogging than I do from almost any other activity I participate in. Here are 7 good reasons why teachers should blog: 1) Blogging causes you to reflect.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Formerly a university academic and now a freelance writer, Audrey has courted her fair share of controversy and opposition, not least due to her forthright views on education, technology and a host of related topics. This interview was recorded for the EDEN YouTube channel, featuring questions such as: Is education broken beyond repair?

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 30, 2010

Anyone who blogs regularly will have discovered several truths. Many people struggle to maintain a regular blog that is consistently good, or at least meaningful. Although you are only as good as your last blog, all your previously blogs are also out there, archived, published for people to read (and for you to revisit, if you wish).

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CourseArc

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Why an Open Educational Resources Model Means More Opportunities for All Learners. Like many inside and outside the education system in the United States and globally, the cry for equity has been bellowed for years. Take the movement for Open Educational Resources, or OER, for example. OER for Precedent. Our system is broken.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 15, 2019

The event was called 'Show that you Share' and focused on tools such as Creative Commons , personal learning environments and mobile phones as a means of creating, sharing and repurposing content, knowledge and artefacts for education. I care about the education of people, whatever their age, and I want to share what I know.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

This is a continuation of my short series on the future of higher education, and builds on yesterday''s blog post on why Social Web tools are useful to support student learning. We start with the question.how will technology help to shape the future of Higher Education? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

In effect, through the use of social media and telecommunication technologies, these teachers are becoming global educators. I consider myself a global educator and have tried to articulate my ideas on why this is a different role to traditional teaching. Blog: Blogging is arguably one of the most powerful tools for global education.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 15, 2012

Argyll and Bute's attempts to censor a 9 year old blogging about her school dinners backfired spectacularly when they were forced to very publicly retract their original decision. The Argyll and Bute council officials thought that newspaper coverage of the 9 year old's blog was causing catering staff to fear for their jobs.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2016

Previous posts in this series tracked the development of educational technology over 40 years. I first started working in the field of educational technology in January 1976, at a time when technology was used more for teaching than it was for learning. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 14, 2020

All forms of education require learners to engage, but when teachers and their students are separated by geographical distance, the challenges increase. Asynchronous communication is time-shifted - e-mail, text messages and standard mail (correspondence courses were one of the first forms of distance education). Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

This is a continuation from yesterday''s post on changing roles , disruptive innovation and the survival of higher education. Wikis, blogs and podcasts : a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education. BMC Medical Education 6, 41. Changing Times It is now time to take stock.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

This is a continuation from yesterday''s blog post on changing times and the survival of higher education. Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. British Journal of Educational Technology , 39(6), 987-995. Digital Learning: Repurposing Education. Wheeler, S.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

The delivery of content and the instructional aspects of education are, and should always be considered to be, just two components in learning. There's more to education than standing up and teaching. by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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CourseArc

JANUARY 12, 2022

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the online learning spotlight shone brightly on K-12 and higher education. Rightfully so, as school systems and higher education institutions across the world were scrambling to find a better online learning solution, or enhance what they already had.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 15, 2015

The challenge was simple - you shared an image with a friend (or three) and challenged them to write a short, learning related blog about it. blimage = blog + image. Those who have participated in #blimage have reported that their visitor traffic has increased, their writing has improved, and they have engaged in a little creativity.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Reading Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education by Anya Kamenetz has been fascinating. Her key message is simple - that education needs to change to make it more accessible to those who want to, but cannot afford to enter into full time higher education. High ideals indeed. Unported License.

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Mindflash

MARCH 14, 2012

These may be through webinars, journals, periodicals, blogs, or events. We also talk about education. We share blogs (examples are Seth Godin’s blog , Mark and Angel Hack Life , Recognize This , and four or five other e-marketing blogs). Education is a company core value. We pass around whitepapers.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

My last blog post focused on the disruptive forces that are currently assailing businesses and the public sector. So what will be the future of higher education, and how will it survive against this hostile backdrop? So what will be the future of higher education, and how will it survive against this hostile backdrop?

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Many would agree that a lot needs to be done to bring education up to date. But this is just the start, and more can be done to ensure that the present day education system adequately prepares young people to take up their roles in a rapidly changing world. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 5, 2012

If you are considering taking up blogging this year, and wondering what it might involve, I would be happy to offer you a few tips from my own experience. I have been blogging for just over 5 years and during that time have learnt a few things. Firstly, blogging can be time consuming.

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Learning with e's

JULY 31, 2019

Photo by StemT4L on unsplash Many teachers by now will be familiar with blogging for education projects that encourage children to write. If you haven't heard of any, then take a look at David Mitchell's Quadblogging project which encourages schools to team up to create audiences for students' blogs. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Photo by Filip Mroz on unsplash In my first post in this blog series I outlined the changes taking place in schools due to the adoption of online forms of education. In my follow-up post, I posed a key question for teachers to answer if they wished to become successful online educators. How can we engage online learners?

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