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The persistence of distance (learning)

Learning with e's

In a formal sense, distance learning has been a familiar concept since at least 1837, when Sir Isaac Pitman began teaching his shorthand system using typed instruction cards mailed through the universal Penny Postal service to his students across England. m-Learning, or mobile learning focused on the use of personal technologies.

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3 Strategies to Engage Students in Online Learning

TechSmith Camtasia

James Bolton uses mobile teaching to relay key concepts. “Dr. He decided he would make a quick video lesson for his students about how it’s important to protect skin from the sun, which was a relevant topic they were covering in class.”. Bolton took his kids to the beach one beautiful day.

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

link] February 14-17, 2011 Education 2011-2021 : Global Challenges and Perspectives of Blended and Distance Education presented by DE Hub and the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA), Sydney, Australia. link] February 14-17, 2011 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain. Charles, Missouri, USA.

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eLearning Conferences 2012

Tony Karrer

link] February 4-7, 2012 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia Summit , biennial, Sydney, Australia. link] March 11-13, 2012 Mobile Learning , sponsored by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), Berlin, Germany. link] March 11-13, 2012 BrainStorm 13.0:

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eLearning Conferences 2012

eFront

link] March11-13, 2012 Mobile Learning , sponsoredby the International Association for Development of the Information Society(IADIS), Berlin, Germany. StudentRetention and Success Conference , University of York, York, United Kingdom, [link] March28-30, 2012 Learning Futures Festival :Follow the Sun.