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Learning Thursday #1: Mobile Technologies in Education

Adobe Captivate

Learning bridges: Mobile technologies in education. Educational Technology, 47 (3), 33–37. Google Scholar. The Google Scholar link will take you to JSTOR, where you can read this article for free.). Can you think of an environment other than a museum where this sort of learning experience would be effective?

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Recommended Research: Constructivism & Learning Technology

Adobe Captivate

Last week, we had an awesome virtual class on how to implement an effective gamification strategy within a corporate learning environment! In class, we briefly touched on some learning theories and research related to constructivism and the effective use of technology, games and gamification within the overall learning environment.

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Recommended Reading Summary: A Chapter of “Emerging Technologies for the Classroom”

Adobe Captivate

Google Scholar features most of the chapter for free. Establishing a level of trust within a social group can make the learning process more effective. Using social media to facilitate a learning process comes with obstacles that educators should address in order to ensure the learning experience is successful.

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Taking Time to Learn with Alex Salas

TechSmith Camtasia

Alex explained to us the interesting research into the effect of learning on the brain. I follow Google Scholar, instead of doing a Google search. Because with Google you get you anybody and their mother. Go to google scholar and you’re going to get academic papers.”. The neuroscience backs that up.”

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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with e's

Professor Terry Anderson , who is based at Athabasca University in Canada, is one of the famous figures of contemporary education, and his list of achievements is lengthy. When did you first become involved with research into distance education and online learning? Terry: I was first attracted to distance education as a student.

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100 eLearning Articles and White Papers

Tony Karrer

Is the Future of Education (Techlearning blog) 11. The Technology Source Archives - Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses 30. KnowledgeWorks - Map of Future Forces Affecting Education - Education Map interactive map about future forces of education 33. Part 1 55.

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Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2014

OpenSesame

This year, we’ve expanded on that list to include 100 new tools that have made us more effective, made a splash or made us think. Google Scholar - Google takes on the likes of EbscoHost and LexisNexis. Duolingo - Free language education app that has a reading, writing and speaking component. Learn Something New.