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Online Courses (MOOC)

December 3, 2012

Converting Large Group Classes to Massive Online Courses

Last month, the NY Times declared 2012 as the year of the MOOC. With so many educators and students involved in these courses, we should think about how we can best convert the university course experience to this new, scalable online experience. For simplicity, let's break the process of transferring knowledge into three parts: instruction, coaching, and assessment / feedback.

by Scott Rapp

Educational Technology

December 2, 2012

12 YouTube Videos Every Online Educator Should View

What are the benefits for the teacher and learner in the context of open education and OER? How does a blended-learning school boost student achievement? How can we design the schools for 21st Century Learning? How will be the classroom of tomorrow? What are the tools and resources for the 21st Century Educator?

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Authoring Tools

December 2, 2012

List Of Authoring Tools: Part 3

In the List of Authoring Tools Part 3, you will find 37 eLearning Authoring Tools for the creation and development of online courses. Total number of Authoring Tools: 127!

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

November 30, 2012

6 Tips For Producing Good Quality Audio Narrations Every Online Educator Should Know About

Can we prepare, record, and finally produce a better audio narration? Of course we can. However, we should consider some aspects such as, budget, time, technology, and our available resources in general.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

November 29, 2012

Test And Assess – Be A Curator!

Paint cures but what’s that to do with testing? Curation as a process has been going on a long time; you probably had teachers who shared reading lists, sites of interest, things to do on your next family vacation.

by William J. Ryan

eLearning Design and Development

November 28, 2012

Ultimate List of Free Music for eLearning Development

At the Ultimate List of Free Music for eLearning you will find 34 websites where you can use Free Music for your Online Courses. You can download hundred thousand music files for thousands artist and use it for Free.

by Christopher Pappas

Educational Technology

November 27, 2012

Social Learning Tools Every Online Educator Should Know About

The following list of social learning tools are used from online educators for pedagogical and androgogical purposes.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Benefits

November 27, 2012

Extending eLearning To Partners, Vendors, Clients And Beyond

Make no mistake; we are well-ensconced in the age of electronic instruction and digital learning. And we can thank advances in technology and high-speed data networks for much of the training that is now at our fingertips.

by Jeffrey Roth

eLearning Market

November 26, 2012

Use Of Open Source Education In Reducing Teacher Absence In Rural India

According to a study, it is found that 25 percent of public school teachers in rural India, remain absent from their workplace. One of the culprits responsible for this serious situation is the content taught to the students.

by Rajib Chakraborty

Educational Technology

November 25, 2012

Blogs And Education: What Is The Big Deal?

Blogs constitute a digital asynchronous tool, which makes it an environment very suitable for the management of knowledge and that is a reason that blogs are considered to be strong pedagogical tool. Would you be interested to know how to use blogs in education?

by Maria Manolopoulou

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

November 25, 2012

The Best LinkedIn Groups About eLearning

LinkedIn is my favorite social network because the most of its members are acting as professionals! This is why I created a list of the best LinkedIn Groups about eLearning!

by Christopher Pappas

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

November 25, 2012

The 10 Best Facebook Pages About eLearning

The eLearning community is very active on Facebook. Would you be interested to stay connected with the most active eLearning communities at Facebook?

by Christopher Pappas