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Educational Technology

October 20, 2013

18 Free Must Have iPad Apps For Teachers And School Administrators

Would you like to turn classroom’s iPads into recordable whiteboards enabling peer-to-peer teaching and collaboration? What about sharing positive feedback with your students while their parents can check their child’s school progress? The following list of 18 Free iPad Apps will make your teaching life easier!

by Christopher Pappas

Educational Technology

October 19, 2013

Top 10 Free Tools For Teaching Reading And Writing

Children take their first critical steps toward learning to read and write very early in life. The role of teachers in this process is of critical importance. Plain teaching can be easily enriched with a touch of online free educational tools that can make them more attractive to young learners. Turn an ordinary language lesson to a vivid learning experience for free!

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Infographics

October 19, 2013

eLearningInfographics: The Best Education Infographics

As founder of the eLearning Industry’s network I am super excited with our new user-generated infographics site. A few months ago, several members of the eLearning Industry network contacted me requesting a website that would be dedicated to the best education infographics. Having this in mind, we formed a team of creative, hard-working, and passionate online educators. As a consequence, we just released the eLearningInfographics.com.

by Christopher Pappas

Educational Technology

October 18, 2013

The 5 Best Free Collaboration Tools for Teachers

In an increasingly connected world, it’s imperative for individuals to be able to work together on projects. Collaboration is essential for you as an educator and for your students as they journey through the world of academia. Utilize these 5 Best Free Collaboration Tools for Teachers to collaborate effectively with colleagues or to encourage your students to come together and create something amazing. 

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

October 17, 2013

5 Ways Games Add To The Learner Experience

Gamification is a hot buzzword right now in eLearning and everywhere else. But does adding games to your eLearning course really help engage your learners?

by Stephanie Ivec

Learner Engagement

October 17, 2013

Progressive Education: The Rising Power Of Student Voice

Read many current educational articles or twitter feeds, and it becomes pretty clear that progressive educationalists are gaining voice. Project based, constructivist, experiential, problem solving curriculum is lauded and promoted at every turn, and thankfully so. Learning becomes deeper and more meaningful when students participate in knowledge building. However, there are a few educationalists who are really pushing and disrupting the boundaries of progressive education. They are those who believe in student-generated content.

by Paul Moss

Corporate eLearning

October 16, 2013

Making E-learning Interesting: Experiences in Soft Skills Training

About the turn of the century, e-learning was touted as the new great thing that would quickly replace traditional training. Everyone wanted e-learning. Text was quickly being digitized and called e-learning, but for many it was more of a sleeping pill. Then everything changed.

by Dale Olsen

Blended Learning

October 16, 2013

Teaching Online Courses At Home Not Realistic In Public Education

If you are a public school teacher forget about the dream of running your classes from home. The cool mornings, hot coffee, and the comforting warmth of a laptop is a thought better served by those college tenured folks.

by Russ Elburn

Virtual Training

October 15, 2013

Benefits of Synchronous and Asynchronous e-Learning

Online learning environments are becoming more frequent in teaching and learning than ever before (Bonk & Zhang, 2006; Er, Özden, & Arifoglu, 2009; Skylar, 2009). Synchronous and asynchronous learning technologies are the two most common online learning types (Hrastinski, 2008; Er et al., 2009; Simonson, Smaldino, Albright, & Zvacek, 2012). The purpose of this article is to discuss the advantages of using both synchronous and asynchronous technologies in an online learning environment.

by Michael Higley

eLearning Market

October 15, 2013

‘RFP’ Woes And How To Get The eLearning Solution Of Your Dreams

The path to eLearning bliss may not be so simple. If you are new to eLearning, pursuing companies for proposals can be a bit overwhelming, even a little daunting. Learn the ins and outs of defining your needs so you get the right eLearning partner and avoid surprises.

by Steve Lowenthal

Educational Technology

October 13, 2013

Top 10 Free Content Curation Tools For Teachers

Finding educational content in the web is no big deal- but managing it, is. Educational content curation is the art – rather than the act – of sorting out the vast amounts of educational content on the web and organizing them around a specific educational topic in a coherent way. 

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

October 12, 2013

The Challenge Of Teaching Soft Skills

It is easy to lecture on soft skills and then for students to pass a test showing that they have learned the material. But will behavior really change as a result of the lecture and testing? Do role plays result in behavioral change? Research shows that behavior changes at a minimum require repeated practice with extensive feedback. Simulation technology now offers the capability to go past traditional training and produce effective soft skills training.

by Dale Olsen