Educational Technology Tools

December 13, 2015

3 Benefits Of Integrating eLearning Into Knowledge Dissemination

With the advent of MOOCs and other online courses, eLearning principles and tools have clearly been integrated into higher education. However, eLearning has another role to play in academia – as a method of disseminating research results. This article will describe 3 specific benefits of integrating eLearning into knowledge dissemination, meaning using eLearning to communicate the results of research studies for the purposes of moving knowledge into action.

by Adam Gavarkovs

December 9, 2015

Periscope For eLearning: Is It Worth The Bother?

With a six-month hoopla around Periscope, this app gained the affection of many educators who started thinking on using Periscope in classrooms. But is everything so trouble-free? What are the advantages and drawbacks of using Periscope for eLearning, and what changes would save this software's reputation for making it #1 app among educators?

by Lesley J. Vos

December 2, 2015

How MotionMagix’s Interactive Play Platform Transforms The Way Kids Learn And Play

Give kids a choice between playing and studying, they would most definitely choose playing! Kids tend to have a meager attention span. Various reasons could be associated with this; interests, child personalities, level of engagement, interactivity to hold the child’s attention while the child is getting entertained at the same time.

by Anup Tapadia

November 27, 2015

Re-evaluating Classroom Technology: The Changing Landscape Of Student Engagement

Most teachers in recent past used to start their class with “Put down your phones!”; nowadays it has been substituted by a more modern version, “Pick up your phones!”. The use of classroom technology has become one of the key trends in modern education. Its impacts, however, are not always easy to assess.

by Sarah Green

November 27, 2015

How To Use Comic Strip Making Websites To Enhance Your Teaching

Imagine a group of immigrant students sitting together around a computer and collaboratively creating a comic strip together that tells a story. Think of the language and speaking skills they develop as they work together to put words and sentences into the mouths of the comic characters.

by bill zimmerman

November 26, 2015

5 EdTech Tools To Create Exciting Camera Presentations 

There are many EdTech tools out there to help create camera presentations. Here is a list of 5 incredible ones.

by Sarah Smith

November 12, 2015

Top 6 Practices For Rapid eLearning Tools

These are the most useful practices for using rapid eLearning tools which allow students to access them quickly and achieve success in education.

by Katherine Brunt

November 7, 2015

9 Online Resources To Learn Web Design

Want to learn web design? Which sites you choose is dependent on your answers to certain questions.

by Sarah Smith

October 31, 2015

10 Online Research Tools Every Online Learner Should Know About

This article will give you some insights on how to make your research process more effective using online research tools.

by Antonio Tooley

October 29, 2015

The Learning Management System: Dodo Or Phoenix?

This article poses succinctly whether built-for-purpose educational apps targeted at the growing smartphone user educational market could start to threaten the future viability of Learning Management Systems; it is suggested a new type of intelligent Learning Management System (LMS) needs to be created.

by Chris Alexander

October 7, 2015

Education Technology: 2 Ways Education Has Dramatically Changed Since You Went to School

In this article I will explain how education has come a long way and how access to education has improved with the help of technology. Here is how far education technology has come since the 90s.

by Melanie Nathan

September 12, 2015

Using eLearning Technologies To Improve Educational Quality Of Language Teaching

Use of computers and new technologies have become a crucial part of learning as well as teaching. E-learning today has been a key factor in various industries and teaching is one among them; especially teaching language. E-learning has redefined some strategies and concepts of teaching that have enabled the teaching community to perform better. The following article will talk about how e-learning courses have redefined the language teaching practices.

by Akansha Arora