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Student engagement includes much more than course participation--learn how different technologies can help your institution's engagement Via EDTECH@UTRGV 
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"A new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults finds that the social media landscape in early 2018 is defined by a mix of long-standing trends and newly emerging narratives." Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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Creating effective learning games requires learning how to design good mechanics or rules and incorporating meaningful game elements. Here are some game
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In the social media age, sharing and repurposing are common place. Many professionals depend on the ability to amplify and distribute content freely through their networks. This raises a number of tensions around creativity, intellectual property and copyright. Creative Commons (CC) is a copyright management system that goes a long way to addressing these issues.
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Guest writer Andrianes Pinantoan sheds some light on this emerging education technology.
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Is figuring out what technology to purchase for a school harder than having the proper implementation of those devices?
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What tactics are schools using to heighten students’ chances of success? Discover how analytics can help you adopt these best practices.
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As we Enter a new School Year, Which Uses of Technology Hold the Most Promise to Impact Learning? Well, it’s that time of year again … the start of a new school year. With it often comes the irresistible urge
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Video can be incorporated into all aspects of induction elearning. We'll take you through 6 parts of onboarding and explain the benefits of video for each.
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A new SAGE white paper out today reveals the types of educational videos that appeal to students and where they go to find them. Titled 'Great Expectations: Students and Video in Higher Education,' the paper includes suggestions for librarians as they connect the video resources found in their libraries ...
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Your Vaguebooking and constant retweeting may be annoying everyone. Here's what you're doing that might make people click "unfollow." Via Fiona Harvey
Fiona Harvey's curator insight,
November 6, 2014 1:55 AM
Lovely list which make perfect sense. Sound advice for anyone using social media - not just marketing either.
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See how to use Hyperlapse for school videos to create engaging content for social media.
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Critical thinking is the study of clear and unclear thinking. A simple definition, maybe, but that's how it should be. The term was popularised long ago-
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Using audio in your eLearning courses can greatly enhance the learning experience. Read this article to learn how to effectively use audio in eLearning. Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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When you make the transition to university, one of the best resources that becomes available to you is the campus library system. Most universities have multiple libraries with extensive collections and generous hours of operation; the libraries at my school, the University of Waterloo, routinely stay open until midnight. Because campus libraries offer such a wealth of resources, many students aren’t motivated to explore the public libraries in their areas and may earn their entire degrees without ever setting foot in a community library. However, by not bothering to apply for a public library card, students are missing out on more than they realize. Here are just some of the reasons why you should make your local library a part of your university experience:
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Here are 5 hard-to-ignore reasons why you need to use Infographics in your online courses.
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Wondering which are the benefits of using infographics In Online Training? Read this article to discover why to use Infographics In Online Training.
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Do institutions and academics have a free choice in how they use metrics? Meera Sabaratnam argues that structural conditions in the present UK Higher Education system inhibit the responsible use of…
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John Hattie’s Visible Learning hasn’t just inspired teachers to innovate their classrooms; it’s driven them to think beyond the great educators published ideas. Here, New Zealand-based Brit James Hopkins discusses how the use of blogs can really fuel a pupil’s learning.
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In the largest study of its kind, a group of researchers has examined the use of open educational resources (OER) and found that students who used OER in their undergraduate courses performed as well or better than those assigned commercial...
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This presentation gives a brief overview of an innovative learning activity and assignment that I did with my class last year which involved the use – and creation - of Open Educational resources. "Peach" refers to the site Photopeach. This provides a simple, scaffolded approach to creating online content:students upload images, organise them, add captions, choose from selected music or link to YouTube then share the finished product on Facebook; they can easily share a group log-in so that they can collaborate virtually.
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A keynote for the Interlend 2015 Conference. Blog post explaining these slides in more detail at: http://www.ned-potter.com/blog/visitors-and-residents-useful-…;
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This special issue contains a collection of personal stories and reflective commentaries about living, working,learning, developing and achieving in a world in which personal and social technologies are used to connectpeople and their needs, purposes and ambitions to the help, resources and opportunities they need to achievewhat they value. Such technologies play an ever increasing role in our everyday learning, personaldevelopment and achievement and create new opportunities for communicating, sharing, connecting, relating, collaborating, creating, serving, giving, valuing and recording what emerges and is achieved in our daily life.
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A survey reports that most teachers are finding digital games in the classroom through informal means and could benefit from improved training and exposure to resources.
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Padlet is a great tool that I frequently use in my workshops. One of the reasons that I like it so much is that it is easy to use. I also like it because it can be used for a bunch of purposes. Here are five ways that I like to use it. At the bottom of this post I have included a Padlet wall that I encourage you to use to add your ideas about using Padlet in the classroom.
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