Learning - Educational Technologies

Latest News Archive March 2004

E-learning, workflow learning, just-in-time learning, virtual classrooms and the world of education at a distance. Educational technologies are the new frontier for ay instructional designer: Blogs, RSS, wikis, collaboration systems, e-learning tools, presentation software, simulation tools, real-time videoconferencing, online classrooms.

How To Determine The Most Appropriate Learning Style   The Index of Learning Styles is an on-line instrument used to assess preferences on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global) of a learning style model formulated by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman. The instrument was developed by Richard M. Felder and Barbara A.... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link NCSU - [via Marcus P. Zillman] -- March 28

Why We Need Technology In Education   Classroom teaching, even if supported with technology, will not scale. If we are to provide access to all, we must abandon the idea that education is something that is done for us and support the idea that it is something we can do for ourselves. That's... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Stephen Downes -- March 27

Learning By Design   James Paul Gee , author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy, treated those of us at the RIMA ICEM conference in Quebec City today to a lucid and convincing argument illustrating how today's computer games embody better learning than most schools.... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link Stephen Downes -- March 16

Elearning With Moodle: Open Source Cross-Platform CMS   Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a software package designed to help educators create quality online courses. Such e-learning systems are sometimes also called Learning Management Systems (LMS). One of the main advantages of Moodle over other systems is a strong grounding in social... read more | cat.: Learning - Educational Technologies | Link | Comment Robin Good - Moodle -- March 1

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