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Spring Cleaning: Intellectual Property - 280 days ago
Spring office cleaning and a computer change-over are leading to a host of re-discoveries, reflections, retrievals, and restorations. Many old sticky notes, some not originally yellow, have surfaced from the sea of dust accumulated over years of good... Topics: copyright, intellectual property, media, videos

When will teachers learn? - 287 days ago
Thanks to Isabelle Jones for pointing out this thought-provoking video by josepicardo (2008.02.28) to the Diigo Resources for Languages Group.Authored by Paul Beaufait. Hosted by Edublogs. addthis_url =... Topics: AudioPodcastsVideo, teaching, videos

“Balancing 2 Faces” (Barrett, 2009.01.30) - 287 days ago
It is a pleasure to follow Helen Barrett’s work on portfolios. I’ve been especially excited about it since she demonstrated the utility of blog pages as readily exploitable portfolio building venues: WordPress.com (V.2) (2006)In a post on... Topics: currency, legacy, portfolios

Presence, assessment, and adult learners - 468 days ago
In an interview podcast to warm the pool by building social presence prior to an online conference, Jonathan Finkelstein prompts Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt to touch upon online assessment strategies, especially ones to use with adult learners who are... Topics: adults, andragogy, assessment, AudioPodcastsVideo, community building, CommunityGroup, interviews, social presence

Stepping stones to learner engagement - 475 days ago
These are “Eight Simple Rules for Engaging Learners” gleaned from Heather Ross (McToonish, 2008.07.16), who’d picked them up from a conference presentation by Ellen Wagner the day before:Capture their attention;Convince them to... Topics: affect, attention, blogospheres, caring, change, choices, community, contributions, engagement, experience, learners, participation




