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bradjward posted a blog entry
Twitter, Your Free Text Messaging System.
A lot of discussion lately has revolved around how/why/if/should Twitter be used in Higher Ed. While my recent research of...
A lot of discussion lately has revolved around how/why/if/should Twitter be used in Higher Ed. While my recent research of...
emapey posted a blog entry
Types of Future Online College Students
The Future Online Learner report explores the results of a recent survey conducted for the purposes of identifying future...
The Future Online Learner report explores the results of a recent survey conducted for the purposes of identifying future...
bradjward posted a blog entry
Legally Drinking Before College? Maybe…
So many of you may be aware that in the past several weeks there has been an age-old nationwide debate re-surfacing regarding...
So many of you may be aware that in the past several weeks there has been an age-old nationwide debate re-surfacing regarding...
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TEDTalks : The Web's secret stories - Jonathan Harris (2007)
Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for.
Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for.
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TEDTalks : Photography connects us with the world - David Griffin (2008)
The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.
The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.
Paul posted a blog entry
Live on Broadway: An MBA Pitch
If you watched the 2008 Tony Awards this past June you'll remember the musical highpoint of the evening was "96000" from the...
If you watched the 2008 Tony Awards this past June you'll remember the musical highpoint of the evening was "96000" from the...
Christine S posted a blog entry
Federated access management: ongoing support arrangements confirmed
As part of the ongoing commitment to the implementation of federation access management within the further and higher education...
As part of the ongoing commitment to the implementation of federation access management within the further and higher education...
Christine S posted a blog entry
News article: US to back 21st century learning
The US Congress has given the go-ahead for a new centre to explore ways advanced computer and communications technologies can...
The US Congress has given the go-ahead for a new centre to explore ways advanced computer and communications technologies can...
Christine S posted a blog entry
ALT Conference 2008 - booking deadline extended to Friday, 22
ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK*ALT Conference 2008 - booking deadline extended to...
ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK*ALT Conference 2008 - booking deadline extended to...
Rob posted a blog entry
Google Launches Education in the Clouds
Thousands of schools are taking a walk in the clouds with Google. More than one dozen new universities are integrating Google...
Thousands of schools are taking a walk in the clouds with Google. More than one dozen new universities are integrating Google...
Black on Campus posted a blog entry
The Quotable Black Scholar: Derrick Bell
Derrick Bell (b. 1930)After a decade at Harvard, I left to accept the deanship at the University of Oregon Law School. Five...
Derrick Bell (b. 1930)After a decade at Harvard, I left to accept the deanship at the University of Oregon Law School. Five...
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TEDTalks : The Web's secret stories - Jonathan Harris (2007)
Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for.
Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for.
nelliemuller posted a blog entry
Professional Learning Community and Community of Inquiry (FOC08)
I was inspired by a fellow particpant of Faciltating an Online Community (FOC08)to reflect on my leadership role and the...
I was inspired by a fellow particpant of Faciltating an Online Community (FOC08)to reflect on my leadership role and the...
4 days ago
Blended Learning and Instruction
| Topics: online..., FOC08, professional..., leadership...
Blended Learning and Instruction
| Topics: online..., FOC08, professional..., leadership...BobD posted a blog entry
Going green in HE, FE and elsewhere in the public and third sectors: revolving funds and useful advice
It was good to read last week that the Higher Education Funding Council is launching with Salix Finance a £30m Revolving Green...
It was good to read last week that the Higher Education Funding Council is launching with Salix Finance a £30m Revolving Green...
5 days ago
Deed Consulting - Changing public services
| Topics: sustainabi..., third sector, higher...
Deed Consulting - Changing public services
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VRider posted a blog entry
Virtual Worlds in Education Conference @ ECU's Second Life Virtual Campus
Real Education in a Virtual World:Using Online Virtual Environments for Teaching and LearningThe Virtual Worlds in Education...
Real Education in a Virtual World:Using Online Virtual Environments for Teaching and LearningThe Virtual Worlds in Education...
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technology180
Stop running from technology. Turn around and Try it. University of Kentucky:Abouttechnology180 is a blog dedicated to tech tools and Web 2.0 resources for teaching and learning. Rather than being a fully rounded look at technology, this blog asks...
Stop running from technology. Turn around and Try it. University of Kentucky:Abouttechnology180 is a blog dedicated to tech tools and Web 2.0 resources for teaching and learning. Rather than being a fully rounded look at technology, this blog asks...
6 days ago
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| Topics: Instructio..., Web2, Web2.0, NancyWozniak | Add delicious to your profilesunoe posted a blog entry
Beaches, Palm Trees, and...Food Stamps?
The Miami-Herald reported yesterday that over 54,000 Sunshine State students were using food stamps in July of 2008. This...
The Miami-Herald reported yesterday that over 54,000 Sunshine State students were using food stamps in July of 2008. This...
disembedded1 posted a blog entry
Vernon Baker Honored: Only Living African-American Awarded WWII Medal of Honor
Vernon Baker Honored: Only Living Black Awarded WWII Medal of HonorWofford College Presents Vernon Baker with The Sandor...
Vernon Baker Honored: Only Living Black Awarded WWII Medal of HonorWofford College Presents Vernon Baker with The Sandor...
6 days ago
Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities
| Topics: African-Am..., Clinton, Cultural, Culture
Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities
| Topics: African-Am..., Clinton, Cultural, Culture
Mark Lancaster posted a blog entry
Prof tweets about course, ends up moving whole class online
Submitted by MakiMaki on 08/13/2008I once had a discussion with a professor concerning the online classroom. While he...
Submitted by MakiMaki on 08/13/2008I once had a discussion with a professor concerning the online classroom. While he...
Achmed Rauff posted a blog entry
Keep the relentless pursuit of education for Mono-ethnicity to your selves please.
By some chance I came upon the Education Malaysia blog (through google elerts sent to my email). And it came as no surprise...
By some chance I came upon the Education Malaysia blog (through google elerts sent to my email). And it came as no surprise...
7 days ago
Bullets of Quills and Ink~Bullets of Quills and Ink~ Rauff
| Topics: UiTM, university, ibrahim abu..., higher...
Bullets of Quills and Ink~Bullets of Quills and Ink~ Rauff
| Topics: UiTM, university, ibrahim abu..., higher...
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7 days ago
Google Reader
| Topics: Education, Banking/Fi..., Health..., Higher... | Add google reader to your profile
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Black on Campus posted a blog entry
Wordless Wednesday: The Fisk Jubilee Singers, Then and Now
The Fisk Jubilee Singers, circa 1870***The Fisk Jubilee Singers, 2007-2008Posted by Ajuan Mance ...
The Fisk Jubilee Singers, circa 1870***The Fisk Jubilee Singers, 2007-2008Posted by Ajuan Mance ...
Black on Campus posted a blog entry
Black Firsts, May 2008: Inger Meredith Daniels
Inger Meredith Daniels, UVA’s first African American Ph.D. in MathematicsThough the spring graduation season is long...
Inger Meredith Daniels, UVA’s first African American Ph.D. in MathematicsThough the spring graduation season is long...
Black on Campus posted a blog entry
HBCUs 101: Majority Black Does Not Always Mean Historically Black
The term Historically Black Colleges and Universities refers to a group of 105 U.S. colleges and universities founded with the...
The term Historically Black Colleges and Universities refers to a group of 105 U.S. colleges and universities founded with the...
emapey posted a blog entry
Find a College That Needs You
There are some students we do want. Right now, our gender balance is skewed toward women, so we want men. And our student body...
There are some students we do want. Right now, our gender balance is skewed toward women, so we want men. And our student body...
Black on Campus posted a blog entry
The Quotable Black Scholar: Kobena Mercer
Kobena Mercer (b. 1960)Universities reflect the history of race relations in the two countries; because the US was a...
Kobena Mercer (b. 1960)Universities reflect the history of race relations in the two countries; because the US was a...
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對高等教育供給的幾點想法：2008
以下是對大學生素質和高等教育供給的一點想法。第一到第五點是2007年寫的，第六到第八是2008年寫的。看來這個議題每年都可以更新。1....
以下是對大學生素質和高等教育供給的一點想法。第一到第五點是2007年寫的，第六到第八是2008年寫的。看來這個議題每年都可以更新。1....
11 days ago
Google Reader
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| Topics: 教育與..., higher..., 教育政策, 高等教育 | Add google reader to your profileBobD posted a blog entry
Disappearing universities: financial viability and demographic factors
Last weekend the Financial Times reported that the credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s had warned of “certain...
Last weekend the Financial Times reported that the credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s had warned of “certain...
Black on Campus posted a blog entry
The Quotable Black Scholar: Lois Benjamin
The cover of The Black Elite, 2nd edition.Being a black American, at some level, poses the dilemma of prioritizing being an...
The cover of The Black Elite, 2nd edition.Being a black American, at some level, poses the dilemma of prioritizing being an...
sexinthepublicsquare posted a blog entry
Moving forward in New Mexico
The announcement of the appointment of a new Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of New Mexico is very...
The announcement of the appointment of a new Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of New Mexico is very...
Rob posted a blog entry
More Universities Sign on to Google Apps
Thirteen more colleges and universities have signed up to use Google Apps Education Edition on campus, the search engine giant...
Thirteen more colleges and universities have signed up to use Google Apps Education Edition on campus, the search engine giant...
tarmentano posted a blog entry
14 days ago
TerenceOnline - An eLearning Resource Center
| Topics: university..., connectivism, online..., web 2.0
TerenceOnline - An eLearning Resource Center
| Topics: university..., connectivism, online..., web 2.0emapey posted a blog entry
Learn How to Learn, Major in Learning
Ever notice how many college graduates aren’t doing the jobs they were trained for in college? Was their education a...
Ever notice how many college graduates aren’t doing the jobs they were trained for in college? Was their education a...
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On Stupidity - Chronicle.com
We need to reverse the customer-service mentality that goes hand-in-hand with the transformation of most college teaching into a part-time, transient occupation and the absence of any reliable assessment of course outcomes besides student evaluations.
We need to reverse the customer-service mentality that goes hand-in-hand with the transformation of most college teaching into a part-time, transient occupation and the absence of any reliable assessment of course outcomes besides student evaluations.
18 days ago
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| Topics: higher.edu..., college, students, digital | Add delicious to your profileemapey posted a blog entry
Finacial Aid Podcast Daily
The Financial Aid Podcast delivers timely financial aid, scholarship, student loan, career, and personal finance information...
The Financial Aid Podcast delivers timely financial aid, scholarship, student loan, career, and personal finance information...
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A Nobel-winning Physicist reimagines Higher Education... the lecture is broken. http://snurl.com/3743b
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Reproducing the status quo: “The Disadvantages of an Elite Education”
Well, as cassmaster said, we’ve been chatting via email about our mutual interest in that thing we’re not supposed to talk about in America: the class system and the myth of meritocracy. So I’ll follow up her post on this topic with one of my...
Well, as cassmaster said, we’ve been chatting via email about our mutual interest in that thing we’re not supposed to talk about in America: the class system and the myth of meritocracy. So I’ll follow up her post on this topic with one of my...
27 days ago
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| Topics: Observations, education, American..., classism | Add google reader to your profileBlack on Campus posted a blog entry
Wordless Wednesday: Campus Life Before the Civil Rights Movement
In this photo UNC- Chapel Hill professor Wallace Caldwell (1890 - 1961) is being served by an unnamed African American domestic...
In this photo UNC- Chapel Hill professor Wallace Caldwell (1890 - 1961) is being served by an unnamed African American domestic...
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Cramming Conceptual Abilities into Design Curricula: Design education: Education: AIGA
Teaching students how to think critically and clearly, exposing them to the best of what has been thought and said, and creating a broad awareness of history, literature and the social sciences can help them grow enormously as thinkers, makers and citizen
Teaching students how to think critically and clearly, exposing them to the best of what has been thought and said, and creating a broad awareness of history, literature and the social sciences can help them grow enormously as thinkers, makers and citizen
Tyler School of Art - Graphic & Interactive Design
Daniel went to Temple university in Philadelphia, this is the Art program he told me about.
Daniel went to Temple university in Philadelphia, this is the Art program he told me about.
emapey posted a blog entry
Smooth Transition to Online Teaching
Random Mind attended a round table given by Bret Nelson of San Jacinto College at the 2007 Conference on Information...
Random Mind attended a round table given by Bret Nelson of San Jacinto College at the 2007 Conference on Information...
WilliamsID posted a blog entry
del.icio.us Tidbits: Authentic Learning
Here is the latest sampling from my del.icio.us favorites list. This time I chose the tag "AuthenticLearning."Here's what I...
Here is the latest sampling from my del.icio.us favorites list. This time I chose the tag "AuthenticLearning."Here's what I...
31 days ago
Williams Instructional Design Blog
| Topics: Instructional..., learning..., vocational..., professional...
Williams Instructional Design Blog
| Topics: Instructional..., learning..., vocational..., professional...emapey posted a blog entry
How Students Learn Video
This video was created by Prof Wesch and the 200 students enrolled in ANTH 200: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology at...
This video was created by Prof Wesch and the 200 students enrolled in ANTH 200: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology at...
John Connell posted a blog entry
The shortening tail of scientific expertise?
Following on from Anita Elberse’s questioning of the Long Tail thesis, the Economist outlines the work of James Evans, a...
Following on from Anita Elberse’s questioning of the Long Tail thesis, the Economist outlines the work of James Evans, a...
Rob posted a blog entry
Wimba Classroom 5.2 Expands Classroom Capture Support, Adds MP3 Downloads
At the NECC 2008 conference in Texas this week, Wimba launched a new version of Wimba Classroom, the virtual classroom...
At the NECC 2008 conference in Texas this week, Wimba launched a new version of Wimba Classroom, the virtual classroom...
emapey posted a blog entry
Online Teaching - Seven Principles for Good Practice in Online Undergraduate Education
The Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education are a popular framework for evaluating teaching in...
The Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education are a popular framework for evaluating teaching in...
bradjward posted a blog entry
The Best Bargain Conference This Year
Hey! Do you live near Indianapolis? Want to hit up a great conference but don’t have much of a budget? Well, I have the...
Hey! Do you live near Indianapolis? Want to hit up a great conference but don’t have much of a budget? Well, I have the...
emapey posted a blog entry
Socialization and Personal Interaction in the Online Classroom
As more courses in higher education move to an online format, a major concern is the lack of personal interaction between the...
As more courses in higher education move to an online format, a major concern is the lack of personal interaction between the...
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