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Educational Technology Conferences for June to December 2014

Wednesday, May 28th, 2014

Tags: 2014, Clayton R Wright, Conference, EduTech, event
Posted in 2014 ICT4Edu Trends | Comments Off on Educational Technology Conferences for June to December 2014

Are We Asking The Wrong Question When We Focus on Educational Technology?

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014

Tags: Computer Assisted Instruction, Developmental Paediatrician, disadvantaged children, OLPC, Stephen Wealthall
Posted in 1:1 Computing in 2014 | 2 Comments »

MIT-Haiti Initiative Uses Haitian Creole to Make Learning Truly Active, Constructive, and Interactive

Friday, July 26th, 2013

Tags: culture preservation, Haiti, Haitian Creole, Kreyòl, Languages, Linguistics, Michel DeGraff, MIT
Posted in Cultural Heritage | Comments Off on MIT-Haiti Initiative Uses Haitian Creole to Make Learning Truly Active, Constructive, and Interactive

Will MOOC Technology Break the Education Cartel?

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Tags: Apple Educator, Clay Christensen, Jonathan Nadler, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC, OLPC, Pandora, World Reader
Posted in Massive Open Online Courses | Comments Off on Will MOOC Technology Break the Education Cartel?

Learn Experientially and Connect Globally with MOOCs

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Tags: Commonwealth of Learning, Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, Coursera, George Siemens, Learning4Content, Leigh Blackall, literacy, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC, Randy Fisher, Stephen Downes, Udacity, WikiEducator
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The One Laptop Per Child Correlation With Massive Open Online Courses

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Tags: Berkeley, Clayton Christensen, Donald Winnicott, Harvard, Ivy League university, Massive Open Online Courses, MIT, MOOC, OLPC, OLPC Peru, Oscar Becerra, target population, Yale
Posted in Massive Open Online Courses | 1 Comment »

MOOCs Will Come and Mostly Go Like Other EduTech Fads

Monday, April 8th, 2013

Tags: EdX, Harvard, ICT4D Jester, ICT4E, Kentaro Toyama, Khan Academy, Massive Open Online Courses, MIT, MOOC, Udacity
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3 Ways MOOCs Unleash the Power of Massive International Attendance

Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Tags: Attendance, Data, e-learning, Mass Customization, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC, statistical analysis, students
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Are Massive Open Online Courses Massive Opportunity or Massive Hype?

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

Tags: formal educational, inflated expectations, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC, online and distance education, Online Education, physical constraints
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Distance Education is a Viable and Highly Desirable Solution for Teacher Training

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Tags: Distance education, Distance Learning, educational inclusivity, Michael Thomas, mobile devices, Online Learning, Teacher Professional Development, Teacher Training, Web 2.0 technologies
Posted in Distance Education for Teachers | 1 Comment »