Market spaces to create and sell your own online courses
Exploring a different dynamic in the online learning space, Teachable is one of many software companies out there that now offers the opportunity to create your own online courses, market and then sell them to prospective students. In essence what it promises to do is allow educators to monetize their trade. Founded in 2013, Teachable […]
A3 Power and Batteries: the Obstacle to True Mobility
By Yannick Wong on March 24, 2019 Inspired by my discussion of the limitations of mobile technologies in my A1 assignment, I decided to do another podcast episode talking about a tech problem that we face every day yet probably don’t think much about. Here, I discuss the importance of power storage and delivery in mobile technology […]
Flourish – data visualization and storytelling tool
Flourish is a data representation and storytelling tool with free and paid accounts. Flourish data visualizations are mobile friendly, a great tool to convey data, and according to the company, easy to create (if you already have your information compiled in a spreadsheet!) Below is one example (I’ve tried to embed two different ways, and […]
Google’s Map Your World Community Program
Originally posted by unknown on January 30, 2016 I came across Google’s Map Your World Community program a few months ago while doing research for an ETEC 521 assignment. This site lets the user create personalized map overlays using Google Maps. I believe these maps can be made public, kept private, or shared with specific […]
Mobile Media Learning: Innovation and Inspiration: Review
Originally posted by cbrumwell on January 29, 2016 In the Spring of 2015, ETC Press released Mobile Media Learning: Innovation and Inspiration, appropriately optimized for viewing on a tablet or smartphone. This book is particularly relevant to 565M in general and the Mobile Education thread of our Knowledge Mill specifically because of its emphasis on theory and […]
Italy and Mobile Education
Many students, teachers, classrooms, and educational organisations have had to move to mobile teaching very quickly without much preparation. Mobile education can be a wonderful, liberating, and empowering system if it is chosen intentionally and designed well. In the recent months however, this has not necessarily been the case. I found this article written by […]