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A3- Mobile Trends in Corporate Training and Development
Hi all. For my A3 I put together a short OER on the topic of current trends in corporate training and development. I thought this was an important subject to cover because there’s a whole world of learning outside of the traditional secondary and post secondary learning environments. I consider myself an educator although I’m […]
Teaching Effectively with Zoom
Hi all. Just something I wanted to bring to everyone’s attention as it might be useful in your teaching practice this Fall. A good friend recommended this book to me- it’s called Teaching Effectively with Zoom, by Dan Levy, a professor at Harvard. I haven’t cracked it yet but the early reviews are pretty positive. […]
What’s the most appropriate grade level to introduce mobile learning?
Ever since the introduction of smartphone technology, there’s been a spirited debate over the appropriate age for children to have their first mobile device. A 2012 New York Times article notes that on average, American children are given their first mobile device at age 10(!) and in many cases much sooner. Recent research shows that […]
A1- Micro Learning and Mobile Assessments
Hi everyone. For my A1, I put together a WIX page on the topic of Micro Learning and Mobile Assessments. I think this is a feature of mobile learning that we will see grow quite a bit in the future, particularly now that folks are working and learning from home more than ever. I’d love […]
Telegram
Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging application. Users can exchange messages, photos, voicemails and audio and video files of any type. Telegram features end-to-end encrypted calls as well as secret chat functions between any two mobile users. The app’s focus on privacy contributed to it’s wide adoption among high-school and university protesters in Hong Kong […]
Three Trends That Will Influence Learning and Teaching in 2015
Original post by Benjamin Ferrel on January 30, 2015 Three trends that will influence learning and teaching in 2015 (article here: https://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/three-trends-that-will-influence-learning-and-teaching-in-2015/) is an interesting analysis of the driving forces moving the evolution of teaching and learning at this point history. Although the thought of collapsing the things influencing the field of education into three trends may seem somewhat […]
Does Behaviourism Theory Mesh with Mobile Learning?
Author Unknown, Originally published on September 25, 2013 Originating with Skinner, Behaviourist theory proposes the analysis of observable and measureable behaviour (Standridge, 2002). If a stimulus is repeated often enough, Behaviourism argues that the subject can learn a corresponding response whenever the stimulus is experienced. As an example, think of the mobile phone. Jordan, et […]
what is more mobile that a cookie?
Original post by mchristian on January 21, 2016 When Girl Scouts can now process cookie sales through a mobile app at their cookie booth, you know that “mobile” has hit the mainstream. But when you also learn that “Digital Cookie 2.0” helps girls develop their entrepreneurial skills as well as their interest in STEM subjects, you realize […]
Teaching a Cyborg
Original post by shauna on July 25, 2018 I had a few ideas swimming around in my head for assignment 3. One of the ideas was trying to envision a future where all students have embedded technology. It seems hard to believe, but this article in the Atlantic, The Futile Resistance Against Classroom Tech got me thinking. How can […]
Big Data: What it is and how it can be used in Education
Author unknown, originally published October 26th 2013 There has been a lot of talk lately about Big Data and I was curious why companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo are investing a large amount of resources into its development. Big Data is essentially the ability to process large and complex data sets. Right now the maximum size […]