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Are MOOCs the Future of Online Learning? | MindShift
Arienne McCracken In education, we often hear arguments in favor of smaller class sizes. These arguments contend that students learn better when there are fewer of them in a class, because each one gets more individualized attention from the instructor. So it may seem counter-intuitive to support classes that can swell to several thousand participants.
Social contexts for formal learning | Onlignment
Throughout 2011 we will be publishing extracts from The New Learning Architect. We move on to the sixth part of chapter 7: Learning can take place in a variety of social contexts ranging from the self-study through to learning in large groups. These contexts have a major impact on the effectiveness of the intervention and so some care must be taken in choosing the right social context, or combination of contexts, for each intervention. The learner alone : When the learner works alone they enjoy an obvious increase in flexibility – they can determine when they learn and for how long, the pace of the learning, and the location.
Interview: Director of Virtual Learning Illustrates Vision of the Future - Social Learning Blog
Shelagh A. McGrath works with Metrix Group as the Director of Virtual Learning. Shelagh’s passion for innovative solutions results in the creative use of educational technologies to inspire personal development. To learn more about Shelagh or contact her, check out her profile on LinkedIn .Did you know that eLearning is around 50 years old? Yes, you read that right. Teaching is one of the first uses that organizations found for computers: researchers at Stanford University experimented with using computers to teach children math and science back in the early 1960s. And yet, one of the situations I occasionally encounter is that, while one department may be starting an eLearning initiative, there is a strong resistance to this “new” model elsewhere within – or maybe throughout – the organization.
Overcoming Objections to eLearning by Judy Unrein : Learning Solutions Magazine
Taught by Professor Edward Burger, this lesson was selected from a broader, comprehensive course, College Algebra. This course and others are available from Thinkwell, Inc. The full course can be found at http://www.thinkwell.com/student/product/collegealgebra . The full course covers equations and inequalities, relations and functions, polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, systems of equations, conic sections and a variety of other AP algebra, advanced algebra and Algebra II topics. Edward Burger, Professor of Mathematics at Williams College, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin, having graduated summa cum laude with distinction in mathematics from Connecticut College.
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Saharan desert ants are known to wander great distances in search of food. Twisting and turning on their way, the ants manage to return to their nests along surprisingly direct paths. They sense direction using light from the sky, but how do they judge distance?
Can Ants Count? Do They Have Built-In Pedometers? Animated Video Explains | Open Culture
Calculation Nation® - Challenge others. Challenge yourself.®
The games of Calculation Nation ® are organized around content from the upper elementary and middle grades math curriculum. By becoming a citizen of Calculation Nation ® , your child or student will play online math strategy games that allow them to learn about fractions, factors, multiples, symmetry and more, as well as practice important skills like basic multiplication and calculating area — all while having fun. Use the links below to learn more about each game and to find resources that you can use to help kids uncover the math concepts embedded in the games. Students place hexagons, squares and triangles, each with a different value, on a tessellation game board.Math for America - Teacher Resources - Lesson Plans & Activities
Math for America: Math Trails The MƒA Math Trails series provides teachers with planned routes that highlight the mathematics found in and around New York City landmarks. Both teachers and their students can follow the trails while answering mathematical questions and making the connection between mathematics and other subjects including art, design, architecture, science, geography and history. Check out our NEW math trail featuring the Bronx Zoo !
10 Open Education Resources You May Not Know About (But Should) | MindShift
Horla Varlan This week, the OCW Consortium is holding its annual meeting, celebrating 10 years of OpenCourseWare . The movement to make university-level content freely and openly available online began a decade ago, when the faculty at MIT agreed to put the materials from all 2,000 of the university’s courses on the Web. With that gesture, MIT OpenCourseWare helped launch an important educational movement, one that MIT President Susan Hockfield described in her opening remarks at yesterday’s meeting as both the child of technology and of a far more ancient academic tradition: “the tradition of the global intellectual commons.”stefan xmas book
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