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Morgan Spurlock’s newest documentary, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, exposes the myriad ways in which popular media is almost wholly sponsored, leased, bought and branded by powerful corporations. Ironically — and intentionally — Spurlock made sure his documentary would also be almost wholly sponsored, leased, bought and branded by powerful corporations. In his very funny TED talk, Spurlock (Super Size Me, 30 Days) explains how he furthered his experiment in “pure transparency” by encouraging sponsorships of, you guessed it, his very funny TED talk."
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announcing #Alt-Academy « Bethany Nowviskie
R eaders of this blog will know that, for more than a year, I have been working with a group of wonderful people to bring an edited collection collection of essays and a distributed, online community into focus.
George Veletsianos | A place to log ideas and thoughts
As part of my research on digital scholarship and the experiences/practices of scholars in online networks, I am working with the Texas Advanced Computing Center and the newly-established Visualization Lab at the College of Education to understand learner and scholar participation patterns on the social web.
Blog U.: Technology and Learning - Inside Higher Ed
Social media are not technology. Please, for the sake of dialog, think about that statement for a minute or two. Now, think about this: Communications is not just social media.
Job descriptions in ID (or, ISD) these days are all over the map, with very little consistency.
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Big Dog, Little Dog
Yes I'm a few days late for David Kelly’s Learning Styles ‘Awareness’ Day , so I hope you forgive me.
As part of David Kelly’s Learning Styles Awareness Day , I’m revisiting the idea of learning styles. I admit that when I was taught learning styles in my education program, I didn’t question it.
Experiencing E-Learning
Our knowledge about what works well in online teaching and learning is growing rapidly and that is very good news. Yet it also means that it is easy to feel overwhelmed. Here are ten best practices for anyone just getting started in the online environment.
Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online
As with many things in life, a blog can run its course and reach a time when it it must bid the world adieu. Today, that time comes for The Xplanation.
The Xplanation
Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning | Home
CCNMTL partners with Columbia University faculty to enhance teaching and learning through the purposeful use of technology and new media. The Center supports a range of efforts from basic course websites to advanced projects.
EnhancED | Enhancing Education
BigBlueButton is an open-source web conferencing platform with a simple vision, that “starting a web conference should be as easy as clicking a single metaphorical big blue button.”Metacognition is an important part of intentional learning , since it involves actively thinking about what you know, what you don’t know, and how you can get better at knowing and applying what you know.
Tools for metacognition | Instructional Design Fusions
Apps Marketplace - EDU
Software for K-12 school administration including Student Information System, Grading, Attendance, Communication, Health Management and Staff Profile with Google Apps IntegrationSucceeding in college today can be a daunting challenge for students without the necessary study skills or those with learning disabilities
eSchool News, School Technology News and Resources for Today's K-12 and Higher-Ed Educators
Editing a video using Camtasia is a bit of a challenge for newbies – you will agree to this, if you are a regular user of Camtasia.