Designing Interaction in an Online Curriculum Much of the information available online about “creating interactivity” focuses on specific software applications such as PowerPoint, Acrobat, or Flash. What the designer of an online course needs, however, is not specifics about interactivity in individual programs, but rather a big picture idea of what interactivity is in the classroom and how to embed that interactivity in online learning in order to provide the richest possible learning experience for students. In a F2F environment it is easier to adjust the level of interactivity on the fly, in contrast to an online environment, in which more careful planning is required in advance to ensure that the intended interactivity of the course is well-supported. Image: digitalart / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Interestingly, F2F teaching and online education are not very different in regards to what makes a "good" class and how students are engaged with the content.
david a. kolb on experiential learning Contents: introduction · david a. kolb · david kolb on experiential learning · david kolb on learning styles · issues · developments – jarvis on learning · a guide to reading · links · how to cite this piece As Stephen Brookfield (1983: 16) has commented, writers in the field of experiential learning have tended to use the term in two contrasting senses. On the one hand the term is used to describe the sort of learning undertaken by students who are given a chance to acquire and apply knowledge, skills and feelings in an immediate and relevant setting. Experiential learning thus involves a, ‘direct encounter with the phenomena being studied rather than merely thinking about the encounter, or only considering the possibility of doing something about it.’ (Borzak 1981: 9 quoted in Brookfield 1983). The second type of experiential learning is ‘education that occurs as a direct participation in the events of life’ (Houle 1980: 221). David A. David A. David A. Issues Non-learning: Boud.
Museum Box Homepage ictlibrary - ICT Library Catalog Welcome to the ICT Library Shop catalog! The pages linked from here show what things are available in the ICT Shop at the ICT Library in Second Life. One cannot download or buy the scripts/tools shown here (although some may be linked to external sites where it is possible). To see the results of a survey I conducted regarding use of these scripts/tools, see the SLED TOOLS SURVEY page. The Freeware Centre Vendors all distribut scripts and tools that are absolutely free to the user. Commercial Vendors sell scripted tools as created by a selected number of persons who create/script in Second Life. The "On Display Only" page lists and shows tools that are displayed at the ICT Library.
The Pedagogy of Play and the Role of Technology in Learning The goal of the videogame “Civilization” is to build a civilization that stands the test of time. You start the game in 4000 B.C. as a settler and, with successful gameplay, can create a civilization that lasts until the Space Age. Throughout the game, you need to manage your civilization’s military, science, technology, commerce and culture. One doesn’t read “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” to develop strategy before playing the game. This model of learning is not only effective for videogames but for all digital tools, and I would argue that play — especially in the digital sense — is emerging as a pedagogical keystone for education in the 21st century. Stuart Brown, M.D., explains in his book, “Play,” how a range of scientific disciplines have revealed the importance of lifelong play. The power of play The iPad has been hyped as a device that will revolutionize education. Creating a ‘sandbox’ Play is vital for normal cognitive, social and emotional development. Joichi Ito
The One Computer Classroom What's the best way to use the one computer I have in my classroom? What strategies should I use when doing large group activities with my computer? What's the most effective way to organize small group activities with only one computer? Although many schools have computer labs, portable laptops, and multiple classroom computers, many classrooms are still dealing with a single computer in the classroom. The One Computer Classroom: The Possibilities As you explore the possibilities, think about how the computer can be used. The One Computer Classroom: Across the Curriculum As you explore ways to integrate technology into the curriculum, start with reading, writing, and mathematics. The One Computer Classroom: The Issues Using one computer in the classroom can be both frustrating and fun. The Computer Computer Classroom: Links and Resources Lists of Ideas for the One Computer Classroom Articles about the One Computer Classroom Links for the One Computer Classroom
The Special Agents of Change - playDUcation 27. December 2011 by Bea Beste As many people who know me may have noticed: I spent time at SCIL during my education expedition in March 2011, and again for testing PlayDUcation ideas and prototypes in December. This place of innovative learning has inspired and enthused me deeply. I'm not a professional moviemaker. I just took visual notes with my camera, and managed to put some of them together now. They have a leader with a bold vision: Stephen Harris. They put the vision at the center of the organization: SCIL is a best practice example of a lean, non-hierarchic structure who empowers each individual to participate and create. They go out and explore on expeditions: They visit schools and other places of learning and design in the world and they take their inspirations back home and recreate their own. They have given up walls: When I share photos from SCIL, everybody usually asks: Don't they have a lot of noise and total chaos in these huge spaces?
Everything You Need to Know About Image Compression - Noupe Design Blog Feb 03 2010 Proper use of image compression can make a huge difference in the appearance and size of your website image files. But compression is an often-misunderstood topic, partly because there’s a real lack of understanding on what the different types of compression are good for. If you don’t understand which type of compression to use for different types of images, you’ll likely end up with one of two results: either images that don’t look as good as they could, or image file sizes that are way larger than they need to be. Below is everything you need to know about image compression in relation to web design. 1. Many people feel that they should only use image formats that use lossless compression. Lossless Compression There are a few different methods for lossless compression. DEFLATE is another lossless data compression method used for PNG images. Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) compression is a lossless compression algorithm that performs a limited analysis of data. Lossy Compression 2. 3.
Searching for New Ways to Search By Melissa Venable How do you find what you are looking for online? Chances are that you use Google. According to Search Engine Watch, Google continues to be the search engine of choice accounting for 11.9 billion of the more than 18 billion searches conducted in October 2011. It's what I use, too, and Google seems to be everywhere – connecting us with each other and a world of information and resources through the Google+ social networking platform, communication services like Gmail, and as a portal to the web through the Chrome browser. There have been recent cautions about relying on Google, or any single search source, to gather information. You can expand your searches to include Bing or Yahoo. Six Search Alternatives There are so many other options out there with new ones emerging and others falling offline on a regular basis. CompletePlanet: "Discover over 70,000 searchable databases and specialty search engines" with CompletePlanet. How are the search results derived?