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The Buzz
The Generative Nature of the Digital Economy and Its Challenge to Educators
With digital technologies and Web 2.0 surrounding us, information — and knowledge generation — is abundant as never before. This creates some big changes for higher education: With no scarcity of information or collaboration opportunities, «seat time» in a classroom is no longer just about delivering content. Trent Batson asks, «How does a teacher reclaim the value of students coming to class in this time?»
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eLearning Tips
Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Using Blogs with Students
Blogging can be an effective tool for learning, but its benefits shouldn’t be taken for granted. It takes careful planning and skillful management to make it work in an educational setting. Here are five of the most common mistakes for instructors to avoid when incorporating blogs into instruction.
Products and Apps
College Crime Gets Google Maps Mashup at UCrime.com
UCrime.com, which provides crime mapping and alert services for colleges and universities, announced that it has doubled to 200 the number of schools it covers.
Second Life Mashup Helps Boost Distance Ed Retention at Huntington JC
Huntington Junior College (HJC) in West Virginia has gone public with its year-long early-adopter use of Campus Management’s CampusLearning, a suite of services that provides for real-time, two-way integration between proprietary portals and student information systems and the Moodle open source course management systems.
UW-Stout Taps Echo360 Lecture Capture To Connect with Distance Students
Distance education students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout are enjoying the personal touch in their online technical communications program thanks to deployment of lecture capture from Echo360. EchoSystem captures in-class voice, video, and visual aids from such devices as smartboards and tablet PCs, then publishes the combined media to a school’s learning management system, iTunes U portal, or Web portal.
Turnitin Integrates Plagiarism Tool into New Online Writing Service
iParadigms, creator of the Turnitin plagiarism detection service, has released a set of tools designed to help students improve their writing skills through enhanced teacher-student communication and peer collaboration. The Web-based WriteCycle suite of services combines the company’s Turnitin service with its new GradeMark Digital Grading service and a peer review collaboration and feedback tool.
Online Resources
- Webinar: Distance Learning Program Goes Global with Class-Capture Technology
Thunderbird College of Global Management, the #1 International Business School by The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, and Financial Times, maintains its world-class ranking by utilizing class- capture technology to develop, expand and enhance its distance learning program. Learn how this renowned university allows its instructors to meet the needs of its learners while maintaining a consistent style of teaching–no matter where they are on the planet.
Sponsored by Tegrity - Webcast: Text Messaging as an Emergency Communication Superstar?
In this session, see why text messaging for emergency communication as one modality that should be considered amongst many more robust and reliable communication tools. Text messaging is great for peer-to-peer communication but, as you will discover in this session, communicating via text messaging during an emergency is NT SO GR8.
Sponsored by: Blackboard Connect - Webinar: Improve Retention Rates with Proactive, Personalized Interactions with Students
Discover new strategies for improving retention through proactive and personal communications to students. Attend this session to hear how you can identify students at risk and intervene to help them succeed; schedule and track advisor sessions; and personalize communications so students know others are interested in their success. Register now!
Sponsored by Oracle - In-Building Wireless Technology on Campus: Challenges and Solutions
In this session, experts from Babson College and CSI discuss strategies for successfully implementing cellular solutions into the campus environment. Hear what challenges Babson faced and how they addressed these issues with a next-generation wireless solution from CSI.
Sponsored by CSI - More resources
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