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The end of assessment as we know it

02 Feb 2012 at 08:57

enzofsilva

instructional design

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“The concept of a job is going away” (Bersin, 2012) and so should the concept of assessment. At least assessment as we know it. Or the assessment forms that we dearly esteem. The truth is, most educators teach to assess. Yes, the end goal of the learning experience is to prepare learners to succeed in [...]

The Case for App Stores

30 Jan 2012 at 12:44

enzofsilva

Apps, eLearning 2.0, learning, mobile, Technology

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Apple has changed the way consumers expect to get access to applications, especially mobile applications, with the creation of its iOS App Store and then the Mac App Store. There are several advantages for the use of app stores that might outweigh its most apparent disadvantage: the possibility of creating walled gardens which allow customers [...]

iBooks Author for Mac

19 Jan 2012 at 14:41

enzofsilva

Apps, Books, eLearning 2.0, learning, mobile, News, Technology

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Apple changes the publishing business once again. Sure there are other formats and authoring tools which are supported in iBooks, but this is different: an application that fits tightly in the Apple ecosystem, and as is normally the case with Apple products, simple. Apple unveiled this new tool in their Apple Education event in NYC. Here are [...]

5 Not so Crazy Predictions for Education in 2012

22 Dec 2011 at 21:38

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, learning, social media, Technology, Web 2.0

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It”s not not uncommon for geeks to do some wishful thinking a line any mortal hoping their tech dreams will come true in the new year to come. Id like to make some predictions for 2012 as well. Just a few humble predictions and observations. 1. Education everywhere And by everywhere I don’t mean the [...]

Second Screen Learning?

15 Dec 2011 at 09:05

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, learning, mobile, social media, Technology

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A phenomenon that can be classified as anything from multitasking to plain distraction is getting more popular as smartphones get smarter and tablet computers more ubiquitous: the use of the “second screen“. It is common now to have at least one person (if not everyone) in the living room watching as movie on TV while, [...]

Youtube EDU

12 Dec 2011 at 11:45

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, learning, social media, Web 2.0, WebApps

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There is a vast sea of information out there. In fact, it’s hard not to avoid drowning in it if you, as an educator or learner (which we all are) don’t put strategies in place to organize content by aggregating it using different bookmarking and sharing Web applications (which are a dime a dozen. Tools [...]

Learning Resource Metadata

05 Dec 2011 at 10:01

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, instructional design, learning, open source, Web 2.0

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Something that bothers me sometimes is the poor search results yielded when one looks for educational resources. So many good projects I know of simply don’t show up in a simple Google search no matter what keywords I add into the search field. Results, in generalm are often irrelevant and require a lot of filtering to finally find GOOD learning materials. That is [...]

Duolingo – free language learning while helping translate the Web

03 Dec 2011 at 22:27

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, languages, learning, social media, Technology

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Duolingo claims to help you learn a language for free because as you practice translating sentences you are simultaneously helping them translate the Web. It is not clear to me whether translation is the only methodology behind their language learning approach, and it is so not clear what exactly they mean by the Web to be [...]

Cursos Online Gratuitos da Universidade de Stanford – Primeiro Semestre de 2012

28 Nov 2011 at 10:12

enzofsilva

learning, open source, Português, Technology, University

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Varias universidades no mundo todo têm disponibilizado seus cursos gratuitamente na Internet em diversos formatos ao longo dos anos. Um formato muito popular é o de podcasts no iTunesU ou palestras em vídeo no Youtube. Veja, por exemplo, esta vasta lista de “conteudo livre” ofertado por grandes universidades. Yale, por exemplo, disponibilizou várias palestras passadas [...]

Free Full Online Courses by Stanford University – Spring 2012

24 Nov 2011 at 14:54

enzofsilva

free, learning, schools, University

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Several universities world-wide have made their courseware available in different formats over the years. A very popular format is that of podcasts on iTunesU or video lectures on Youtube. See, for instance, this broad list of “free courseware” offerings by major universities. Yale, for example, has made several past lectures available on their Open Yale [...]

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