Posts Tagged ‘learning’

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 [...]

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

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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

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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 [...]

Free Language Learning Resources – KDE

18 Jun 2011 at 14:22

enzofsilva

free, languages, learning, open source

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For those looking for free language learning software, there’s always the online Rosetta Stone alternatives with a twist of collaborative learning such as: LiveMocha, Babbel, MangoLanguages, Bussu, and others (which I will discuss in another post). For those who don’t care so much about the “practicing with a community’” part of it and just want [...]

Twitter Newspaper Visualizer – Paper.li

28 Oct 2010 at 07:53

enzofsilva

News, social media, Technology, Web 2.0

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I’ve been meaning to play with Paper.li for a while but haven’t found time to do it (even though it takes 30 seconds to set up). I know. This is a great visualization tool for information shared on your (or someone else’s) Twitter stream. Links, photos, videos and other media are all nicely distributed on [...]

Gamifying Learning

14 Oct 2010 at 08:58

enzofsilva

Educational Games, gamification, social media

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If you google “gamify“, “gamification” or “gamifying”, you will find several entries with this relatively new trend on the Web (the term is normally related to Web design and marketing). I just wrote a short chapter on the “Learning Perspectives: 2010“, Gamifying Learning with Social Gaming Mechanics. This is a topic that intrigues me as [...]

Isolating eLearning

02 Aug 2010 at 08:05

enzofsilva

learning

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The term “social” has become quite popular amongst those involved in Web development, marketing, journalism, and many other fields. Education isn’t immune to that trend. “Social media” seems to now have claimed the title of overused term from “Web 2.0.” However, these technologies that allow sharing of information, more importantly, coordination of efforts and co-authoring [...]

Uses of the iPhone/iPod/iPad in the Classroom

16 Jun 2010 at 12:44

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Educational Games, eLearning 2.0, learning, schools, Technology, Web 2.0

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I came across a short presentation by Grace Poli from Union City High School on Slideshare.net. The presentaion focuses on practical ways for using the iPod Touch in class, but of courses the uses of all of Apple’s mobile devices are interchangeable most of the time since they have similar technical specifications. Here are some [...]

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