_ Miscellaneous Tools and Topics

5 Tips For Staying Motivated While Studying Online

January 25, 2012

With the continued growth of online education, the challenge of staying motivated in self-directed study is something more students struggle with. Here’s a few tips to help. Guest post from Amanda Tradwick. Taking courses online provides flexibility for a wide range of students. Working adults can balance the demands of study with other commitments such [...]

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Have an idea about leveraging technology to help students succeed in college? Want it funded? Read on.

January 22, 2012

Next Generation Learning Challenges is accepting grant applications through June 8, 2012. Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) is an exciting grant awarding collaboration between five education technology organizations, and they are currently on their third round of grants. Last year, NGLC awarded $17.5 million in grants to 48 organizations, including research universities, community colleges, start-up [...]

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The Twelve Days Of Ed Tech Christmas

December 14, 2011

Join us for a romp through the popular Christmas song, with an Education Technology twist! With the holidays in mind, here’s our update on the old Christmas classic … as an ode to Instructional Technologies. Following the pictorial version is a text version of the final, full verse, complete with links to corresponding post categories and articles! – The 12 Days of [...]

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4 Great Online Citation Tools For Students (for MLA, APA, or Chicago Manual of Style citation styles)

November 30, 2011

Guest post by Johnamarie Macias This time of year, many students are knee-deep in writing papers and other assignments that may require citing sources. One thing is for sure: few students enjoy creating citations in the required citation styles. However, there are tools out there that can help students understand the breakdown of citations.   Following are several online citation [...]

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Learning All About Electronic Textbooks In A Video Interview With CourseSmart CMO Jill Ambrose (Part 1 of 2)

November 27, 2011

Catching up on today’s digital textbook market and eTextbook functionality with CourseSmart’s Chief Marketing Officer. This week on EmergingEdTech we’re delighted to publish an interview with Jill Ambrose. This is the first of a two-part video conversation in which we discuss CourseSmart’s offerings, and the future of the evolving electronic textbooks marketplace. In this interview we discuss: eResourses – the future of digital course materials CourseSmart’s innovative new Offline [...]

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Chromebooks in Education

November 9, 2011

A brief introduction to the Google Chromebook netbook computer. Guest Post by Karishma Marathe Google’s Chromebook was launched in 2010 – a netbook that uses Google’s cloud based Chrome OS operating system. It looks exactly like a netbook, but here’s the interesting part: the Chromebook does not have any physical storage, instead, all user data and applications [...]

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Creately is an easy to use, easy access, affordable web based diagramming tool

October 26, 2011

A low cost, web enabled alternative to the other diagramming applications, and it allows for collaboration across the web! Guest post by Nishadha Silva. Presenting subject matter in an easy to visualize way is an important part of teaching. Many teachers are looking for easy to use and cost effective diagramming tools to draw charts and [...]

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How Does Cyber Safety Affect Technology and Education?

October 19, 2011

Maintaining a balanced perspective on cyber bullying and internet safety. Article supplied by Karen Lederer from Dominican University’s Masters degree in education. Is the threat of cyber bullying as bad as the media makes it out to be? How much are children truly at risk when they check their email or send a text to a friend [...]

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Virtual Dissection, Web and Mobile Device Enabled Apps Offer New Ways of Learning, Practicing Medical Sciences

October 11, 2011

Today’s software and hardware tools are enabling some amazing advances in how medical students can learn, and how physicians can assess and diagnose medical conditions. Guest Post by Derek Gurr. It isn’t uncommon for students to have a variety of reactions when they are first introduced to a cadaver lab. These can range from fainting [...]

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Beyond Student Response Systems – The Next Level Of Audience Participation

September 28, 2011

With all the attention that SRSs and ‘clickers’ get these days, I thought this advanced approach was interesting and worth sharing. Thanks to the folks at IML for this guest post. - KW Whether you’re organizing a class, a conference, or even a television show, wider audience participation can greatly increase the depth, value and inclusivity of your [...]

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