Category: higher education
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AECT Certificate Endorsement Application
I’m in a session about AECT’s new process of recognizing and endorsing certificate programs in ID and ed tech. Here is Hawaii Manoa’s application, which is the first and only certificate endorsed so far. AECT Certificate Endorsement Application.
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Free textbook infographic
Take a look at this informative graphic about the free textbook reform happening. Via David Wiley free-college-textbooks-infographic.
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Link: An Open Letter to Professor Edmundson
Here is a clear and concise rebuttal to the widely viewed op-ed (NY Times) disparaging online education. An Open Letter to Professor Edmundson | Inside Higher Ed.
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Conferences: Do Not Hide Under a Bushel
Here is a good essay about how to effectively present, and also effectively attend academic conferences. Conferences: Do Not Hide Under a Bushel | Tomorrow’s Professor Blog.
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Professors Put Textbooks Online to Reduce Costs
Here are some examples of professors writing their own textbooks, and either selling them at much lower than usual cost, or giving them away. I’m strongly in favor of eliminating the middle man (publishers) and using the most powerful and democratizing publishing medium ever conceived–the web. Professors Put Textbooks Online to Reduce Costs – Wired…
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Twenty Steps to Writing a Research Article
Here is a brief, very handy article that summarizes the process of creating a research article–from conception to publication. Twenty Steps to Writing a Research Article | Tomorrow’s Professor Blog.
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Hello From the Back of the Room
I often prefer sitting at the back of the room during a conference presentation or lecture. Sometimes I don’t even sit in the back row, but instead stand against the back wall, or just sit on the floor. Joshua Kim describes this phenomenon, and gives some reasons why. I agree with what he’s saying here–both…
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Distance Library Services Conference
$25 million investment backs startup of Minerva 2tor, Inc 5 E-Learning Forecasts for 2012 | E-Learning 24/7 Blogs 5 Predictions for Higher Ed Technology 2012 eLearning Predictions and How to Cope « Managing eLearning A Future Full of Badges – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education ALA Closes Second Life Island Amazon’s Kindle Lending…
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An Analysis of Current and Effective Training Strategies for Preparing Faculty to Teach Online
Worth reading: Faculty Development: An Analysis of Current and Effective Training Strategies for Preparing Faculty to Teach Online.
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‘Badges’ Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas
'Badges' Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas – The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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