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The new Google Sites

Google Sites went through a MAJOR upgrade recently and a new version was released in November 2016. Gone are the ugly, old-school pages. You can arrange things into columns, drag and drop, and...

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Three tech trends for higher ed in 2017

Every January brings predictions about trends that will dominate the headlines in the coming year. This article is my biased attempt at identifying a consensus among. To help keep you from feeling left...

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BlendKit 2017 launches

Since 2011, the University of Central Florida has offered “BlendKit,” a free six-week online course for folks who want to learn more about blended learning. The 2017 edition launched on Monday, but...

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What is blended learning? [rev.]

Blended Learning describes a course where part of the face time requirement has been moved online. For example, instead of meeting three days a week in a classroom, one class period is replaced with...

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Student interaction in blended courses

Student engagement in learning is critical and becoming actively involved is key. Learning involves interaction with the instructor, with content, and with other students. It would be wonderful if all...

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Assess blended learning with student media

Week 3 of the BlendKit Course deals with assessment and one topic is the use of projects and authentic tasks as evidence of students reaching learning goals. For me, that translates readily into...

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11 ways to collaborate in real time

This week’s topic in the BlendKit Course is “Blended Content and Assignments.” In that vein I was thinking about ways student groups can work online, and it occurred to me that readers might not be...

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Self-assess your Sakai course

Assessment was the topic for the final week of the BlendKit course and the reading included a great list of rubrics to help participants examine their own work. My favorite rubric came from...

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Adobe Education Exchange courses

The Adobe EdEx provides free courses that mix software skill training with strategies for using the products in the classroom

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Plan ahead for a Thanksgiving listen

Once again this fall, the Great Thanksgiving Listen will happen in family rooms and breakfast nooks all over the USA. Why not ask your students to add their families’ voices to the collection at the...

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