CIDER workshop
CreateChange Site Makeover
Terry Anderson writes, "The CreateChange site has been renovated and provides more compelling evidence for the very significant change in scholarly production and dissemination made possible by the Net. A great resource for academics and librarians!" Terry Anderson, CIDER, June 26, 2006. [Comment] [Link] [Tags: Gaming, Academia]
New Canadian ELearning Project Management Ebook
I haven't read it, but the CIDER workshop recommendations are usually pretty good. "This book edited by Beverley Pasian and Gary Woodill, presents authors from both the corporate and educational sectors in eight different countries, to provide a total of 22 case studies of elearning project implementations." Terry Anderson, CIDER, October 17, 2006. [Comment] [Link] [Tags: Online Learning, Canada, Project Based Learning, Books, Gaming]
Supporting Learning Through Electronic Portfolios
This is an interesting PowerPoint presentation describing an e-portfolio project being conducted by the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance. The project design is based on a self-reflection model consisting of three major steps: forethought, performance, self-reflection (and then back to forethought again, to continue the cycle). Numerous screen shots; good explanation. More presentations from the CIDER workshop at the CADE-AMTEC conference are available at the CIDER site. Phil Abrami, et.al., CIDER, May 29, 2006. [Comment] [Link] [Tags: Project Based Learning, E-Portfolios, Gaming]
New Conceptual Framework Learning Object
Terry Anderson writes, "One of the best discoveries for me at the recent CADE conference was this Conceptual Framework learning object produced by Faculty at University of Ottawa , Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College ." According to the description, "This learning object helps students struggling to create a conceptual framework or concept map for a major project or thesis." Nice graphics, but I didn't have two hours to give it a full review. Terry Anderson, CIDER, May 17, 2005. [Comment] [Link] [Tags: Visualization, Project Based Learning, Learning Objects, Gaming]
Papers available from ICTE2005- Recent Research Developments in Learning Technologies (2005)
A list of many papers, those presented at the International Conference on Multimedia, Information and Communications Technologies in Education held this month in Spain. So much goodness. Some of the best: Ambient Learning: a new paradigm for e-learning, by Iraklis Paraskakis cashes out the promise of what I have been calling ubiquitous learning. Dillon, Greene and Mansell's Assessing approaches to learning in independent learning environmentsCRLFin higher education finds little empirical support for learning styles, as described in the literature, and argues, "it is more important for a teacher to identify a student's future goals than their learning style." Vicki L. Cohen analyzes Electronic-Portfolios as Cognitive Tools in a Teacher Education, coming up with four features that make them a unique assessment tool: varied content, context sensitivity, self-selected content, and evolution over time. Taibi, Gentile and Seta outline A Semantic Search Engine for Learning Resources, describing something very much like Edu_RSS. Morel and Cernea talk about evaluating learning objects; so do Morgado, et.al.. There's a hundred or so more to read. Terry Anderson, CIDER, June 25, 2005. [Comment] [Link] [Tags: Edu_RSS, Ubiquitous Internet, Information, Online Learning, Learning Styles, Paradigm Shift, Learning Objects, RSS, Assessment, Gaming]
