Problems with the use of images in open textbooks
If you have downloaded my open textbook, 'Teaching in a Digital Age' in pdf or Modi format for the iPad or Kobo, you may...
Seeking the unique pedagogical characteristics of social media
Social media are still in a very volatile state of development, and many faculty worry about the negative aspects of students who are continually...
Seeking the unique pedagogical characteristics of computing
This is the fourth post on the unique characteristics of different media, for my open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age.
This was a fun one...
Seeking the unique pedagogical characteristics of text and print
This is the first of several posts on the unique characteristics of different media, for my open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. I'm...
Welcome back and a review of online learning developments in July and August
Here in Canada, tomorrow is the start of a new academic year. I know, because our garbage cans are full and the back lane...
Los Angeles schools to issue iPads to all students
Weiss, T. (2013) Los Angeles plans to give 640,000 students free iPads, CITE World, July 25
I don't normally cover k-12 developments, but this one...
MIT, learning technologies, and developing countries: lessons in technology transfer
This week I spent three days at the MIT LINC (Learning International Networks Consortium) conference in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the theme: 'Realizing the Dream:...
CNIE conference on Leadership and Innovation in Learning
I was in Ottawa in early May also to give a keynote at the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education conference. I am ashamed...
Sommet de l’iPad en éducation
Un message d'Aurélien Fievez:
le Colloque international en éducation : enjeux actuels et futurs de la formation et de la profession enseignante aura lieu les 2 et 3 mai...
Exploiting the affordances of the iPad at Lynn University
Students at Lynn University
Tilsley, A. (2013) iPadU Inside Higher Education, January 15
This is a report about Lynn University, a private nonprofit university based in...