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Game-based learning: special edition of the ETS journal

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Forge FX's Heifer Village: NepalBellotti, F. et al. (2014) Guest editorial: Game-based learning for 21st century transferable skills: Challenges and Opportunities Educational Technology and Society,...

Survey finds ‘little use’ of open textbooks in Washington State’s colleges

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OnCampus Research (2013) Open Course Library Survey Results OnCampus Research, December 2013 Biemiller, L. (2014) Open Course Library Sees Little Use in Washington’s Community Colleges Chronicle...

A new approach to online lab classes from the University of South Carolina

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  Adams, S. and Duvall, B. (2014) Designing, building and supporting online lab courses, University Business, February 4 This article is a summary of a presentation...

Why I decided to try open publishing

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  In an earlier post, I announced that I was going to write a textbook for open publishing and track my progress through a series...

Writing an open textbook: tracking an author’s perspective

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Image © to thePC, 2014One of the key developments in online learning is the open textbook. These are textbooks that are published and available...

e-learning trends from South Africa

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Chadwick, K. (2014) e-Learning Trends for 2014 Bizcommunity.com This is an interesting perspective on corporate e-learning trends from Kirsty Chadwick in South Africa. I've focused...

2020 Vision: Outlook for online learning in 2014 and way beyond

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 Taking the long view Doug Saunders in the Globe and Mail on  January 4 wrote an interesting piece on prediction, entitled: "Gadgets alone don't make...

Teaching practice in a virtual world

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Ortega, S. (2014) UCF teaching technology spreads to 33 universities Central Florida Future, January 6 I haven't heard a lot in the last year about...

University of Florida Online launches first undergraduate programs this month

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Moran, C. (2013) UF expands opportunities for four-year degrees UF News, September 27 State University System of Florida (2013) UF Online Comprehensive Business Plan, 2013-2019 Gainsville,...

WCET’s WOW awards for innovative uses of educational technologies

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  The WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) has announced the recipients of the 2013 WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) award, a competition that recognizes innovative...