Category: Education
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The Secrets About The Forgotten History Of Technology Integration Only A Handful Of People Know
A little over twenty years ago, schools, colleges and university embraced technology in the classroom. If we roll back to 1995, you would find schools full of educators who had never integrated technology into the classroom. Both young and old, many of them started their careers before technology was a “thing”. Technology was not even…
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What You Know About Learning Theory In Design And What You Don’t Know About Learning Theory In Design
For the past two decades, instructional designers have had access to new theories that have been developed to describe the acceptance of technology into learning. One such theory is connectivism. This theory has been praised as an” effort in the digital era to produce a relevant learning theory” (Kaufman & Mann, 2007). Siemens (2011) contended that…
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What I Wish Everyone Knew About Making Individual Connections With Online Students
In the absence of meeting your students in a face to face course, how can instructors make individualized connections with their students in the online course environment. Introduce yourself and demonstrate to the students that you have a passion for the subject of the course. Provide a video introduction. Provide your professional biography and a…