"What is it like to be a college student in the digital age? Alison Head — lead researcher for the national study, Project Information Literacy, Berkman Fellow, and Research Scientist in University of Washington's Information School — presents a working typology of the undergraduate information-seeking process, including students’ reliance on and use of Web sources."
Strategies for Blog-Powered Instruction -- Campus Technology
Best practices for using blogs to supplement coursework and enhance student learning.
Interesting blurb about the new Star Wars game winning an award for accessibility.
Google’s and Facebook’s facial recognition opt-in policies are a smokescreen. - Slate Magazine
MIT steps into credentialing world. sounds like they are adding interactive pieces, a la stanford's growing portfolio of courses, but also offering certificates for fee. interesting on many levels.
A 'Moneyball' Approach to College - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Great article on Learning Analytics. I respectfully disagree with Gardner Campbell's quote, but I do see where he's coming from and that is something that universities need to be careful of.
Mr. Mazur argues that his new software solves at least three problems. One, it selects student discussion groups. Two, it helps instructors manage the pace of classes by automatically figuring out how long to leave questions open so the vast majority of students will have enough time. And three, it pushes beyond the multiple-choice problems typically used with clickers, inviting students to submit open-ended responses, like sketching a function with a mouse or with their finger on the screen of an iPad.
"This is grounded on pedagogy; it's not just the technology," says Mr. Mazur, a gadget skeptic who feels technology has done "incredibly little to improve education."
This is pretty wild. Google managed to reproduce several top mobile and PC games in chrome, but nothing of this scale yet. Bastion is up for all sorts of awards this year, cool to see Google managed to port this to a browser at such an extreme level of detail.
Learning Technologies - Yammer
Comparing E-Readers—And Tablets | November 2011 | paidContent
Nice comparison view of e-readers!
Apple - Education - Apple iPad Learning Lab
Just learned about this nifty thing and heard that EMS may be getting one? Lots of possibilities with this!
50 most stunning examples of data visualization and infographics | Richworks
"The terms Data visualization and Infographics are used interchangeably, the former means the study of visual representation of data and the latter is its representation per se. In this article, I have showcased some of the most creative infographics and data visualization examples, along with some really effective tools to help you improve your skills in creating infographics. Enjoy the journey!"
New Cultures of Scholarship - Christopher P. Long's ePortfolio
The Tablet Revolution | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)
" 11% of U.S. adults now own a tablet computer of some kind. About half (53%) get news on their tablet every day,"
Orgabnizing Mobile (A List Apart)
Interesting article from A List Apart on how users want to interact with mobile apps. They classify usage patterns into "Lookup (quickly), Play (I'm bored), Check In, Edit (quickly)."
Simply Speaking — Teaching and Learning with Technology
Very good write-up and comparison of several eportfolio options that are out there. Also discusses institution vs student centered, which ones have phone apps, etc.
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