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Copyright School

15-Apr-11

Finally, a student-friendly resource for understanding copyright! Thanks Youtube!

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Mass Customization in Learning

14-Apr-11

An interesting article, Why Large-Scale Product Customization Is Finally Viable for Business, coming out of Forrester discusses how Mass Customization is the Next Big Thing in industry. But the points made are pervading all aspects of society. Consider this excerpt: Psychologists have determined that an “I Designed It Myself Effect” exists in mass customization, where buyers feel a [...]

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Wired for Mobile?

07-Mar-11

Putting aside the generalizations encompassed in the term “digital natives” (e.g. not all kids these days are D.N.s) — check out what many of your students are doing, and are used to. How are we meeting them halfway? This infographic from Voxy encapsulates a slice of it. Via: Voxy Blog

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2011 Horizon Report

28-Feb-11

The new Horizon Report has been out for a few days. The Six Technologies are no surprise to those of us who have been advocating and developing mobile learning practices and tools. They are: mobile computing open content electronic books simple augmented reality gesture-based computing visual data analysis If these look at all familiar, it [...]

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Social Media High School

23-Feb-11

This may be the funniest and most succinct way to understand the current state of social media, featuring a high school portrait, list of clubs they’d be in, and favorite quote. (The class clown still needs to be identified). All the sites are represented: Twitter, Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, Last.fm, YouTube, Flickr, Reddit, MySpace, WikiLeaks, Yelp, [...]

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Twitter in Learning

21-Feb-11

Social Media has a far larger influence on the lives of teachers and learners than traditional models of education are prepared to deal with. But at its heart, it nothing new. Says Joshua Fisher: “Yes, today you can chat with friends, collaborate on projects, read the news, play games, or share videos of your kids, [...]

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Extra Credits (watch!)

01-Feb-11

I ran into one of these videos last Spring. Hosted by The Escapist, it’s apparently now a series of videos that makes the theory behind a variety of video game related topics very accessible. Although I use the phrase “theory behind” the talent behind it really does a great job of making it all very [...]

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Crowdsourcing Learning (HSN model)

28-Jan-11

Where do your ideas for curriculum come from? HSN (yes, that one) is partnering with Quirky in an experiment to crowdsource the development of new products. Not surprisingly, the idea is aligned with the Internet-ushered-in shift that is turning consumers into creators — of content (blogs, forums, Wikipedia, etc.), of media (YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, SoundCloud, [...]

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GLS Conference Announced

26-Jan-11

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is excited to announce the Games+Learning+Society (GLS) Conference 7.0 to be held June 15–17, 2011 at the Memorial Union on campus. Session Submissions are due by Monday, 7 March 2011. The GLS Conference is the premier event in the field of videogames and learning. Now in its seventh year, this grass [...]

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Cool Tools

20-Jan-11

Hey lookee! I’ll be talking about cool tools! And I’ve got smart folks with me! Hope I learn something. Hope folks show up. Should be fun fun fun. Maybe folks will be pre-emptive and submit ideas here! Here’s the info: The WCER Graduate Training Brownbag Series presents… Academic Tech Tools: A collaborative conversation with  John Martin, [...]

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