by kris | Sep 15, 2016 | 7 Core DLE Elements
Learning how to learn is the single most important skill one can master for a rapidly changing world. This blog by a college instructor discusses how teaching digital literacy is not a matter of shiny new tools but of epistemology: a theory of knowledge and the...
by kris | Sep 15, 2016 | 7 Core DLE Elements, Learning Community
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is a new animated program for preschoolers ages 2 to 4 which builds on the pioneering PBS series, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. This new series, for a new generation of children, tells its engaging stories about the life of a preschooler...
by kris | Sep 15, 2016 | Embed Resources & Tools
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have attracted a great deal of attention by higher education and private enterprises. MOOCs have evolved considerably since their emergence in 2008, all the while given rise to academic discussions on MOOC impact, design and reach....
by kris | Sep 15, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Individual Learner
It won’t be long before the bulldozers start clearing a lonely patch of rangeland in central New Mexico to make way for the newest of the massive data centers located around the globe that keep Facebook humming…. See the Las Cruces Sun News story about...
by kris | Sep 15, 2016 | 7 Core DLE Elements, Convergence on Target
“We’re the original search engines and we help people find things to make their lives better,” she said of librarians. Carla Hayden the new Librarian of Congress is interviewed here and describes the role of librarians in the future. Since my daughter and her husband...
by andflywrite | Sep 14, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Understanding Media
Here’s an example of a UT Brownsville College of Ed course from 2012, that has some food for thought. Many more of this ilk here. [gview...