News & Interesting topics in Educational Technology

September 27, 2010:

• "Deeper Learning and Engagement" Webinar recording by Bryan Alexander

October 23, 2009:

• Open Courses: Free, but Oh, So Costly, from chronicle.com 

September 30, 2009 

• This Could Be the Year of E-Textbooks, if Students Accept Them, from chronicle.com

September 22, 2009:

• A Virtual Revolution Is Brewing for Colleges, the Washington Post

August 28, 2009:

• **In Case of Emergency, Break Tradition—Teach Online, from chronicle.com
• New Program Seeks to Make Alternative Textbooks for Visually Impaired Students Available Faster, from chronicle.com

July 16, 2009:

• Can Training in Second Life Teach Doctors to Save Real Lives?, from Discover Magazine
• Social Networks in Education, a wiki full of great resources!

July 7, 2009:

• Dr. Biden Extols the Virtues of Community Colleges

June 30, 2009:

• Obama Administration: Technology at the Heart of Education Reform
• Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning
• National Survey of Student Engagement, 2008 results--pages 9 & 17 on online learning.

June 11, 2009:

• How to Detect Fake Techno-Excuses from chronicle.com

June 8, 2009;

• Wiki on using IT in curriculum, Educational Origami Blog

June 5, 2009:

• Check out BlackboardBuddy's YouTube channel for helpful hints about using Blackboard: http://www.youtube.com/blackboardbuddy

June 1, 2009:

• The 19 Best Elearning Blogs
• Colleges Consider Using Blogs Instead of Blackboard, fromchronicle.com

May 27, 2009:

• Twenty-five Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom

May 20, 2009:

• "What's College Admissions Without a Blog?", from chronicle.com

May 5, 2009 from campustechnology.com:

• Engaging Students in Virtual Learning (4/22/09)
• Second Life's Role in a Curriculum (3/18/09)
• Second Life: Engaging Virtual Campuses (3/4/09)

April 6, 2009--from chronicle.com:

• Use of Online Courses at Community Colleges Continues to Grow

April 6, 2009--from Educational Technology Blog:

• New Blackboard Learn(TM) for Apple(R) iPhone(TM) Application Lets Users Take Learning on the Go

January 9, 2009--from chronicle.com:

• Recession May Drive More Adult Students to Take Online Courses
• College 2.0: A Wired Way to Rate Professors—and to Connect Teachers

December 30, 2008--from chronicle.com:

• Distance Education Becomes a Major Part of Course Catalogues

Friday, October 2, 2008

Presenter: Chris Dede, Harvard University

Topic: Reinventing Teaching and Learning Using 21st Century Technologies

MCC-Dede.pdf

Links:

•  The Chronicle of Higher Education
• eSchool News, Technology News for Today's K-20 Educator
• Educational Technology, News, Techniques and Theories
• Tech & Learning
• Campus Technology
• ECampusNews.com
• YouTube.EDU