CEDICT: Communication, Education and Development using ICT: resources

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2013-05-28

Professional Development K-12 teachers

Get free educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development K-12 teachers.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/professional-development-K-12-teachers

2013-05-13

Should university students use Wikipedia?

Most academics look down on the open source encyclopedia, but does it really hinder students' studies?

Despite Wikipedia's drawbacks, students will continue to take advantage of the resource – and the default response of academics to simply advise against using the site is unlikely to have much effect. Lancaster lecturer Dr Catherine Easton says students must develop an ability to analyse the nature of the source material within Wikipedia, adding that the educator should ensure there is "a strong, continuing focus on the need to support academic work with references to acceptable scholarly sources".

Read more at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/may/13/should-university-students-use-wikipedia

2013-05-10

Open Educational Resources: Innovation, Research and Practice

NOW AVAILABLE:

Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning:
Open Educational Resources: Innovation, Research and Practice

Rory McGreal, Wanjira Kinuthia and Stewart Marshall, Eds. May 2013

Published jointly by the Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University, Canada (UNESCO/COL Chair in OER) as CC-BY-SA and freely available to all: www.col.org/psOERIRP. Available in PDF and epub formats.

This book is one in a series of OER resources published by COL. It describes the OER movement in detail, providing readers with insight into OER's significant benefits, its theory and practice, and its achievements and challenges. The 16 chapters, written by some of the leading international experts on the subject, are organised into four parts by theme:
OER in AcademiaOER in Practice:Diffusion of OERProducing, Sharing and Using OER
Instructional designers, curriculum developers, educational technologists, teachers, researchers, students, others involved in creating, studying or using OER: all will find this timely resource informative and inspiring.

2013-04-13

Open Educational Resources in Malaysian Higher Learning Institutions

"OER is a burning topic in Malaysia, and many more institutions are in the process of embracing this movement." (Zaid Ali Alsagoff)

See it on Scoop.it, via ICT for Education and Development

2013-02-23

About Online Learning: A Resource for Teachers and Students

Find out more about online learning or elearning - using audio and video-conferencing, email, chat, and completing an online degree or certificate by distance.

Teachers can find out more about how ICT is changing classroom education and the social media tools that are facilitating so many of the changes. Students can find tips for learning online, and obtain help in finding a suitable distance learning online program or a school that offers the program they want.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/about-online-learning

2013-02-22

OER Web Sites

Find out more about the content available on OER websites.

Any list of web sites is bound to be out of date as soon as it is published. However, for people just starting to explore OER, here is one list of important websites, adapted from a published list courtesy of the author and publisher ...

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/oer-websites

2013-02-16

OER Challenges

Access to the Internet is spreading and so more people are able to access online education. But a major problem has been the access to affordable content. The OER movement seeks to address this issue by making content free to use and adapt by anyone. So what are the problems?
Find out about OER challenges of quality, modularity, stability, persuading subject matter experts to cooperate, and more ...

More details at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/oer-challenges

2013-02-07

Open Educational Resources (OER)

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Find out more about Open Educational Resources (OER) - the digitized materials that are available for use and re-use in teaching, learning, and research …

Open educational resources (OER) are digitized materials that are available for use and re-use in teaching, learning, and research, very often under a Creative Commons license.

See on onlineanddistancelearning.com

2012-09-21

Preparation for College

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Find out about preparation for college, identify programs to assist in preparing for tests such as the GED, SAT, PSAT, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT …

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2012-09-12

Sept 12 - Small Business MidWeek News

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An online newspaper that collects together news for small business owners, entrepreneurs and students, in this midweek edition of “Small Business News”.

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