Try it for yourself and learn : if you have never developed an eLearning course: follow at least one full online course and if possible with a renowned institution or company. While following an online course, keep track of your thoughts, ideas and learning processes. This will come in handy once you start developing your own courses. Clearly indicate your learning objectives : learning objectives are at the core of the activities of your eLearning course. If you develop your own course, you will be able to keep it updated. would add to no.3: MORE >>

Salman is not a trained teacher, but through his creation and sharing of the online Khan academy , and indeed by using tools like a video camera and YouTube, or even a mobile app like ‘ Explain Everything ’, any teacher can provide students with content that prepares them for lessons that they can access in their own time, at their own pace. There is understandably much potential in this model thanks to the extra ease and accessibility current technology such as ubiquitous video cameras and internet access is providing it, but it is by no means an answer of itself. Three months. MORE >>

Video streaming by Ustream After reading the launch of EdX with great interest, I feel that the work of a lot of us open learning minded learners has been tamed by big institutes. Of course this is me writing, the me who beliefs that a diversity of approaches is more closely related to human evolution than providing only one model, due to economical potential. In the launch of EdX there was a big focus on the fact that enormous research will be done on the nature of learning via the participants that register for the courses. it has value to me). MORE >>

This week was rather busy, developing an online mobile course that will be open to all, following LAK the open course on learning analytics and finalizing a needs assessment, on top of regular work. This would have an effect on my (and others) professional networks, for the professional groups will shift from a more localized network to real global networks that learn through connectivity (well, most of us do this already, but professional groups that link up will become more important and most of all attainable). The LAK content keeps intriguing. & B. MORE >>

Online Educator Teaching and learning in the global network Home About Vitae Publications Classes Speaking EDTECH Island Recommendations Going Mobile…learning is shifting in our own hand 19 09 2010 Have you noticed the recent craze on mobile learning? Grad course syllabus, Mobile Learning: Devices, Application, Pedagogy : course taught this past summer by our very own Schroeder & Haskell 5. While recently looking at my blog and Twitter analytics, I’ve noticed 90% of my traffic is going toward any posts related to the topic. Share this blog Lisa Dawley, Ph.D. MORE >>