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ICT Competency Framework for Teachers harnessing open educational resources

ICT Competency Framework for Teachers harnessing open educational resources | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (ICT CFT) Version 3 is a tool to guide pre- and in- service teacher training on the use of ICTs across the education system ..."

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Six factors of academic performance

Six factors of academic performance | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"First, a definition. An academic classroom is one where the primary goal is to promote proficiency of academic standards. Everything else, while appreciated and winked at, comes after. The class, curriculum, and instruction, by design, are built to move students in their academic proficiency ..."

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Is ed tech really working? Five core tenets to rethink how we buy, use, and measure new tools | Pearson Blog 

Is ed tech really working? Five core tenets to rethink how we buy, use, and measure new tools | Pearson Blog  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Education technology plays an essential role in our schools today. The application of technology can dramatically improve productivity and student learning ..."

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Instructors use OER to take ownership over course materials

Instructors use OER to take ownership over course materials | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Those behind new open resources for intro economics course see a chance to keep field current while saving students money. Instructors in other disciplines also employing free content to better suit their course needs ..."

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Training evolving for Instructional designers | Inside Higher Ed

Training evolving for Instructional designers | Inside Higher Ed | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The education and training of instructional designers is becoming more formalized as their role grows in importance at many institutions ..."  

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Assessing digital literacy: Standards, tools and techniques — Emerging Education Technologies

Assessing digital literacy: Standards, tools and techniques — Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Standards and Techniques for Assessing Digital Literacy are Emerging Digital literacy is like any other core curricular subject. It is no longer an option, just as reading and math are not. Students must be digitally competent if they ..."

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New online tool will help entrepreneurs and SMEs to learn about standards and get involved in standardization  - CEN-CENELEC

New online tool will help entrepreneurs and SMEs to learn about standards and get involved in standardization  - CEN-CENELEC | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The ‘CEN-CENELEC e-Learning Tool for SMEs’ is available in 23 languages, and can be accessed (free of charge) via the CEN-CENELEC website ..."

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Avoiding obsolescence: Thirteen standards for a near-future school -

Avoiding obsolescence: Thirteen standards for a near-future school - | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In 2014, an “unconnected classroom”—that is, one without social components, digital media output, authentic and highly visible school-to-school and school-to-community functions, and personal learning ..."

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All the children are above average

All the children are above average | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.” Those are the closing words Garrison Keillor spoke each night on his radio show A Prairie Home ..."

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E-learning quality assurance standards, organizations and research

E-learning quality assurance standards, organizations and research | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it
"I am surprised how often academic colleagues argue that there are no quality standards for e-learning...However, I was surprised to find while doing some research for a client that there is no single source where one can go to compare different quality standards for e-learning..." 
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Here’s why AI skills will make or break students’ futures « Educational Technology

Here’s why AI skills will make or break students’ futures « Educational Technology | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"If students are going to tackle the jobs of tomorrow, they need AI skills today.  It’s OK if you don’t know exactly what artificial intelligence (AI) is–but you need to learn, and quickly, because it’s already firmly ensconced in our lives, and AI skills are shaping the future lives and careers of today’s students ...:

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Open Educational Resources haven’t upended the way that K-12 schools get course materials – yet - The Hechinger Report

Open Educational Resources haven’t upended the way that K-12 schools get course materials – yet - The Hechinger Report | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Free, openly licensed course materials, or open educational resources, have transformed a handful of colleges and many more college courses. Students in those classrooms don’t have to pay for once-expensive textbooks. ..."

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Next-generation learning management systems (LMS) – Active Textbook by Evident Point

Next-generation learning management systems (LMS) – Active Textbook by Evident Point | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"According to the Horizon Report, 2017 Higher Education Edition, the next-generation Learning Management Systems (LMS) are virtual learning spaces that support personalization, meet universal design standards, play a large role in formative learning assessment, and are more flexible than ..."

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Part three: Beyond SAMR… Making sure technology supports content standards 

Part three: Beyond SAMR… Making sure technology supports content standards  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

“We can have facts without thinking but we cannot have thinking without facts.”

John Dewey’s above quote is so important as we begin to address both the facts and thinking that abounds in our standards. For the past ten years it seems we have concentrated our efforts on the facts and have not spent enough time in the thinking.. or as I like to think “doing”.

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Education world: Encouraging teacher technology use

Education world: Encouraging teacher technology use | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Teacher surveys indicate that about half of U.S. teachers use technology in classroom instruction. That use, however, varies greatly from school to school. In some schools, staff technology use nears 100 percent; in others, it is virtually non-existent ..."

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Time not yet right to swap books for e-learning - Science Business

Time not yet right to swap books for e-learning - Science Business | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Online learning has the potential to reshape education, but a lack of standards and an overwhelming number of apps makes it difficult to identify effective tools, says cognitive ..."

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What the future of science education should look like - Washington Post (blog)

What the future of science education should look like - Washington Post (blog) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"We are not now on a pathway to success in teaching science, but we could be, a scientist says ..."

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The real e-learning standards for course development

The real e-learning standards for course development | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"This blog post shares insights on what are the different e-learning standards required for e-learning courseware development ..."

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Bad behaviour online relies on group acceptance - CNET Australia

Bad behaviour online relies on group acceptance - CNET Australia | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"An online group, despite its fluid, unstable and imaginary nature, is powerful in constructing and changing its members' attitudes and views on behaviours..."

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Melissa Marshall's curator insight, January 14, 2014 1:34 AM

An interesting article that might helo to explain why some students do silly things online, and others don't - the facade of anonymity and the overall behaviour of the social group are the key issues in determining how someone might treat others online. 

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How Tin Can is Making Tools Better, Together

How Tin Can is Making Tools Better, Together | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The Tin Can API is having a massive impact on tools across the eLearning Industry. This is partially because previous standards created barriers, which have lead to stagnation..."

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