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Scanning Documents from your Smartphone

Wed, 6 Mar, 2013    android,  blackberry,  higher education,  iphone,  productivity,  scan,  scanner,  scanning,  smartphones

Part of what makes online learning great is that you can upload assignments from your Android, iPhone, or Blackberry smartphone.  All three of these devices have FREE scanning applications that you can download to your specific device and these applications will allow you to scan them and upload them to Blackboard or send through your email account.

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Highly Effective Teachers Who Use Technology

Fri, 15 Feb, 2013    effective,  engagement,  higher education,  teachers,  technology

I just recently read an article called, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers Who Use Technology."  I found this to be interesting because much of what is addressed in the article are things that I have experienced while trying to assist classroom teachers in integrating technology into their classroom lessons.  There seems to be a lot of misconceptions from the public when it comes to the use of technology in the classroom.  And this also applies to college professors that use technology in their classrooms.

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Online Education and the Development of MOOCs

Thu, 10 Jan, 2013    development,  higher education,  moocs,  online education

Course delivery via the web began in 1994 and has exploded ever since.  There has been a steady growth in popularity of online education to the point that by the fall of 2010, almost one-third of post secondary students in the United States were taking at least one course online.  By the end of this past year, 2012, many higher education programs, and big ones at that (MIT, Stanford, and Harvard), have thrown loads of resources, investments, and presidential backing behind a new concept called Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

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