Can Gamification Increase Student Productivity?
Games can increase customer loyalty, incentivize employees, and help achieve personal improvement. It’s been said that globally we spend 3 billion hours a week playing video games. For many it’s hard to imagine a world before video and digital games, […]
Are You a Social Media Star?
Social media has changed how educators engage with each other and their students online. Recently, BestCollegesOnline.com compiled a list of the “50 Teachers Who Are Social Media Stars.” You may already be familiar with some of these names: Vicki Davis Dean Shareski Jon […]
Learning on the Go
Coinciding with Allison Rossett’s most recent article on mobile learning, earlier today I came across an insightful yet humorous infographic created by Float Mobile Learning. The abacus, See ‘n Say and Rubik’s Cube were all learning tools I loved as a child. […]
The Value of Public bPortfolios
David Hopkins used the time waiting for his iOS5 update more productively than I did (my nails are red). He read (and thankfully wrote) about an academic paper on public bPortfolios (blogging portfolios). Dubbed in the abstract as a “holistic […]
The Efficacy of Online Instruction
Kevin Kvalvik, a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, posted responses to a question seeking recent findings on the efficacy of online instruction from student and faculty points of view. There are seven sites mentioned, including articles from eLearn […]