A Librarian’s Guide to OER in the Maker Space
http://www.slj.com/2015/10/technology/a-librarians-guide-to-oer-in-the-maker-space
OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits sharing, accessing, repurposing—including for commercial purposes—and collaborating with others. They include educational materials, such as lesson plans, games, textbooks, tests, audio, and video. In addition to being free, these no-cost teaching and learning materials are available online for anyone to use, modify or share with others.This use, reuse, and remixing of instructional materials is a powerful way to gain and share knowledge. Because OER are customizable and flexible, they can be used very effectively to support students to achieve their learning goals.
OER Commons is a digital library where educators can find resources to develop, support and amplify their maker space practices. The site is searchable by subject, grade level or standard. Users can also filter results to include topics, such as activities and labs, games, videos, lesson plans, and interactive tools.
Related blog entry:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2016/02/22/libraries-and-learning/
6 Strategies for Differentiated Instruction in Project-Based Learning
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/differentiated-instruction-strategies-pbl-andrew-miller
1. Differentiate Through Teams
2. Reflection and Goal Setting
3. Mini-Lessons, Centers, and Resources
4. Voice and Choice in Products
5. Differentiate Through Formative Assessments
6. Balance Teamwork and Individual Work
https://smaudience.surveymonkey.com/webinar-google-mobile-surveys.html
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Join Mario Callegaro, Senior Survey Research Scientist at Google UK, and one of own survey research scientists, Sarah Cho, on February 24 at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET for our webinar, Market research surveys gone mobile: Optimizing for better results.
Mario Callegaro
Senior Survey Research Scientist
Quantitative Marketing Team, Google UK
Sarah Cho
Survey Research Scientist
SurveyMonkey
.My notes from the Webinar.
Surveys uncover the WHY. Big Data,
why mobile matters. tablet and smart phone penetration: around 60-80% in Europe. According to Pew In the US, 68% smartphone and 45% tablet
faster reaction but longer questionnaire completion time on smartphones = device effects
survey design device vs. survey take device – mismatch. When there is a mismatch, questions are asked.
5 strategies to handle mobile phone respondents: 1. do nothing
surveym0nkey: do all surveys have to be mobile optimized? no, so make sure you think about the context in which you are sending out
2. discourage the use of mobile phones for answering 3. optimize the web questionnaire for mobile browsers 4. mobile app
design considerations for multiple devices surveys. two “actors”: survey designer and survey platform
confounds when interpreting findings across devices: use homogeneous population (e.g students)
difference between mouse vs fingers as input devices
what about tablets: as long as flash is not used, tablet is very much the same as laptop/desktop. phablets (iPhone growth of the screen)
mobile survey design tips (Sarah)
multiple choice: ok to use, but keep wording short, format response vertically instead of horizontally.
open-ended q type: hard to type (but no word on voice recognition???)
logo
multimedia: images, clarity, video, avoid (bandwidth constrains), use Youtube, so every device can play it, versus Flash, Java Script etc
testing and length: as usual
URL: as short as possible. consider QR code
growth of survey taking on mobile devices
SCSU MediaSpace (AKA Kaltura) versus MnSCU MediaSpace
per Greg Jorgensen (gsjorgensen@stcloudstate.edu, MC 118-5, 8-48040), if you house your media (audio, video) materials on the
MnSCU MediaSpace – https://idpstarid.mnscu.edu/idp/Authn/UserPassword
you can now consider
SCSU MediaSpace – https://scsu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/
What is the difference?
For more information on how to use MediaSpace in your courses, please contact us.
John King is trying to repair the Obama administration’s frayed relationship with teachers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/john-king-is-trying-to-repair-the-obama-administrations-frayed-relationship-with-teachers/2016/02/19/a28b88de-d666-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html
Emma Brown February 20
In one of his first major speeches as acting U.S. secretary of education, John King apologized to teachers for the role that the federal government has played in creating a climate in which teachers feel “attacked and unfairly blamed.”
Race to the Top, abbreviated R2T, RTTT or RTT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_to_the_Top
More on NCLB in this blog:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?s=no+child+left+behind&submit=Search
How Libraries Fit in the Future of Learning
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2016/01/how-libraries-fit-future-learning
Amy Brown, M.Ed. is a K-12 education strategist for CDW·G. January 20, 2016
According to the New Media Consortium’s Horizon Report: 2015 K-12 Edition, schools all over the nation have begun promoting content creation over content consumption.
When evaluating equipment, administrators need to consider how it will work with the space.
More about school media places and the future for information media in academia:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?s=library&submit=Search
related IMS blog entry: https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2016/02/24/open-educational-resources/
Ten Teaching Trends from the Innovating Pedagogy Report
Ten Teaching Trends from the Innovating Pedagogy Report
The 2015 Innovating Pedagogy Report proposes ten innovations that explore ways of teaching, learning, and assessment for an interactive, engaged world.
