microphones
The Microphones I Use for Video and Audio Recordings
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/03/the-microphones-i-use-for-video-and.html
Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/03/the-microphones-i-use-for-video-and.html
My note: 1. The comments underneath are priceless! 2. my favorite (new) feature: smart phone display (type Doceri)
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more on whiteboards in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=whiteboards
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/03/5-tools-for-creating-multimedia-books.html
5 Tools for Creating Multimedia Books – 2018-25eo7ji
LucidPress https://www.lucidpress.com/
https://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/
https://www.writereader.com/en
Book Creator
MadMag
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added Oct. 30, 2018
Storybird provides templates and artwork for creating digital stories.
Alphabet Organizer is a great little tool from Read Write Think
Widbook is a platform designed to help people collaboratively create multimedia books.
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more on ebooks in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=electronic+books
more on OER in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=OER
Over the past 10 years, new learning management systems (LMSs) have sprung on the scene to rival the Blackboards and Moodles of old. On the EdSurge Product Index alone, 56 products self-identify and fall into the LMS category. And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks, where do you start?
As University of Central Florida’s Associate Vice President of Distributed Learning, Tom Cavanagh, wrote in an article for EDUCAUSE, “every institute has a unique set of instructional and infrastructure circumstances to consider when deciding on an LMS,” but at the same time, “all institutions face certain common requirements”—whether a small charter school, a private university or a large public school district.
#1: Is the platform straightforward and user-friendly?
#2: Who do we want to have access to this platform, and can we adjust what they can see?
#3: Can the instructor and student(s) talk to and communicate with each other easily?
“Students and faculty live a significant portion of their daily lives online in social media spaces,” writes University of Central Florida’s Tom Cavanagh in his article on the LMS selection process. “Are your students and faculty interested in these sorts of interplatform connections?”
#5: Does this platform plug in with all of the other platforms we have?
“Given the pace of change and the plethora of options with educational technology, it’s very difficult for any LMS vendor to keep up with stand-alone tools that will always outperform built-in tools,” explains Michael Truong, executive director of innovative teaching and technology at Azusa Pacific University. According to Truong, “no LMS will be able to compete directly with tools like Piazza (discussion forum), Socrative (quizzing), EdPuzzle (video annotation), etc.”
As a result, Truong says, “The best way to ‘prepare’ for future technological changes is to go with an LMS that plays well with external tools.”
#6: Is the price worth the product?
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more on LMS in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=learning+management+systems
InFocus Touchscreens Completes Portland State University Collaborative Space
1. Technology that Increases Access Hits the Slow Lane
Innovations in videoconferencing and lecture capture technologies have allowed universities to provide flexible learning experiences to students no matter their location. However, if internet service providers are allowed to create “fast lanes” and “slow lanes” of access, experts worry these learning experiences will be in jeopardy.
“slow lanes” of internet access could make it difficult for students to access cloud software or applications without hitting data caps.
2. Inhibit Ability to Research and Access Materials
a 40-page commentary to the FCC explaining how a repeal would hurt universities, eCampus News reports.
“Institutions of higher education and libraries depend upon an open internet to carry out their educational and civic missions, and to serve their communities,” reads the commentary.
“almost everything” relies on the internet in higher education. Students use it for research, to take courses and turn in assignments while faculty use it for research and to create lesson plans. Roberts says his library needs it to archive and preserve materials. Slower internet could inhibit research and access to library resources.
high cost of attending a university might see a bump without net neutrality.
slower internet access would actually degrade the quality of education offered for a higher cost.
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more on net neutrality and education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=net+neutrality
university administrators want to make sure their courses are up to standards and their students are supported.
A new report from the Learning House and Aslanian Market Research measures the opinions of 1,500 online students regarding everything from course satisfaction to study methods
institutions need to more clearly share the positive outcomes that come with completing degree and certificate programs online.”
online courses would be better if there was more contact and engagement.
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more on online students in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+students
Riia O’Donnell Feb. 13, 2018
https://www.hrdive.com/news/millennials-and-gen-z-still-prefer-live-training-study-finds/516792/
Although by a narrower margin for millennials and Gen Z, the numbers in the Wainhouse study shows that the personal touch hasn’t been replaced in workplace learning.
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more on instructional design in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=instructional+design
https://softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/tAyfSOjZTkVW05/html
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Effective Online Engagement
Camille Brandt, Bemidji State University
student is a boxed term. but there are flavors; undergrad vs grad, what takeaways they are looking for, categories of students
ask for expectations, outcomes, and keep touching bases during class.
Vocaroo.com
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Grading Participation in an Online Course
Kerry Marrer, St. Cloud State University
Kate Mooney, St. Cloud State University
Kris Portz, St. Cloud State University
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What’s a FIG? Inquiring Minds Want to Know!
Miki Huntington, Minneapolis Community and Technical College
COP Community of Practice. Stipends – may be or not. May be only a book.
topics: online learning, academic technologies etc
offering support: to one another in a collaborative environment. Commenting to each other notes.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ijco6s9bNBuD5_fYmrRTgKzubCXFM6GX