mousejacked
http://www.cnet.com/uk/videos/watch-our-computer-get-mousejacked/
Archive of ‘learning’ category
survey for mobiles
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
interactive world map
How We Share the World
http://metrocosm.com/how-we-share-the-world/
data visualization of different trends around the world, such as GDP, debt, population etc.
The Housing Value of Every County in the U.S.
A Striking Perspective on New York City Property Values.
more interesting maps in this IMS blog:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?s=map&submit=Search
RTTT versus NCLB
John King is trying to repair the Obama administration’s frayed relationship with teachers
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
libraries and learning
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/
Innovating Pedagogy Report
categories: student-centered learning, teaching
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.
Formative Assessment Ideas
categories: assessment
10 Fun-Filled Formative Assessment Ideas
http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/10-fun-filled-formative-assessment-ideas
gifted children and the educational system
categories: student-centered learning
Bibliography:
Challenges Faced by “Gifted Learners” in School and Beyond
http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/330/challenges-faced-by-gifted-learners-in-school-and-beyond
Challenges of being gifted
https://tip.duke.edu/taxonomy/term/1189
rate ur technology
UNC Gives Professors a Way to Rate Classroom Technologies Across Campuses
February 19, 2016
Yelp-like review site for teaching tools, where it is asking professors to review and comment on how useful various digital services were in their classrooms
The online platform, known as the UNC Learning Technology Commons.
The hope, said Mr. Rascoff, is to reduce the unnecessary bureaucracy and effort that each campus goes through to purchase new technologies — and to streamline the process of obtaining the right tools by asking the faculty to weigh in.
The biggest advantage of the learning-technology commons, Ms. Martin said, is that she will be able to connect with professors in similar disciplines on other campuses and more easily find tools to use in her classroom.
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What are your thoughts? Would you like such service on your campus?
Developing Engaging Content
Best Practices for Developing Engaging Content
With an emerging Millennial workforce, organizations are struggling with an influx of new business requirements being defined by consumer based solutions. Expecting engaging content through social and fun applications, organizations that cling to traditional methods of communication, learning, networking and certification will find themselves challenged in their ability to attract and retain top talent.
Join this webinar to discover best practices on how to develop engaging content, including:
- Key trends in learning engagement
- Effective design of course material
- Tips and trick on making content interesting
Time 11:00am ET
Audience: Enterprise
Presenter(s): Jeff Salin, Senior Instructional Designer and Team Lead, Creative Services Department, D2L