Archive of ‘Digital literacy’ category

Online learning communities and acitivities

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ux3lTnUTpzZRuvxE3rAsSQ4Ihub96S8_OYECNh8wv-A/edit?usp=sharing

Are you creating an online course, event or conference? If you’re not a programmer, and if you don’t have a lot of money to spend, this guide will get you started. Read it from top to bottom to get a step-by-step guide to what you can do to set up your course or event. Then check the links to find free or cheap and easy tools that will get the job done for you.
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more on online learning in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+learning

Mind maps tools

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/08/fifteen-tools-for-creating-mind-maps.html

GitMind  more than one hundred templates

Forky is simple but effective a free mind mapping tool

Whimsical is a good tool for creating flowcharts, mind maps, Venn diagrams, and a variety of other charts and diagrams.

Transno is a service that lets you write notes and outlines that can then be turned into mind maps and flowcharts with just one click.

Bubbl.us is a mind mapping and flowchart tool

MindMup is a mind mapping tool that can be used online, with Google Drive, and on your desktop.

Coggle is a collaborative mind-mapping service

Spider Scribe is an online mind map creation service.

 

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more on mind maps in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=mind+map

social media teaching and learning

Teaching Crowds: Learning and Social Media by Jon Dron and Terry Anderson Published by Athabasca University, Canada, ISBN: 978-1-927356-81-4 (PDF), September 2014, Pages: 370

(book review)

https://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/news/Essays/Using-social-media-platforms-in-teaching-learning/1051

Dr. Jon Dron and Professor Terry Anderson of Athabasca University, Canada attempt to introduce a new model for understanding and exploiting the pedagogical potential of Web-based technologies. Recognizing the E-learning/ online education as new model of teaching and learning, the authors show how learners can engage with social media platforms to create an unbounded field of emergent connections.

In chapter 9 ‘Issues and Challenges in Educational Uses of Social Software’ , the writers accordingly examine the dark side of social software—the ways in which it can undermine or even jeopardize, rather than deepen and extend, the experience of learning. They present a series of over-arching issues that warrant consideration by anyone who plans to use social software for learning. These include issues surrounding privacy, disclosure, and trust, cross-cultural dissonances, problems posed by the complexities of technology and by the digital divide, unpredictable systemic effects, and risks such as mob stupidity and filter bubbles.

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more on social media in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=social+media

3 types of instructional design

3 types of instructional design on the example of an egg cooking recipe
1. Manual.
“Add salt to the water, boil for 8 minutes, immerse in cold water,” that’s all—a simple sequence of steps.
Manual is the simplest, cheapest, and, unfortunately, the most common type of educational program. Yes, the automatic repetition of actions can lead to something, but any deviation will cause difficulties.
2. Manual with context.
Now imagine this recipe: “During cooking, the shell may crack, and the protein will leak out. To avoid this, add salt to the water. The salt will make the protein curdle.”
The context is added, it is explained why it is necessary to do things in that specific way. This is very important because it provides tools for working with real-life situations.
3. Abstraction.
In fact, this is a context twisted to the maximum. For example: “Salt will make the protein curdle. That is why in the old days, people bandaged purulent wounds with bandages soaked in saltwater.” Two completely different phenomena are taken, and a comparison is made based on a common abstract form.
This type is not always appropriate, but it can ignite the student with unexpected facts and comparisons.

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