If you
have been anywhere near a university in the past decade, you will know that technology mediates student life wherever you turn: students answer questions using iClickers or their smartphones, laptops are the main tool for note taking, and students submit assignments through a learning management system. The educational technology industry is growing and constantly producing new products.
The latest online education title from AU Press, Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning: Foundations and Applications, is a collection of articles that challenges educators to consider how the sociocultural environment is shaping educational innovations. The goal of this book is to help researchers and practitioners understand the new shifts occurring in the educational landscape.
To help you stay up to date on the latest educational technology news, we have gathered some recent links about MOOCs and Moodle as well as a few of our favourite educational technology resources.
MOOCs
- Students prefer connecting through Facebook groups rather than the MOOC forum page. How can MOOC creators learn from this?
- Can Facebook boost MOOC retention?
- MOOCs are becoming increasingly relevant. Learn how technology is supporting this new format of education.
- What is the impact of MOOCs on education? See Chapter 10: “The Phenomenal MOOC: Sociocultural Effects of a Marginal Learning Model” by Rolin Moe.
- Athabasca University offers a MOOC called “Learning to Learn Online” to help you get the most of your online studies.
Moodle
- How can we improve learning management systems?
- Why do we need to talk about emerging practices as well as emerging technologies? See Chapter 7, “The Emergence of Practice: Two Case Studies of Moodle in Online Education” by Andrew Whitworth and Angela D. Benson.
For more education technology resources, visit the sites below.
