Monday, November 7, 2011

Blended learning and Moodle

Digital Age Teacher Council Promotes National Plan for Tech-Infused Early Learning

What do we do with the statistic that children ages 3-8 are consuming between 4-7 hours of media daily? A new Digital Age Teacher Council is being developed and new practices are being used to guide these young learners.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

The O’Sullivan Foundation Grants $5M To Online Learning Platform Khan Academy


The Khan Academy is brainchild of Salman Khan, who brought the idea of educating young people, self-starters, people who learn at their own pace — online. The educational startup now counts over 2,600 videos in its library, with sessions or classes on everything from arithmetic to physics, including 211 practice exercises, to let students watch videos and learn at their own pace." - Leena Rao, TechCrunch.com

Friday, November 4, 2011

Here’s Why Slide Count is Irrelevant to Your E-Learning Course

This is an excellent article by Tom from the Rapid e-learning blog. If you have ever built or will be building an e-learning course, you might want to take a look.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Board approves Idaho online class requirement

Idaho high school students will now have to take two credits from online classes in order to graduate.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

25 More Free Display Graphics for Your E-Learning Courses


Some of these free graphics could be really useful for an online instructor. If not useful, they are still cool.