Creating Significant Learning Environments
I saw this visual on George Couros blog which he originally saw on Bill Ferriter’s flickr and I decided to share it on my blog because I it is one of those visual that speaks volume about how and how not to effectively use educational technology.
Source: Bill Ferriter’s flickr by way of George Couros blog
Although the title suggest that these terms represent “new” trends most of these educational technology terms describe, ideas, processes, systems, applications or platforms that have existed for many years.
Source: Boundless Blog
Edudemic’s Teacher’s Guides to Technology and Learning offer a really good starting point on the following teaching and learning approaches, technologies, resources and social media tools:
The key to this cheat sheet, and to educational technology in general, is to remember that technology is just being used to enhance the learning. If we put the purpose before the technology then it can be used to enhance learning. If we put the technology first then we can lose the purpose.
Source: GettingSmart
Clayton R. Wright has released his the 24th edition of the conference list. The list below covers selected events focused primarily on the use of technology in educational settings and on teaching, learning, and educational administration. Only listings until December 2011 are complete as dates, locations, or URLs are not available for a number of events held after December 2011.
Clayton writes:
This potpourri of educational technology conferences includes gems such as “Saving Your Organization from Boring eLearning” and “Lessons and Insights from Ten eLearning Masters”. And, if you wish, you can “Be an Open Learning Hero”. You will also find that the number of mobile learning conferences (and conferences that have a mobile learning component) have increased significantly. Countries such as China, Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand have shown a keen interest in mobile learning.
Educational Technology & Related Education Conferences June to December 2011 crw
