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KIPP Chicago: KIPP Create College Prep Middle School: November 28, 2012

This Chicago middle school serving grades 5-8 builds on the KIPP academic model by blending instructional technology with high-quality teaching methods . The technology is a tool for cutting c…
Podcast: Wake Forest University's BioBook: July 17, 2012

In this podcast we interview the creators of BioBook, a scalable e-text embodying six central principles of learning. It is organized into self-contained "nodes" that can be revised or …
Case Study 11: The CHANCE Program in China: Transforming Students into “Global-Minded” Scientific Investigators and Citizens: May 2, 2012

A case study from Game Changers Jacqueline McLaughlin Introduction The Risk America's position in the world may once have been reasonably secure with only a few exce…
7 Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms: February 7, 2012

The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed . The notion of a flipped classroom draws on such concepts as active l…
7 Things You Should Know About Gamification: August 10, 2011

Gamification is the application of game elements in non-gaming situations , often to motivate or influence behavior. The rewards or the spirit of competition can spur students’ concentratio…
Lance Eaton: Coordinator of Instructional Design

North Shore Community College

Danvers, Massachusetts

UNITED STATES
The Educational Potential of Mobile Computing in the Field: March 29, 2011

Key Takeaways Giving students hands-on experience of field work with mobile tablet PCs loaded with visualization software facilitates active learning and integration of complex …
Mobile Teaching Versus Mobile Learning: March 29, 2011

Key Takeaways Higher education historically has focused on instructors teaching rather than students learning, an ineffective approach that could seriously hamper the promise of mob…
Learning through Situated Simulations: Exploring Mobile Augmented Reality: January 18, 2011

This ECAR research bulletin illustrates and reports on a series of experiments with situated simulations that have been tested with students in real environments in Norway, Athens, and Rome over…
Erik Christensen: Chair, Natural Science Department

South Florida State College

Avon Park, Florida

UNITED STATES

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