Part 6/10 - BigGyan Cloud eLearning: Top 10 TED Talks on education
Posted on - March 12, 2010
Title – Bill Gates on mosquitos, malaria and education Presenter: Bill Gates - A passionate techie and a shrewd businessman, Bill Gates changed the world once, while leading Microsoft to dizzying success.
About this Talk
Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them.
Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education
Part 5/10 - BigGyan Cloud eLearning: Top 10 TED Talks on education
Posted on - March 11, 2010
Title – Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education Presenter: Arthur Benjamin's - Mathematician and magician Arthur Benjamin combines his two passions in "Mathemagics," a mind-boggling presentation of lightning calculations and other feats of mathematical agility.
About this Talk
Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.
Part 4/10 - BigGyan Cloud eLearning: Top 10 TED Talks on education
Posted on - March 6, 2010
Title – Michelle Obama's plea for education Presenter: Michelle Obama- First Lady Michelle Obama, a lawyer and administrator, is an advocate for working parents, military families and national service About this Talk
Speaking at a London girls' school, Michelle Obama makes a passionate, personal case for each student to take education seriously. It is this new, brilliant generation, she says, that will close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it should be.
Liz Coleman's call to reinvent liberal arts education
Part 3/10 - BigGyan Cloud eLearning: Top 10 TED Talks on education
Posted on - March 5, 2010
Title – Liz Coleman's call to reinvent liberal arts education Presenter: Liz Coleman - Liz Coleman radically remade Bennington College in the mid-1990s, in pursuit of a new vision: higher education as a performing art.
About this Talk
Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education -- one that dynamically combines all areas of study to address the great problems of our day.
Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds
Part 2/10 - BigGyan Cloud eLearning: Top 10 TED Talks on education
Posted on - March 4, 2010
Title – Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds Presenter: Temple Grandin - Through groundbreaking research and the lens of her own autism, Temple Grandin brings startling insight into two worlds.
About this Talk
Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of smart geeky kids.
Part 1/10 - BigGyan Cloud eLearning: Top 10 TED Talks on education
Posted on - March 3, 2010
Title – Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child Presenter:Nicholas Negroponte - The founder of the MIT Media Lab, Nicholas Negroponte pushed the edge of the information revolution as an inventor, thinker and angel investor
About this Talk
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the "$100 laptop."
1. Making learning fun 2. Include humor into classroom 3. Show not just tell 4. Surprise you students 5. Be up to date and earn respect of students 6. Throughly prepare for classes
Earn Money
7. Sell your courses 8. Reach wider audience 9. Decrease admin work and cost 10. Reduce printing and copying costs 11. Reduce travelling and go green
Provide Content
12. Unique Agile course development 13. Posting links to podcasts 14. Posting links to videos 15. Providing links to useful material on the net 16. Providing students who must miss class with easy access to materials 17. Record and upload lectures 18. Publishing classroom notes 19. Providing unlimited additional resources to students 20. Providing supplementary reading material 21. 3-d molecules 22. Adding content and learning objects 23. Allowing students to read or listen to material repeatedly for understanding 24. Creating a virtual art gallery 25. Including a glossary of course terminology 26. Linking to library resources and databases 27. Mind-maps 28. Posting course syllabus for easy access 29. Posting daily news, quotes, words, etc. 30. Import hundreds of preprepared courses
Communication
31. Sharing student ideas and projects 32. Sharing community events 33. Setting up groups for classes (large or small) 34. Enhancing faculty-to-student communication 35. Enhancing student-to-student communication 36. Facilitating group projects by allowing students to discuss particular topics or exchange files 37. Getting 100% participation in class discussions 38. Helping students find study partners 39. Providing advance organization for in-class discussion 40. Sending specific emails to a subset (group) of students 41. Reminding students of important deadlines 42. Providing opportunities for learning communities 43. Providing online homework help (virtual office hours) 44. Encouraging out of class discussion via discussion boards or chat rooms 45. Encouraging collaborative learning 46. Comforting students as they are never alone when they have problems 47. Communicating expectations and objectives 48. Connecting students with community leaders and outside experts 49. Developing a mentoring system 50. Distributing email messages to students 51. Collecting student quotes 52. Assisting in creating connections and inclusion 53. Allowing shy students to express their thoughts
Assessment
54. Keeping students apprised of “how they are doing” 55. Measuring student access to course materials and tools 56. Organizing student papers electronically 57. Posting answers 58. Posting assignments and allow students to submit work digitally 59. Posting extra credit work 60. Encouraging reflective thinking 61. Gathering suggestions from students for course improvements 62. Gauging student understanding and interests 63. Giving students immediate feedback on quizzes and assignments 64. Promoting peer editing for review and suggestions 65. Recording, display, calculate, and analyze student scores 66. Publishing student writing 67. Providing self-help or self-improvement quizzes 68. Allowing students to monitor their own progress 69. Assessing student progress with just-in-time methods 70. Conducting student surveys for quick feedback 71. Creating drill and practice exercises 72. Developing formative and summative assessments 73. Eliminating time consuming exam grading 74. Providing interactive activities
Salient Features
75. Timing-control access to information by students 76. Putting an end to the “lost papers” excuse 77. Integrating technology into curriculum 78. Improving retention of course material 79. Helping students come to class prepared 80. Engaging students outside of class 81. Meeting student expectations 82. Providing 24x7 access to course materials—anytime, anywhere 83. Providing consistency in course structure 84. Providing continuous access to a student roster 85. Providing more time for classroom instruction and activities 86. Allowing students to review lecture notes before or after class 87. Alumini association 88. Copying course content from one quarter/section to another 89. Encouraging students to read their textbook 90. Encouraging students with different learning styles 91. Live lectures 92. Place students4. 93. Provide students with best available 94. Student online security 95. Guest lectures 96. Having alumni mentor current students 97. Keeping parents involved in learning process 98. Latest on internet 99. Student portfolios acts as CVs during placements 100. Write less and use computer more. Prepare for handwriting free world
BigGyan Cloud eLearning - Top 10 research papers on increasing effectiveness of eLearning
I was recently asked for a list of the top ten research papers that relate to increasing effectiveness of eLearning. I thought that’s a great idea. Top 10 lists are great way to get focused good quality content on any topic. I quickly searched on the internet and found no such list in spite of lot of research going on in eLearning. So I started reading literature on research in eLearning and started posting the best papers I found on the internet. This list is not comprehensive as I have not read the entire research paper set; however, it does include some great research papers. Hope you will enjoy reading and may be implementing the ideas provided therein.
1. Title - Delivering on the Promise of eLearning
eLearning is re-emerging as a solution for delivering online, hybrid, and synchronous learning regardless of physical location, time of day…… Read More
2. Title – Asynchronous & Synchronous E-learning
Today’s workforce is expected to be highly educated and to continually improve skills and acquire new ones by engaging in lifelong learning…… Read More
3. Title – Information Presentation for Effective E-Learning
In moving information onto a computer, people generally assume that the format and presentation have little effect on the information…… Read More
4. Title – Game designs that Enhance Motivation and Learning for Teenagers
Educational computer games, also known as e-learning games, are slowly becoming a part of the curriculum in secondary education…… Read More
5. Title – Optimizing E-Learning: research-based guidelines for learner-controlled training
In this rapidly changing work world, organizations are investing more money in training than ever before (Bassi & Van Buren, 1999)…… Read More
6. Title – We Learn Better Together: Enhancing eLearning with Emotional Characters
In this paper we explore a new direction for pedagogical computer characters, which we believe will maximize student’s learning gains and…… Read More
7. Title – New Global Initiative in E-Learning from MIT
The Learning International Network Consortium (LINC) is a MIT-managed project starting its activities in the year 2003…… Read More
8. Title – E-Learning in the USA: The Storm after the Storm
During the past five years college level e-learning has become an established feature on the US higher education landscape.…… Read More
9. Title – The Regulation of E-learning
The universe of post secondary education is expanding. It is an era of rapid demographic and labor market changes, increased competition…… Read More
10. Title – E-Learning Business Models - Framework and Best Practice Examples
According to several forecasts given by Gartner Group or International Data Corporation for example, E-Learning as a new buzzword for web…… Read More
E-Learning Business Models - Framework and Best Practice Examples
Part 10/10 - BigGyan Cloud eLearning: Top 10 research papers on increasing effectiveness of eLearning
Title – E-Learning Business Models - Framework and Best Practice Examples Author: Sabine Seufert, Institute for Media and Communications Management, University of St. Gallen
Abstract
According to several forecasts given by Gartner Group or International Data Corporation for example, E-Learning as a new buzzword for web-based education and its commercialization seems to be a growing market in the digital economy. This case study will analyze this new and dynamic E-Learning market and the corresponding changes on the education market. A framework of the different education models which have already developed on the ELearning market will be introduced and their benefits and risks discussed. Several cases demonstrate the new E-Learning models in action. Therefore, this contribution consists of several smaller cases which can be used for getting an overview of the E-Learning market and for a discussion about E-Learning as a promising E-Commerce application on the Internet.
Part 9/10 - BigGyan Cloud eLearning: Top 10 research papers on increasing effectiveness of eLearning
Title – The Regulation of E-learning Author: Diane Harley, Shannon Lawrence, Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
The universe of post secondary education is expanding. It is an era of rapid demographic and labor market changes, increased competition and shifts in institutional form (e.g., the rise of for-profit degree granters, the hybrid form of nonprofit/for-profit partnerships, corporate universities), and new forms of delivery driven by emerging technologies. In nearly all of these cases, the pace of innovation and establishment of new institutional forms outstrips the ability of regulators or policy makers to stay ahead of the curve.
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