Gamers and non-gamers, enjoy this game studies MOOC in game-based learning style. This story is built by Professor Sherry Jones - one of the course instructors. [View the story "Game Studies with rgMOOC 2 (Rhetoric and Game-Based MOOC)!" on Storify]

The GSMA’s mEducation initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of mobile education solutions, particularly mobile-enabled portable devices, such as e-Readers and tablets, in mainstream education settings. This global initiative seeks to understand the landscape and address the barriers and opportunities in this emerging market. The GSMA has published a joint report with McKinsey & Company, Transforming... Read More ›

After you finish the authoring of learning content, you need to decide which option(s) of publishing formats to be used. Actually having the available options in your mind before authoring the content is suggested, because the options might be limited with your chosen tool. You want your learning and performance support content to be as accessible as possible... Read More ›

by Judy Willis M.D., M.Ed., re-published from TeachThought.com In terms of writing and the brain, there are multiple reasons for embedding writing throughout STEM courses. Writing promotes the brain’s attentive focus to class work and homework, promotes long-term memory, illuminates patterns (possibly even "aha" moment insight!), includes all students as participants, gives the brain time for reflection,... Read More ›

By Saga Briggs, re-published from www.opencolleges.edu.au with permission In the context of learning, intrinsic motivation is motivation that stems not from external factors like grades and status, but rather from genuine interest and ambition. Like altruism, it assumes no reward. But - like altruism - it is difficult to corroborate. Even if Sally, your best student, completes the... Read More ›

The "Innovating Pedagogy" series of reports from Open University explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation. This second report updates proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have not yet had a profound influence on education. MOOCs In the... Read More ›

Vol. 9, No. 2 of the MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) has been published and is available online. In this issue you will find 12 peer-reviewed scholarly articles, nine of which comprise the much-awaited Special Issue on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), guest edited by Dr. George Siemens (Athabasca University), Dr. Valerie Irvine... Read More ›

(This is the 15th article of the series of learning design tips from dominKnow KnowledgeBase; this post is to demonstrate what details you can program when exporting your course in Claro authoring environment) When publishing you can select a Publishing Profile or click the "…" button next to the publishing profiles select box to manage your profiles.... Read More ›

14 open content resources for English Language Art are reviewed here, including curricula, professional development resources, ebooks and videos. One of them is for special need learners. Developing Core Proficiencies Curriculum Developed by Odell Education (OE) and funded by the USNY Regents Research Fund, the Developing Core Proficiencies Curriculum is an integrated set of English... Read More ›

Teaching is not simply the delivery of content, via lecture-taxi, to passive minds. Participation and collaboration ignites powerful learning, and empowers students to engage in thoughtful, meaningful scholarship. And open source can be the catalyst. Here are five great open source applications for learning, recommended by Charlie and first published on OpenSource.com. Xournal Annotation, journaling, and note-taking... Read More ›