Think Moodle is an old and boring LMS, think again! There are quite a few emerging platforms aiming to facilitate "gamification of education", but who can resist our old brother Moodle who is free, open-source, community-driven and has caught up the trend of gamifying learning. Badge, badge, badge From Moodle 2.5 and after, it’s possible... Read More ›

From "Innovating Pedagogy"(2012, 2013) published by The Open University, several emerging pedagogies and trends were studied. Publisher-led short courses are short courses offered by publishers either in affiliation with recognised educational providers, or independently. The publisher’s incentive is to understand learners in the subject areas covered by their regular publications, and to engage consumers in extended learning... Read More ›

Traditionally, college students have spent long nights in campus libraries thumbing through leatherbound volumes of academic journals and research reports. The importance of these publications has remained intact over the years, but most of today’s tech-savvy students opt to access this information using online databases. These sites generally fall into two categories. Some databases require... Read More ›

This slideshare presentation has been popular since it’s published, if you haven’t read it, enjoy! Mobile Education - Lessons from 35 Education Experts on Improving Learning with Mobile Technology from Studio B Productions, Inc.

Mobile and ubiquitous technologies have been expected to foster shifting from classroom based learning to the one that is free from time and space boundaries. In the paper — "Guidelines on Implementing Successful Seamless Learning Environments", the authors review recent researches on mobile assisted learning in order to set pedagogically-based guidelines for instructors, learning environment designers and the administrative end or decision... Read More ›

Open Educational Resources can be as large and comprehensive as a course or textbook (including one enhanced with images, multimedia, and assessments), or as small as an image, video clip, or worksheet. OER can take virtually all formats, including print, audio, images, video, animation, and other types of instructional content, though they are most often thought... Read More ›

This infographic by MobileDevelpmentExperts helps you understand the pros and cons of mobile site vs responsive design.

This lesson is comprised of several facets of using OERs for Common Core State Standards (CCSS), including finding OERs aligned to CCSS, integrating OERs into teaching and learning, contributing to OERs you use. Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Educators across the nation are working hard to begin developing updated curricula that will fit into the... Read More ›

Jessie Choi [wcchoi@ied.edu.hk], Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Abstract This study investigates the use of e-portfolios in an independent learning process of learners in English as a second language (ESL). In this study, the instructor uses e-portfolios to manage the self-learning records of learners, to allow learners to interact with peers, and to... Read More ›

"For The Teachers" (www.fortheteachers.org) has built an organized resource for different instructional strategies. They are categorized into several moments of needs when teachers want to: Determine if students are ready to move on Discuss & examine events, people, concepts and ideas Put students in groups Use physical activity to increase engagement and memory retention Create... Read More ›