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Emerging Online Learning Tools Research Session Mindmap

Clark Quinn

There were experts in each area, so names like Vanessa Dennan on social media, Curt Bonk in MOOCs, Florence Martin on synchronous Learning, and David Wiley on Open Education Research. So, in addition to all the research on research, David Wiley presented some outcome findings for OERs. Later he gave a more complex explanation why (e.g.

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Navigating the Journey to Teaching and Learning Online: Step 2

CourseArc

The 5Rs of Open Education Resources (OER) is a model that has been widely used for the rapid development of online content. OER Repositories – Resources for OER content. When creating content, consider if the lesson will occur synchronously or asynchronously. Synchronous Teaching and Learning Tips.

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Navigating the Journey to Teaching and Learning Online: Step 2

CourseArc

The 5Rs of Open Education Resources (OER) is a model that has been widely used for the rapid development of online content. OER Repositories – Resources for OER content. When creating content, consider if the lesson will occur synchronously or asynchronously. Synchronous Teaching and Learning Tips.

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How to Maintain Instructional Continuity in Times of Crisis

Hurix Digital

Consider what mechanisms are in place to deliver classes synchronously or asynchronously. Typically, with the flipped model, the more abstract and complex topics would be left for the synchronous portion of the class, and the more straightforward topics are completed online and asynchronously. A limit of one new tool is acceptable.

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Prioritizing Affordability, Flexibility, and Accessibility in Higher Education

Hurix Digital

Open Educational Resources (OER) Access Open educational resources (OER) are freely available digital materials that can be used in place of or in addition to traditional textbooks, and they are frequently incorporated into eLearning platforms.

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Moving Microlearning to the Cloud

Ed App

Microlearning through open educational resources (OERs) is one of the facets of learning that is fast gaining traction among people. The focus of this system is to deliver customized OERs as microlearning nuggets to satisfy the real-time needs of learners. The Challenges. These services run on top of a multimedia cloud infrastructure.

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Online Educa Berlin 2014 Conference Review #OEB14

eLearning 24-7

Many hands were raised and since 3rd party authoring tools output asynchronous based courses, it is clear to me, there is a high interest in asynch and not just synchronous based. One of the sessions I was in, was a blogger session which included Stephen Downes, a foremost expert on OER (Open Educational Resources).