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Challenge Your Online Learning Expectations

Dr. Steve Yuen — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:43:13 +0000

This is a helpful article for students who have never taken an online course, especially those who are returning to school several years after graduation. Many students believe that online learning will be drastically different from traditional in-class experiences, that they won’t be able to interact with professors and classmates, or that online courses may not be as valuable to a career or educational endeavors as those in a classroom.

The article “Challenge Your Online Learning Expectations” published recently by Onlinecollegecourses.com provides the realities of online college programs and what students need to know about them. It addresses these areas:

Isolation and the Online Environment
Online Courses and Your Career
What You Can Do to Prepare for Online Courses

Please feel free to read this article online and provide your comments.

The Dark Side of MOOCs

Dr. Steve Yuen — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:40:27 +0000

There has been an incredible rise in the popularity of MOOCs, but skeptics can’t help wonder: Are they worth all of the hype? This is an interesting infographic created by OnlineColleges.net.

How to Search for Openly Licensed Educational Resources

Dr. Steve Yuen — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:58:12 +0000

An informative infographic showing you on how to search for openly licensed educational resources.

How to Search for Openly Licensed Educational Resources infographic by coerll.

Learning Theories

Dr. Steve Yuen — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:13:40 +0000

This is an excellent infographic describing the basics of learning theories in a visual and understandable format.

Massive Open Online Courses Infographics

Dr. Steve Yuen — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:27:58 +0000

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are getting a lot of attention these days? They could be the next big thing in education. What are MOOCs? Why MOOCs are becoming popular? Why they are important? What are the benefits and issues of MOOCs? The infographics below offer good answers:

Presented By: Online Colleges

The following infographic is created by OnlineClasses.org

Profile of Online College Students

Dr. Steve Yuen — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:05:45 +0000

OnlineColleges recently created an infographic on the Profile of an Online College Student which is quite interesting. Some interesting highlights are:

6,142,280 college students take at least one course online
More than twice as many women as men enroll in online learning
Over 90% of online students say their career is their primary motivation for returning to school
Health Care is the Top Industry that the online students seek to enter
68% choose to learn online to better juggle family and work responsibilities with school
37% of online college students report that the lack of face-to-face contact with instructors, students is a problem
31% of online college students pay with some form of financial aid, such as student loans.

Have you ever taken an online class, or would you take one? Do you fit the online college student profile? What are your thoughts?

Courtesy of: Online Colleges

The Teacher’s Apple

Dr. Steve Yuen — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:38:52 +0000

An interesting infographic shared by Tess G. Pajaron at OpenCollege.

10 Emerging Learning Technologies for Teachers

Dr. Steve Yuen — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:36:07 +0000

K. Walsh from EmergingEdTech published an article “10 Emerging Education and Instructional Technologies that all Educators Should Know About (2012)” recently online. In his article, Walsh selected 10 emerging technologies that all teachers should know about in 2012. Here is his list:

The Flipped Classroom
The Apple iPad and other tablet devices
Smartphones
The Gamification of Education
Emergence of free online courses and the move towards providing credits and credentials for them
1 to 1 and BYOD initiative
Student Response Systems, polling apps, and other synchronous tools to increase interaction and engagement in both online courses and ground courses
Cloud apps for file storage, notetaking, and more
OER (Open Educational Resources)
Learning Analytics

I think Walsh did an excellent job of selecting these emerging technologies. I agree with all of his selection. However, I would add two more to the list:

E-Books
Augmented reality

I think e-books and augmented realty have a good potential and will make a great impact in learning.

Digital Media – New Learners of The 21st Century [A PBS Video]

Dr. Steve Yuen — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:20:45 +0000

A PBS show premiered on February 13, 2011 featuring the foremost thought leaders, innovators and practitioners in the field, Digital Media is a startling preview of a 21st Century education revolution.

Learning Analytics: Leveraging Education Data [Infographic]

Dr. Steve Yuen — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:29:44 +0000

Learning analytics (LA) is one of the growing important areas of educational research. The recent Horizon Report 2012 identified LA as one of six emerging technologies that is likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression within higher education over next 2 to 3 years. According to the 2012 Horizon Report, learning analytics refers to “the interpretation of a wide range of data produced by and gathered on behalf of students in order to assess academic progress, predict future performance, and spot potential issues.” Learning analytics involves the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs2. Learning analytics is largely concerned with improving learner success. To help readers better understand learning analytics, OpenColleges created an excellent infographic in which it provides an overview of learning analytics and explains what it can do, what can it be used for, and how it works.

Learning Analytics: Leveraging Education Data – An infographic by the team at Open Colleges