NMC Horizon Report > 2013 K-12 Education Edition

The New Media Consortium, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), with the support of HP, produced the "NMC Horizon Report > 2013 K-12 Edition".
This fifth edition in the annual K-12 series of the NMC Horizon Project examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry within the environment of pre-college education.

Read more at: http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-k12

Take the lead in Elementary Education with an online Masters degree

A masters in elementary education online is often necessary for a position as an administrator, curriculum developer, or education program director.
This page provides information on what is studied and where you can study these programs.

Find out more about online elementary education masters degrees: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/online-elementary-education-masters

What is involved in studying an Elementary Education degree online?

An elementary school teacher needs flexibility to be able to teach across several systems/modes.  They also need to be able to teach a range of areas and ages.
This page provides information on elementary education online degrees, what is studied in them, where you can study them, the prospects, and more ...

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/elementary-education-online-degrees

June 13, 2013: IJEDICT Weekly News is out

"IJEDICT Weekly News", by Stewart Marshall: A free online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about ICT for education and development.

Read and subscribe free online at: http://paper.li/f-1325685118

MOOCs, Hype, and the Precarious State of Higher Ed: Futurist Bryan Alexander

Does it continue to make sense to go to college when the sticker price of a college education is soaring, the amount of debt college students are taking on – even for the non-elite universities and what were formerly affordable public universities – is severely constraining their choices post-graduation, and job prospects for new graduates are dismal?
 
Howard Rheingold's recent video interview and blog post at: http://dmlcentral.net/blog/howard-rheingold/moocs-hype-and-precarious-state-higher-ed-futurist-bryan-alexander

Progress your career by taking an Education Management degree online

This page provides information on what is studied in Education management online degrees, where you can study them, prospects, and more ...

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/education-management-online

What Is Web 3.0 And How Will It Change Education? - Edudemic

We'll reach a new state of web skills when we reinvent technology tools to better enhance our personal learning. We'll be at 3.0 when schools are everywhere and not viewed as daycare.

So what is Web 3.0 and how will it change education? What does that even mean?

Read more at: http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/what-is-web-3-0-and-how-will-it-change-education/

Be special leader with a Special Education Doctorate

Special education programs at doctoral level provide an excellent means to obtain the requisite knowledge and skills, and to qualify for any aspect of this rewarding area.
Find out about special education doctoral programs online and how they can prepare you for a most rewarding career. This page provides more detail about the programs and where you can take them.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/special-education-doctoral

Studying Special Education Degree Programs Online

Special education programs online - how they prepare teachers of students who are learning disabled, developmentally challenged, or gifted and talented.

Find out more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/special-education-programs-online

Andy Kessler: Professors Are About to Get an Online Education

In The Wall Street Journal, Andy Kessler says Georgia Tech's new Internet master's degree in computer science is the future of education.
"Education is going to change, the question is how and when. Think about it: Today's job market—whether you're designing new drugs, fracking for oil, writing mobile apps or marketing Pop Chips—requires graduates who can think strategically in real time, have strong cognitive skills, see patterns, work in groups and know their way around highly visual virtual environments. This is the same generation that grew up playing online games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, but who are almost never asked to use their online skills in any classroom."

Read more at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324659404578504761168566272.html

OpenCurriculum: A K-12 Learning Content Hub

OpenCurriculum is a place to create, access and share K-12 learning materialOur mission is to bring openness and innovation to K-12 education around the world
We believe that every child in the world deserves access to a high-quality early education. Such an education empowers individuals to grow and get access to opportunities better than ever before, and thus drives economic development.
A crucial aspect of every individual’s education journey is WHAT he/she learns. It defines not just the instruction and testing, but also each individual and the society on the whole. It is our sincere belief that openness and innovation in curricula is fundamental to moving humanity forward, and affecting positive change in the community. And thus, we are committed to making it happen.

Find out more at: http://www.theopencurriculum.org/

Open Source Software and Open Educational Resources

Open source software (OSS) and open educational resources (OER) share a common heritage and philosophy - they are both about giving everyone access and permission to use, change and re-use material.
Find out more about open source software and open educational resources (OER), so that you can use them in your teaching and learning.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/open-source

Open Educational Resources: Opening Access to Knowledge

IRRODL, Vol 14, No 2 (2013). Special Issue - Open Educational Resources: Opening Access to Knowledge

Special issues give our readers and our authors an opportunity to focus on a theme of particular relevance. Certainly open educational resources, open courses, open publishing of scholarly works, and most recently open courses are particularly relevant issues to all distance educators and researchers.

The issue was aptly edited by Rory McGreal, Athabasca University,  Wanjira Kinuthia, Georgia State University, and Stewart Marshall, The University of the West Indies, with technical assistance from Tim McNamara.

Issue published at: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/issue/view/56

Studying for an Educational Leadership Administration Doctorate

Most people who choose to specialize in educational leadership administration at doctoral level are already licensed teachers or school administrators wishing to further their career in administration.  Indeed, a doctorate in this subject is required for principal or superintendent licensure in several states of the US.
This page provides information on what is studied and where you can study such programs online.

Read more at http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/educational-leadership-administration-doctorate

46 Education App Review Sites For Teachers And Students

Katie and I can't cover the entire education app industry by ourselves. Luckily, there are dozens of other sites specifically devoted to education app reviews for teachers and students.

Read more at: http://edudemic.com/2013/05/46-education-app-review-sites-for-teachers-and-students/

IJEDICT Weekly News

"IJEDICT Weekly News", by Stewart Marshall: A free, online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about education and development using ICT.

Read and subscribe free at: http://paper.li/f-1325685118

3 Comics to Help You Procrastinate Until Graduation

Is graduation so close, yet so far away? Add some laughter to your procrastination with these comics from Toothpaste For Dinner.

See it on Scoop.it, via Studying Teaching and Learning

Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley

Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.

See video at: http://youtu.be/wX78iKhInsc

Get a rewarding career with an Online Early Childhood Degree

Early childhood education is usually taken to be the education of children from birth to age 8. This page provides information about online early childhood degrees, what is studied in the programs, where you can study them, and more ...

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/online-early-childhood-degrees

Open Educational Resources: Innovation, Research and Practice

NOW AVAILABLE:

Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning:
Open Educational Resources: Innovation, Research and Practice

Rory McGreal, Wanjira Kinuthia and Stewart Marshall, Eds. May 2013

Published jointly by the Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University, Canada (UNESCO/COL Chair in OER) as CC-BY-SA and freely available to all: www.col.org/psOERIRP. Available in PDF and epub formats.

This book is one in a series of OER resources published by COL. It describes the OER movement in detail, providing readers with insight into OER's significant benefits, its theory and practice, and its achievements and challenges. The 16 chapters, written by some of the leading international experts on the subject, are organised into four parts by theme:
OER in AcademiaOER in Practice:Diffusion of OERProducing, Sharing and Using OER
Instructional designers, curriculum developers, educational technologists, teachers, researchers, students, others involved in creating, studying or using OER: all will find this timely resource informative and inspiring.