Resources and information
07 March 2013
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Resources | Generic Resources, History
Manuscripts Online is a crowd-sourced respository of British primary resources that date from 1000 to 1500 A.D. The collection, available through library, archive, university, and publisher websites, amasses an ample supply of literary manuscripts, historical documents, and early printed books central to the study of English literature and...
United Kingdom
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The ROLE (Responsive Open Learning Environments) project provides technology to support teachers in developing open personal learning environments for their students. It centers on self-regulated learning so as to promote independent learners who can plan their learning process, search for resources, and reflect on their progress.
The ROLE...
International
07 March 2013
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Publication | Other
This paper summarizes ATC21S assessments for ICT Literacy, including a description of data (collected in Fall 2011 studies in Australia, Finland, Singapore and the U.S.) and discussion on how assessment outcomes can be reported. ATC21S aims to help educators around the world equip students with 21st century skills to succeed in career...
International
04 March 2013
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Resources | Technology
This 3-hour introductory course concentrates on Self Regulated Learning (SRL), a process by which learners determine their individual goals. SRL aims to enable students to be in comand of their own learning process, and has often has a positive effect on personal motivation and improving learning achievements.
This...
International
04 March 2013
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Publication | Study
This article provides an introduction to how teachers can successfully incorporate computers as teaching tools in their classroom. 21st C. students are often well-versed in this technology, and consider computers as necessary to learning as textbooks, notebooks, and pens. The same is not always true for their teachers. This resource points out...
Spain
04 March 2013
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Resources | Art
This Open CourseBook offers an introduction to Fashion Photography. It introduces students to understanding the role of Fashion Photography and aims to give them the knowledge of how Fashion images are created.
United Kingdom
04 March 2013
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Publication | Other
Collaborative problem solving draws upon social and cognitive skills that can be analysed in classroom environments where they are both measurable and teachable. This paper provides a conceptual framework of collaborative problem solving that is informed by findings from fields of research as diverse as cognitive science, education, social...
International
28 February 2013
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Resources | Generic Resources
The Education Competencies represent many of abilities required for successful job performance in education. The competencies were created in in 2006 and adapted for education.
International
28 February 2013
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Innovators in the education field are mainly individuals. Innovative teachers who created their own educational resources often do not want to share their content; they don’t think about scalability and believe that this content only works for them. It’s crucial to show them how they can be examples for others. Microsoft has therefore...
International
28 February 2013
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The ultimate goal of the project is to move from small marginal pilot projects to implementing new forms of assessment within a coherent teaching and learning system. This paper focuses on the reform needed in school and government systems to achieve this shift.
International