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Top 11 Surprising Benefits of Online Learning

Learning is a never ending process, even though for some they think it is. With technology at the palm of our hands, distance learning is not a thing anymore. Hence, it is an opportunity for people to grab. This, for example, can surprise many people, but online learning can provide more benefits for people who want constant learning.

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Added by Kerry Creaswood on April 28, 2017 at 5:51am — No Comments

How to Increase Student Engagement with Online Learning Platforms

Modern technology makes it possible for educators to reach learners from different parts of the world. New tools provided by online platforms pave the way to a modernized, more enjoyable interactive…

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Added by Eliza Medley on April 27, 2017 at 2:28am — No Comments

10 Resources to Help Students in Semester Abroad

As a student, going to college is definitely exciting! But it can also be a bit frightening, especially with the uncertainty that comes…

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Added by Kate Simpson on April 27, 2017 at 1:10am — No Comments

4 Approaches to Building Positive Community in Any Classroom

The classroom is a community and for students to feel good in that community, you need to make sure the atmosphere is positive, enabling and liberating. Of course, those kinds of words are a great deal easier to write than to actually implement. Fortunately, they’re not impossible to implement. You just need…

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Added by Pat Fredshaw on April 25, 2017 at 2:38pm — No Comments

4 Tips on How to Protect Yourself on the Internet

Being safe in the internet is becoming harder and harder by the day. There are countless viruses, phishing scams and hackers out there who want nothing more but to use your information and data against you. Luckily, we are here to talk about some of the best tips you can use in order to protect yourself on the internet and surf without any harm.

Safely stored smart passwords

Using passwords…

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Added by Ashley Kornee on April 25, 2017 at 1:42am — No Comments

How to Improve Memory of Students Using These Easy Tools

It’s funny. We have this idea about how our memory works which are – in fact – completely inaccurate. We have this idea that our memory is a lot like a movie, where we can simply rewind to the moment that we wish to recall. This isn’t anything like how memory actually works. Instead, memory is initially stored in short-term memory and only a certain amount of short-term memory is written into long-term memory, based on a number of factors like an…

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Added by Nelma Lumme on April 24, 2017 at 5:38am — No Comments

6 Top Apps to Improve Your Writing Skills

 

Texting has become the new method of rapid communication. And with it has come what some would describe as a new “normal” language, full of abbreviations, emoticons, and acronyms. Indeed, there are now entire ‘dictionaries,’ so that newcomers to texting can understand and use this new language. 

Not So Fast

So, what will become of our traditional English? Will it slowly give way to this new language as we continue to look for ‘shortcuts?’ Unfortunately…

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Added by Nelma Lumme on April 11, 2017 at 8:30am — No Comments

6 Strategies to Make Your Online Teaching Better

We’ve been teaching for a long time and thereby figured out what does and doesn’t work in the classroom. A lot of that has already passed into general understanding (though there are still some great ideas being discovered). That isn’t true for online teaching. There we’re still very much…

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Added by Janet Athony on April 11, 2017 at 5:15am — No Comments

Amazing Ways Teachers Can Use 3D Printing to Teach Math and Science

You might not have thought of this yet, but 3D printing is a fantastic way to teach some subjects in school. For example, as this title suggests, you can use it to teach both math and science. That sounds pretty impressive, no? In that way, you can teach them both about these subjects and give them the chance to take responsibility for what they’re…

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Added by Kerry Creaswood on April 5, 2017 at 5:54am — No Comments

8 Best Tools to Proofread Your Online Course

There's nothing that will crush your credibility faster than an online course riddled with grammatical and spelling errors. Get rid of any trace of written errors throughout your online course by proofreading them using these great online tools. For accuracy in your writing, these are some of the best resources for cleaning up your online courses and keeping the…

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Added by Mary Walton on January 16, 2017 at 6:38am — No Comments

25 things to love about Linux

Today marks 25 years of Linux, the most successful software ever.

At LinuxCon this week, Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation spoke words of admiration, praise, and excitement from the keynote stage, saying "…

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Added by maria katosvich on August 31, 2016 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

Best Dissertation Writing Tools And Resources For Academic Writers

Academic writing is a skill that needs to be honed. Whether you're a faculty member or a student, everyone can use some pointers now and again. This guide will show you eight of the best online tools out there. They'll give you tips and help you through the entire writing process, no matter how often you need a helping hand.

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Added by Mary Walton on August 19, 2016 at 8:52am — No Comments

3 Storytelling Strategies to Capture Learners’ Attention

We’re a storytelling species. That’s how we evolved and for the longest time that was how we made sense of the world. We told stories around fires about how the world fit together, about why summer turned to winter and why the stars moved across the sky.

Nowadays we have other tools to explain the world, but that doesn’t make stories any less powerful. In fact, I’d like to argue that it makes them more so. Statistics for example, might be more accurate, more informative and more…

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Added by Julie Ellis on August 18, 2016 at 7:52am — No Comments

Registration OPEN: Open Access Conference 2015 at SJSU



Open Access Conference: Learning from Experience

San Jose State University, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

October 23, 2015



In celebration of Open Access Week, San Jose State University will be hosting its biennial one-day conference on October 23, 2015, on all things Open: Open Access, Open Educational Resources, Open Education. ​Here are just some of the thought-provoking presentations offered:



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Added by Ann Agee on September 17, 2015 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Open Access Conference 2015: Learning from Experience

OPEN ACCESS CONFERENCE 2015:

LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE





San Jose State University

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

October 23, 2015



Call For Proposals



In celebration of Open Access Week, San Jose State…

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Added by Ann Agee on June 8, 2015 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Last Chance to Register! Open Access Un/Conference

Open Access Un/Conference: Promote, Impact, Assess

San Jose State University, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

October 25, 2013…


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Added by Ann Agee on October 3, 2013 at 10:27am — No Comments

Registration OPEN: Open Access Un/Conference

Open Access Un/Conference: Promote, Impact, Assess

San Jose State University, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

October 25, 2013





In celebration of Open Access Week, San Jose State University will be hosting a one-day conference October 25, 2013 on all things Open: Open Access, Open Resources, Open Education. This event will be a dynamic combination of formal refereed…

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Added by Ann Agee on September 9, 2013 at 6:05pm — No Comments

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Added by Ursula Jack on August 6, 2013 at 9:59pm — No Comments

Call for Proposals for the Open Access Un/Conference: Promote, Impact, Assess

Open Access Un/Conference: Promote, Impact, Assess 

San Jose State University, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library 

October 25, 2013 

Call For Proposals
 



Final deadline for submission: August 1, 2013



In celebration of Open Access Week, San Jose State University will be…
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Added by Ann Agee on May 20, 2013 at 11:57am — No Comments

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