I'll be honest, I'm not a big fan of RSS feeds. While I see the possibility of receiving information on new uses of technology to integrate into the classroom, it can become a bit busy. The feeds can get overwhelming and then become useless due to the lack of attention paid to a specific article. I tried a few different readers and found that my.yahoo.com was the best of the worst. It's still jumbled, but the extension that I have now for Google chrome lets me easily manage the feeds on there.
Online Education
Online Education Steve E. Abston Purdue University - EDCI 270 Course Online Education This journal evaluates the perceived and actual education via internet learning. Engagement online was still fairly new when this journal was published in 2011 and has changed drastically since that date. It's interesting to see the initial interaction that academia and society had with this emerging way of learning. At the time of the study, "5.6 million students were taking at least one online course during the fall of 2009" and I would imagine those numbers have exploded since. Much of the engagement in this article was directed towards higher education, however it is clear to see that so much of this journal is now applicable all the way down to even first grade now. The journal probes the possibilities of a lack of engagement in the learning process due to online education, but I believe that we now have a much better grasp on, not only escaping the possibility of less engagement but, making sure that there is MORE engagement than ever before. References Wang, Shuyan (2011). Promoting Student's Online Engagement with Communication Tools, Journal of Educational Technology Development & Exchange, Vol.4 Issue 1, p81-90, 10p, 3 Charts, The University of Southern Mississippi: http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=e8072b4a-6170-4fde-963f-d3dc085c7ac1%40sessionmgr113&vid=2&hid=120 |
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