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What We're Learning From Online Education

TED Talks Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn.

 

This is a good TED talk, outlining some of the ways in which MOOCs (Massive open online courses) might change the educational paradigms as collaborative technological resources become increasing ubiquitous. 

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TED-Ed Hits the Classroom with New Video Website

TED-Ed Hits the Classroom with New Video Website | Social Media Classroom | Scoop.it
The innovative minds at TED have brought a new educational video website to the head of the class. Today, TED-Ed launched http://ed.ted.com, a site that features TED-Ed’s original K-12 animated videos with accompanying lessons and quizzes.

 

I'm incredibly excited about this announcement.  I've included a few TED-Ed link on my site http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education and will continue to do so.  Khan Academy is not alone as a major free website that is producing great videos for educational purposes.  TED-Ed also has lesson materials at can be customized to your particular classroom needs.  

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Flipping the Classroom Requires More Than Video

Flipping the Classroom Requires More Than Video | Social Media Classroom | Scoop.it

Ultimately, success with a flipped class is a combination of understanding the pedagogical goals and using the technology and method to support them.


Via JackieGerstein Ed.D.
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More pedagogic change in 10 years than last 1000 years

Search, links, media sharing, social media, Wikipedia, games, open source etc. are ground breaking shifts in the way we learn, says Donald Clark. Unfortunate...

 

This TED talk highlights the shift changes that are revolutionizing educational practices.  Transformations is communication technologies has freed education from both spatial and temporal constraints of the past.  Social media technologies has made numerous shifts that some educators have resisted.  Donald Clark ends the talk with this poignant ending: "You can ignore it, but resistance is futile." 

 

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Why Khan Academy is so popular—and why teachers shouldn't feel threatened

Why Khan Academy is so popular—and why teachers shouldn't feel threatened | Social Media Classroom | Scoop.it
Sal Khan, whose online Khan Academy serves up video tutorials to more than 6 million students worldwide each month, wants to reassure teachers that the free educational service isn’t out to take their jobs—nor is it a statement about a teacher’s...
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TED Offers Free Video Lessons for High School and College Students

TED Offers Free Video Lessons for High School and College Students | Social Media Classroom | Scoop.it

Ted-ED, the educational wing of the TED Talks has launched a new series of videos, designed specifically to teach high school and college students.  I've found these incredibly helpful and a marvelous resource.  To see TED-ED's youtube channel visit: http://www.youtube.com/tededucation

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