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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry | Now Enrolling

education, elearn, elearning, free, hogwarts, learning, mooc, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://bit.ly/1iQSjDY Now this is a MOOC that I approve of – study seven courses (9 lessons each) at Hogwarts online. via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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Get Comic Neue – a more stylish Comic Sans

font, fonts, screenface, typography by Colin Simpson

http://bit.ly/1hpTeOW I don’t mind this – and it’s been released into the public domain without even requiring attribution by designer Craig Rozynski via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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BELLTONES: An Open Letter to Teachers Who do Not Prefer Technology – Internet@Schools Magazine

blog, digital literacy, edtech, elearn, flexed, screenface by Colin Simpson

Some interesting ideas in this post – we often overlook teachers that are tech-averse. http://bit.ly/1jBgtUy via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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Slides – Create and share presentations online

powerpoint, presentation, screenface, slides, slideshow, tools by Colin Simpson

https://slid.es/ Quick and easy to use online tool for creating slideshow based presentations via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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14 Web Tools For Teaching Without Student Logins – Edudemic

blog, edtech, elearn, screenface, tools, web2.0 by Colin Simpson

http://www.edudemic.com/web-tools-for-teaching-without-student-logins/ Some useful login-free online tools for use in teaching – I’m a particular fan of Padlet via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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English Raven: Moodle Tutorial: Page design to avoid the ‘scroll of death’…

education, elearn, elearning, Moodle, navigation, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://jasonrenshaw.typepad.com/jason_renshaws_web_log/2012/02/moodle-tutorial-page-design-to-avoid-the-scroll-of-death.html via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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How to Moderate a Forum » Laurel Papworth @SilkCharm

discussion, elearn, elearning, facilitation, flexed, forum, moderation, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://laurelpapworth.com/how-to-moderate-forum/ A very practical and informative guide to effectively running and moderating an online community from someone with a lot of experience in the field. via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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Kahoot! – handy online quiz activity builder supporting mobile access in class

clicker, elearn, elearning, flexed, interaction, interactive, mlearning, mobile, quiz, screenface, survey by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Kahoot! – handy online quiz activity builder supporting mobile access in class

https://create.kahoot.it/# Kahoot is a very simple but highly interactive online tool that enables teachers to create quizzes (or survey questions) that students are able to access via mobile devices. It takes a fairly gamified approach […]

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Mooc creators criticise courses’ lack of creativity | News | Times Higher Education

connectivism, elearn, elearning, mooc, moocs, screenface, stephen downes by Colin Simpson

http://ht.ly/pWmjI Stephen Downes pulls few punches as he discusses how the current iteration of the MOOC is far removed from the original ideas behind it. This has also been a concern of mine – the […]

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Technology-enhanced learning – workloads and costs | The Weblog of (a) David Jones

ed tech, elearn, elearning, screenface, teachers, teaching by Colin Simpson

http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/technology-enhanced-learning-workloads-and-costs/#comment-6535 A sensible overview of long overdue research into the real costs (time and money) for teachers developing and delivering eLearning. The number one issue that our teachers raise with me is that they would […]

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