May 2012
198 posts
Microsoft Office for iPad to Launch on November 10...
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group We have been anticipating it for months. Rumors have been circulating throughout the entire first half of 2012. First, we learned that Microsoft had submitted a series of apps to the App Store for approval. Then, we thought we’d see an official launch alongside the new iPad. Even as recent as a week ago, we discovered that the company will be ready this...
The Best iPad Styluses [Best Of] | Cult of Mac
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group “If you see a stylus they failed.” That might be everybody’s favorite Steve Jobs quote about touch screens, but the fact is the finger is terrible at both drawing and writing — just look at your kid’s scrawlings up on the refrigerator door if you don’t believe me. If you want to make pictures and words that the rest of the world can recognize as such, you...
Apple Will Now Disclose an App’s Privacy Policy...
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group Did you guys hear about the big privacy scandal involving social networking app Path? Well, apparently, the app was downloading each user’s entire address book, without consent, and keeping the information. See on padgadget.com
OnLive Desktop Plus Puts Windows 7 on the iPad in...
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group The fastest high-speed Internet service is courtesy of OnLive Desktop Plus. The “plus” is a 1-gigabit-a-second Net connection with the ability to view Flash videos on your iPad. Your iPad can’t play Flash videos on the Web. Mine can. Your copy of Windows needs constant updating and patching and protection against viruses and spyware. Mine is always clean...
OnLive Desktop Plus Puts Windows 7 on the iPad in...
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group The fastest high-speed Internet service is courtesy of OnLive Desktop Plus. The “plus” is a 1-gigabit-a-second Net connection with the ability to view Flash videos on your iPad. Your iPad can’t play Flash videos on the Web. Mine can. Your copy of Windows needs constant updating and patching and protection against viruses and spyware. Mine is always clean...
Microsoft Office for iPad spotted, soon to hit App...
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group Update: Whooooaaaaa…hold your horses. Microsoft says it ain’t so: A Microsoft spokeswoman issued this statement: “The Daily story is based on inaccurate rumors and speculation. We hav… See on 9to5mac.com
iMedicalApps
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group http://www.imedicalapps.com/platform-os/ipad/ iMedicalApps.com iMedicalApps is an independent online medical publication written by a team of physicians and medical students who provide commentary and reviews of mobile medical technology and applications. We receive over 400,000 views a month by the medical community. Reviews and commentary are based on...
Samsung's Learning Hub to compete with iTunes U
See on Scoop.it - Mobile Learning in Higher Education Samsung has taken the wraps off a new learning platform for its Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 which will go head-to-head with iTunes U. Called Learning Hub, it will be on hand to offer educational content which is set to include 6,000 textbooks and videos from 30 different education service providers. See on techradar.com
Apple Configurator Walkthrough: TJ Houston - iPads...
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group Apple recently released a tool to help configure and maintain IOS devices such as iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches. This is a quick overview and getting star… See on ipadeducators.ning.com
Supervising Devices with Apple Configurator -...
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group Via www.techrecess.com - This video outlines how to use Apple Configurator to supervise devices and install applications, settings, and documents onto the devi…… See on ipadeducators.ning.com
Create a "Send to iPad" link as a print option -...
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group Last week while at an Apple Sys Admin seminar they showed this cool trick to add “Send to iTunes” as an option in the PDF section in OSX. See on ipadeducators.ning.com
Create a "Send to iPad" link as a print option -...
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group Last week while at an Apple Sys Admin seminar they showed this cool trick to add “Send to iTunes” as an option in the PDF section in OSX. See on ipadeducators.ning.com
Video Annotation Tool [Academic Technology...
See on Scoop.it - eLearning and Blended Learning in Higher Education Academic Technology Services… VideoANT is a simple, easy-to-use environment which synchronizes online video with timeline-based text annotations. It is designed to engage learners by supporting interactions between students, instructors, and their videos. The product supports a number of video formats from FLV to MOV. As...
Clipboard - Select. Collect. Reflect.
See on Scoop.it - Curation in Higher Education Select. Collect. Reflect…. “Copying and pasting is something we all do. Sometimes it’s for ourselves, but when we’re on the web we’re probably copying and pasting things to share with friends. Links, photos, and text get copied and pasted every day into emails, IM’s, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Clipboard, a web app created by Gary...
Clipboard - Select. Collect. Reflect.
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education Select. Collect. Reflect…. “Copying and pasting is something we all do. Sometimes it’s for ourselves, but when we’re on the web we’re probably copying and pasting things to share with friends. Links, photos, and text get copied and pasted every day into emails, IM’s, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Clipboard, a web app...
Collect Any Type of Web Content Into Visual...
See on Scoop.it - Curation in Higher Education From Journalism.co.uk: “The content curation website Bundlr has just announced a new version of its service which allows for embedding of content from a wide range of sources. By partnering with Embedly the site now supports over 200 sources of content, including Storify, Pinterest and Amazon, for users to add to their bundles. Embedly is...
California Inches Closer to Open Content in Higher...
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education California is moving closer to the realm of open education resources (OER) with passage of two bills in its state senate that would fund development of digital textbooks and courseware for free or low-cost use in higher education. See on campustechnology.com
Mapping the scope of academic research in...
See on Scoop.it - eLearning and Blended Learning in Higher Education This is a survey for university-based researchers working in the broad area of education and digital technology/digital media. If your research covers any aspect of education and digital technology/digital media then we would be very grateful if you could complete the following questions. This is an independent study conducted...
Mapping the scope of academic research in...
See on Scoop.it - eLearning and Blended Learning in Higher Education This is a survey for university-based researchers working in the broad area of education and digital technology/digital media. If your research covers any aspect of education and digital technology/digital media then we would be very grateful if you could complete the following questions. This is an independent study conducted...
The Net Generation encountering e-learning at...
See on Scoop.it - eLearning and Blended Learning in Higher Education The Net Generation encountering e-learning at university Welcome to the the Net Generation Encountering eLearning at University Project (NetGen for short) which is based at the Open University and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The overall aim of the research is to provide an empirically based...
Readdle
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group PDF Expert lets you read and annotate PDF documents, highlight text, make notes, draw with your finger and save these changes which are compatible with Preview and Adobe Acrobat! Moreover, PDF Expert is the only iPad application that can fill in PDF forms! See on readdle.com
Readdle
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group PDF Expert lets you read and annotate PDF documents, highlight text, make notes, draw with your finger and save these changes which are compatible with Preview and Adobe Acrobat! Moreover, PDF Expert is the only iPad application that can fill in PDF forms! See on readdle.com
The Learning Analytics Challenge: Culture of Data...
See on Scoop.it - Learning Analytics in Higher Education In today’s complex world, post-secondary institutions are under competitive, customer, and regulatory pressures to account for our business performance, our contribution to the societies we serve, our research productivity, and most important, our students’ success. Learning Analytics is seen as a key tool to enable us to do so. See on...
PEAR – Student learning through online Peer...
See on Scoop.it - Rubrics, Assessment and eProctoring in Higher Education A professor in the College of Biological Science at the University of Guelph wanted to lead his senior students through the process of writing, revising, and submitting a peer-reviewed article. PEAR, a peer evaluation, assessment, and review tool, developed in Teaching Support Services (now the Centre for Open Learning...
PEAR – Student learning through online Peer...
See on Scoop.it - Rubrics, Assessment and eProctoring in Higher Education A professor in the College of Biological Science at the University of Guelph wanted to lead his senior students through the process of writing, revising, and submitting a peer-reviewed article. PEAR, a peer evaluation, assessment, and review tool, developed in Teaching Support Services (now the Centre for Open Learning...
BlackboardTV - YouTube
See on Scoop.it - Blackboard Tips, Tricks and Guides for Higher Education Blackboard works with our clients to develop and implement technology that improves every aspect of education. See on youtube.com
TechLearning: Video Tutorial: Participating in...
See on Scoop.it - Blackboard Tips, Tricks and Guides for Higher Education This video tutorial provides guidelines for teachers and students conducting online discussions in an LMS. See on techlearning.com
50 resources for iPad use in the classroom | ZDNet
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group A roundup of educational articles, apps and tutorials for educators looking to integrate iPads into the classroom. “The transition to the more extensive use of technology in classrooms across the West has resulted in the integration of bring your own device (BYOD) schemes, equipping students with netbooks and tablet computers, and lessons that use...
Today's Apps Gone Free: Screenshot Journal, Fotor,...
See on Scoop.it - Curtin iPad User Group Todays AGF list includes a utility app for designers, an all-in-one photo app, and an app for creating beatbox-style music videos. See on appadvice.com
Badges for Lifelong Learning | HASTAC
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education This group is open to anyone who wants to join the rich conversation sparked by the Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition. Browse through the links we’ve posted here, or check out Badges for Lifelong Learning Scoop.it and #dmlbadges or #openbadges on Twitter. See on hastac.org
Video Curation: Auto-Create YouTube Video...
See on Scoop.it - Augmented, Alternate and Virtual Realities in Higher Education Robin Good: YouTube has released new functionality that allows you to create an embeddable video playlist on any topic, or user ID while integrating thumbnails for all clips included. Here is an example. Go to: http://www.youtube.com/embed/?listType=user_uploads&list=RobinGood&showinfo=1 and...
"World is Open with Web Technology" (i.e.,...
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education A unit overview for Curtis Bonk’s Fall 2012 class at Indiana University. The site contains a complete 15 week overview of the program and details most of the resources and strategies employed. A timely example of both the technologies an academic can use in their teaching and learning program, and a model for how to go...
REVIEW - Student Self Assessment | Graduate...
See on Scoop.it - Rubrics, Assessment and eProctoring in Higher Education REVIEW is a web-based Assurance of Learning (AoL) solution, allowing Universities to automate marking of criteria-based assessment of students, formulated by program learning goals and graduate attributes. See on review-edu.com
Digital Badges for Learning | U.S. Department of...
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education “Badges can help speed the shift from credentials that simply measure seat time, to ones that more accurately measure competency. We must accelerate that transition. And, badges can help account for formal and informal learning in a variety of settings.” See on ed.gov
Digital Badges for Learning | U.S. Department of...
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education “Badges can help speed the shift from credentials that simply measure seat time, to ones that more accurately measure competency. We must accelerate that transition. And, badges can help account for formal and informal learning in a variety of settings.” See on ed.gov
Critical Technology: Open Badges Learning Plan
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education See on criticaltechnology.blogspot.com.au
Critical Technology: Open Badges Learning Plan
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education See on criticaltechnology.blogspot.com.au
Open badges: recognizing learning online
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education Over the last 6 months, the potential of ‘badges’ to incent and recognize learning online has been a hot topic for many of us at Mozilla. We’re in the early stages of creating the… See on commonspace.wordpress.com
BadgeStack: A Badge-Empowered Learning System -...
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education BadgeStack is an innovative system with a game-like approach that assesses skills, recognizes learner achievement, sparks community, and excites learners of all ages. See on badgestack.com
BadgeStack: A Badge-Empowered Learning System -...
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education BadgeStack is an innovative system with a game-like approach that assesses skills, recognizes learner achievement, sparks community, and excites learners of all ages. See on badgestack.com
App Store - UniJobs
See on Scoop.it - Learning Analytics in Higher Education UniJobs.com.au is Australia’s University Job Website, and lists academic and non academic positions from universities Australia wide. UniJobs is undoubtedly the world’s largest university jobs network, and is now supported by MyUniversity - the online academic profile system that allows you to sync your online UniJobs account directly to...
Learning Analytics: The Future is Now
See on Scoop.it - Learning Analytics in Higher Education GUEST COLUMN | By Deb Everhart Everyone is talking about analytics applied to education and how “big data” can (will?) transform many aspects of our educational institutions. And for those of u… See on edtechdigest.wordpress.com
Connected Learning Infographic | Connected...
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education There is wide agreement that we need new models of education, and not simply new models of schooling, but entirely new visions of learning better suited to the increasing complexity, connectivity, and velocity of our new knowledge society. We now have the capability to reimagine where, when, and how learning takes place. See on...
User Generated Education: Connected Learning: A...
See on Scoop.it - Open Educational Resources in Higher Education Connected Learning, a new research-driven initiative, was introduced at the Digital Media and Learning Conference 2012. We see a growing gap between the learning mediums with which young people eng… See on usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com
TalkMiner
See on Scoop.it - eLearning and Blended Learning in Higher Education TalkMiner aggregates and indexes lecture videos available across the internet. The system processes RSS feeds from a variety of sites to collect lecture videos. The system automatically processes the video to generate metadata describing each talk including the video frames that contain slides, their time offsets, and the text...
Many Eyes : Tour
See on Scoop.it - Digital and Graphic Design Tips, Tools and Tricks in Higher Education The heart of the site is a collection of data visualizations. You may want to begin by browsing through these collections—if you’d rather explore than read directions, take a look! See on www-958.ibm.com
VersaHub : Software for Telework, Telecommuting...
See on Scoop.it - eLearning and Blended Learning in Higher Education VersaHub is the only online platform specifically designed for remote work teams and telecommuters. It allows you to stay connected with the people you work with, and manage work more efficiently from any location. Whether you’re working from the office, your home, on the go, or in a coffee shop, you be able to break down...
Blackboard
See on Scoop.it - Blackboard Tips, Tricks and Guides for Higher Education A collection of Education videos…. mainly focussed on Blackboard capabilities and features. See on chill.com
Chill
See on Scoop.it - Curation in Higher Education Chill is the best place on the web to discover and share videos. It’s like Pinterest for video. See on chill.com
inClass - The last school app you'll ever need
See on Scoop.it - Curation in Higher Education inClass, the last school app you will ever need, is here to help you survive school. No matter how complex your school schedule is, inClass will help you keep track of all your courses. Not only that, but it will help you keep track of your tasks by reminding you that one is due soon, that way you have no excuse to not do your homework =P On top of...