XLS Commons
Posted on June 22, 2009
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Whether you’re teaching an online course or simply interested in learning more about them, it can be difficult to know where to access scholarly research on online education. Many peer-reviewed journals addressing online education and educational technology are available online, free of charge. These are the ones I find myself returning to on a regular basis:
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology: http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt
Innovate: Journal of Online Education: http://innovateonline.info/?view=about
Journal of Online Teaching and Learning (JOLT): http://jolt.merlot.org/index.html
Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology: http://www.rcetj.org/
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration (OJDLA): http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/
Publications in these journals typically represent a range of academic disciplines, and the articles address topics such as learning theory, online pedagogy, instructional design, program design and development, and technology and learning.
I hope you’ll check some of them out and also share your favorites with all of us who follow the XLS Commons.
Photo by D'Arcy Norman @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2198263168/
Posted on May 22, 2009
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Technorati is a search engine for blogs. In an effort to connect XLSCommons with the world, this post will ‘claim’ XLSCommons for the Technorati search engine–now we are just one in over a hundred million 
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The information needed for Technorati to find our blog is below:
<a href=”http://technorati.com/claim/35bak2m4h7″ rel=”me”>Technorati Profile</a>
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Robert
Posted on May 13, 2009
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It certainly helps to have an initial idea of what the tool is otherwise it may remain a mystery forever, so while I have your attention, here’s a 140 character or less description:
Netvibes is a webpage that you can easily personalize to gather information that is most important to you. You can also share your webpage.
Posted on May 12, 2009
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I recently stumbled upon data from a short Online Readiness Assessment we’ve had linked to the UMOnline website since 2003. The 3000+ anonymous self-assessments completed and submitted over the past six years yielded an interesting finding: respondents did not expect an online course to be easier than a face-to-face (f2f) course.
The item: You think the work will be easier than a “real” class.
The percentage of “True” responses, by year:
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2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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30 |
39 |
24 |
23 |
28 |
28 |
I realize that we don’t know who completed the self-assessment or the extent to which they represent our current population of online learners. After all, anyone could stumble upon the UMOnline website and complete the readiness assessment. Read more
Posted on May 6, 2009
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The mystery tool for this month will help you sip from the Internet firehose, find juicy berries on the bush and pipe information right to your home. All in all, it’ll help you move with speed, grace and efficiency through an uneven and exhausting media landscape. What is it? Click on the image to find out.
