The designer of the format, David Penrose, insists that in online education “tiny bursts can teach just as well as traditional lectures when paired with assignments and discussions.” The microlecture format begins with a podcast that introduces a few key terms or a critical concept, then immediately turns the learning environment over to the students.
Nice, easy-to-read collection of online collaborative tools.
e-learning site to learn about e-learning
In the ten years that have followed, this vision of the future has proven to be remarkably robust. I have found, on rereading and reworking the essay, that though there may have been some movement in the margins, the overall thrust of the paper was essentially correct. This gives me confidence in my understanding of those forces and trends that are moving education today.
This Directory contains over 2,300 tools for learning in two main sections
1. for creating, delivering and managing learning and performance support solutions
2. for managing your own learning and productivity, and sharing resources
This archive, provided by Columbia University, offers access to the complete range of free content developed for Fathom by its member institutions. Columbia encourages you to browse this archive of online learning resources, including lectures, articles, interviews, exhibits and free seminars. You can find additional online resources from Columbia University at ci.columbia.edu or cero.columbia.edu and from the members of the Fathom consortium at their own websites.
This site provides information about and a link to Coming of Age - a free booklet with case studies and how-tos on using emerging Web 2.0 technologies (such as blogging, wikis, podcasting,...) in education.
The article (available both in HTML and PDF version) presents the findings of a survey about the future of online teaching and learning in higher education.
This is an educator's or ed researcher's one-stop-shop for references and easy-to-understand explanations of computer-mediated collaboration in education.