del.icio.us Tidbits: Blended Learning

Here is the weekly sampling from my del.icio.us favorites list. This time I chose the tag "BlendedLearning". Here's what I found I have:

The Call-Center Virtual Classroom: Is It Right for You?:

An Article in CIO Today discussing the benefits of blended learning vs pure elearning

The Argument for Blended Learning:

A blog post from Clive on Learning reflecting on when blended learning is the optimal choice.

Traditional and Non-traditional Students in the Same Classroom? Additional Challenges of the Distance Education Environment:
Research findings on how various learning settings: elearning, blended, classroom can impact perceptions of traditional students toward non-traditional students regarding the quality of the learning experience.

del.icio.us Tidbits: Authentic Learning

Here is the latest sampling from my del.icio.us favorites list. This time I chose the tag "AuthenticLearning."

Here's what I found I have:

Representing Authentic Learning Designs Supporting the Development of Online Communities of Learners

A scholarly paper presenting the different purposes learning design representations can serve and argues the need for further research, in particular, design-based research, to develop standard forms of representations that can be widely used to provide descriptions that support discovery and reuse. This document is in .pdf format.

del.icio.us Tidbits: Animation

Here is the latest sampling from my del.icio.us favorites list. This time I chose the tag "Animation."

Here's what I found I have:

Animated GIF Generator Tool by Image-tools.com : This free tool creates personalized GIF animated images.

Glickr.com : Another free GIF animation creator.

How Walt Disney Would Use PowerPoint to Create E-Learning Courses : A post on "The Rapid E-Learning Blog" on three "impressive, yet easy-to-do animation techniques that you can use right away in your elearning courses. Your courses will look nothing like ordinary PowerPoint slides and they’ll be more effective and engaging."

Scratch : "Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.

Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.

Scratch is available free of charge."

del.icio.us Tidbits: Survey

Here is the latest sampling from my del.icio.us favorites list. This time I chose the tag "Survey." Here's what I found I have:

The E-Learning Readiness Survey:
A survey tool with 20 key strategic questions about the sustainability of your organization's E-Learning efforts.

Poll Everywhere:
A simple, free text message voting application that works well for live audiences. People vote by sending text messages to options displayed on-screen. The poll that is embedded within the presentation or web page will update in real time. Advanced uses include txt2screen, texting questions to a presenter, web voting, and SMS interactivity in print, radio, and TV.

SurveyGizmo:
A free platform for marketing, lead generation and research projects. It creates surveys, landing pages, polls, quizzes, contact forms, ticketing queues and mobile marketing campaigns.

PollDaddy:
A free survey tool that creates surveys and polls for websites, blogs and social network profiles.

Quimble:
Another free survey tool.