The authors surveyed students over two years to monitor their attitudes and usage of eTextbooks prescribed for their courses/subjects. I found this article enlightening for a number of reasons, including its demonstration of different types of arrangements for eTextbook provision for students. Both publisher suppliers in this study, while requiring students to subscribe to access the texts (presumably for a fee), they provided enduring access for the students after the completion of their studies. Perpetuity of resources being a particular interest of mine in this field, this grabbed my attention.
I'm sure many who have been involved in the MLDP trial will gain some insight of their own from this article, hence I am sharing with the group here.
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning: Journey to eTextbook Affordability
Friday, July 26, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
iPad App review: SlideShark
SlideShark is a free mobile app to show PowerPoint presentations from the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. It keeps the animations, fonts, graphics, hyperlinks and videos intact while running from your iOS devices. Key features:
* 100 MB of online storage free (with option to buy more).
* Offline access to presentations.
* You can see your slide notes, timers, animation counter and next/previous slides when presenting from your iPad.
(by Nauman)
iPad App review: Doceri
I just tried some of its features and they look fabulous. This app has got 5 stars in the App Store...
Here's an nice review of this app: http://tinyurl.com/DoceriReview
Enjoy...!!!
(by Nauman)
Ebooks on iPads- Library training session, Bundoora campus, 9th July.
 iPad Stand |
 Some rights reserved by Veronica Belmont |
Ebooks on your iPad - too easy!
La Trobe University library has more than 350,000 e-books!
Come and find out more about them, and how to access them on your iPad. We will provide the tea, coffee and nibbles.
Class times: eBooks on your iPad
Tuesday 9 July
Session 1 - 9.30 - 10.30 am
Session 2 - 3 - 4 pm
Please, bring your iPad. All classes in Library Training Room 2.17
Borchardt Library (Melbourne Campus)
Book online now at latrobe.edu.au/library/training or contact Annette O’Brien, a.obrien@latrobe.edu.au Librarian, for further information.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
iPad in Higher Education Symposium
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| iBook created following the Symposium by Sarah Midford |
This symposium included sessions on iBooks, iTunes U and apps for teaching and learning, and was attended by academic and professional staff from all faculties as well as ICT. After the positive feedback to this symposium, we're planning our next event!
Stay (i)Tuned for the FBEL eLearning team's favourite apps for teaching and learning, as featured in the Musical Chairs session at the Symposium- we'll be posting a brief introduction and our reviews here on the blog.
Friday, June 14, 2013
Development of technology in education over time
I came across this article about Stephen McFarlane's 12-year journey through undergraduate education. In this time, McFarlane has seen many changes in the use of technology in education in the USA. I found this article interesting for three reasons: the history of technology in tertiary education, McFarlane's persistence in studies through numerous challenges, and the opportunities and need for developing lifelong learning skills that this story demonstrates.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Allan Carrington's Padagogy Wheel
When considering the use of the educational technologies, it often becomes relevant to remind ourselves of the importance of putting the pedagogy first. We often want to start by considering the kinds of educational outcomes we're looking for, and move from this to the technology that best suits this outcome.
Alan Carrington from Adelaide University has created a useful tool for thinking about educational outcomes in terms of Graduate Capabilities, verbs from Bloom's Taxonomy, and the SAMR model on a wheel, with iPad Apps in the relevant quadrants. See the Padagogy Wheel below, and check out his Youtube video introducing this idea.
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