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CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY | April/May 2017
Ed Tech Changes ... and Stays the Same
IFrom web 2.0 to the flipped classroom, here’s how education technology trends have evolved over the years.
I’M FASCINATED by the way education technology trends 1 year ago: The Price Is Still Right: 15 Sites for Free wax and wane over time. I enjoy looking through our archives to Digital Textbooks
see what stories were popular from year to year: On the one A follow-up to “The Price is Right: 11 Excellent Sites for Free hand, it demonstrates how far we’ve come (remember when Digital Textbooks,” this story provides an updated roster of web 2.0 technologies were changing the way students learn resources that offer quality learning content without the high and collaborate?), and on the other hand, it highlights how price tag of traditional texts.
much has stayed the same (the high cost of textbooks has yet
to be fully resolved). The following were the most read stories 2 years ago: 5 Lecture Capture Hacks for More on the CT website at various points over the past eight years. Engaging Videos
5 years ago: The Price Is Right?
CT looks at the rationale behind e-textbook pricing and the market factors at play.
6 years ago: Evolving the E-Portfolio at Penn State E-portfolios at Pennsylvania State University have evolved from static web pages used to store and display online versions of student resumes, moving toward more dynamic versions taking advantage of web 2.0 technologies.
7 years ago: 11 Reasons Advanced Technology Classrooms Fail
Many of the seeds of future problems are inadvertently planted during the early planning stages of the classroom design pro- cess. Here are pitfalls to watch out for.
8 years ago: Why is Web 2.0 Important to Higher Education?
Trent Batson argues that web 2.0 is a turning point for higher education.
Continue the conversation.
E-mail me at rkelly@1105media.com.
3 months ago: 11 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2017
Five higher ed leaders analyze the hottest trends in education technology this year.
The best flipped courses provide students with compelling, interactive learning content to hold their attention outside of class. Here are five ways to take lecture videos to the next level.
3 years ago: Is It Time To Dismantle the Lecture Hall? In this debate, the question might not be so much about wheth- er online education is effective, but whether it could be any worse than the existing model.
4 years ago: IT Does Not Love iPads
Students and faculty may love them, but IT personnel get a major headache when they try to integrate Apple tablets — and the company’s TV technology — in an enterprise setting.
6 months ago: 55 Percent of Faculty Are Flipping the Classroom
Our first-ever Teaching with Technology survey gauges educators’ use of the flipped classroom model, blended/online teaching environments and more.
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