http://learnthenet.org/2010/11/01/html5-future-of-the-web/
Michael Lerner Monday - Nov 1, 2010
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the computer language that made the World Wide Web possible. HTML uses a set of tags that instructs your web browser how to display content on a web page. If you’re really curious, here’s where to learn more about it. HTML4, the current standard in use since 1997, is showing its age. Now under development is the next evolution, HTML5.
You may be wondering why you should care about this. Here’s why:
Let’s say you want to play an online animation. You need a plug-in for your browser, typically Flash. You also need plug-ins if you want to watch a movie or listen to music. HTML5 eliminates this. For instance, by using an
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) Center for Teaching and Learning Website
http://www.pointloma.edu/experience/academics/centers-institutes/center-teaching-learning
WorldWideLearn: The World's Premier Online Directory of Education
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/about-worldwidelearn/index.html
About WorldWideLearn.com
Our History
A simple query on a search engine for "online courses" was the starting point for WorldWideLearn.com. At that time, there really wasn't a centralized directory of quality e-learning providers. That was in 1998, when there were almost no directories or portals specializing in just online education. Searching for and finding relevant online learning resources proved to be time-consuming and frustrating. WorldWideLearn.com wanted to change that.
The site's founders began to develop a directory of e-learning courses and education resources to provide results for that first, simple query. The WorldWideLearn.com directory site was formally launched in May of 1999. Since then, the site has been honored with numerous prestigious awards. Most recently, the Better Business Bureau has recognized WorldWideLearn.com as meeting their standards of good business. We are members of the American Library Association and are proud to support organizations dedicated to encouraging education.
Who We Serve
WorldWideLearn.com is big on choice and includes a wide variety of courses and programs to satisfy the needs of every learner:
•Online degree programs
•Campus degree programs
•High school diploma & GED
•Vocational training
•Professional development
•Personal development
Our Visitors
WorldWideLearn.com receives millions of annual visitors, with traffic increasing at a steady pace. Education, whether online or via more traditional classroom methods, continues to grow in scale and in importance. An estimated 3.9 million students took at least one online course during the Fall 2007 term, according to the Sloan Consortium, a foundation that tracks and supports online education. That's a million and a half more students than in 2004, and a 12 percent increase over the previous year's number. Similarly, accredited colleges and schools providing career-oriented certificate and degree programs are proliferating in response to growing demand from millions of professionals eager to move up in their careers. WorldWideLearn.com offers listings of schools for all students in an easy-to-navigate format, and additional resources and advice to those considering investing in their own education.
Our Future
Today, WorldWideLearn.com is a compelling directory of hundreds of online, campus, and training courses and degree programs in over 350 subject categories. With offices in both the United States and Canada, we continue to grow and increase the types of education program choices and resources we offer to our visitors. Our future plans include enhancing the site for an even better user experience and developing online tools for members of the education community. We invite you to join our loyal customers and education partners who have helped build WorldWideLearn.com into the world's premier online directory of education.
Contact Us
WorldWideLearn.com
950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor
Foster City CA 94404
WorldWideLearn.com
#700 550 11th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB, T2R1M7
Phone:800-538-9402
info@worldwidelearn.com
About WorldWideLearn.com
Our History
A simple query on a search engine for "online courses" was the starting point for WorldWideLearn.com. At that time, there really wasn't a centralized directory of quality e-learning providers. That was in 1998, when there were almost no directories or portals specializing in just online education. Searching for and finding relevant online learning resources proved to be time-consuming and frustrating. WorldWideLearn.com wanted to change that.
The site's founders began to develop a directory of e-learning courses and education resources to provide results for that first, simple query. The WorldWideLearn.com directory site was formally launched in May of 1999. Since then, the site has been honored with numerous prestigious awards. Most recently, the Better Business Bureau has recognized WorldWideLearn.com as meeting their standards of good business. We are members of the American Library Association and are proud to support organizations dedicated to encouraging education.
Who We Serve
WorldWideLearn.com is big on choice and includes a wide variety of courses and programs to satisfy the needs of every learner:
•Online degree programs
•Campus degree programs
•High school diploma & GED
•Vocational training
•Professional development
•Personal development
Our Visitors
WorldWideLearn.com receives millions of annual visitors, with traffic increasing at a steady pace. Education, whether online or via more traditional classroom methods, continues to grow in scale and in importance. An estimated 3.9 million students took at least one online course during the Fall 2007 term, according to the Sloan Consortium, a foundation that tracks and supports online education. That's a million and a half more students than in 2004, and a 12 percent increase over the previous year's number. Similarly, accredited colleges and schools providing career-oriented certificate and degree programs are proliferating in response to growing demand from millions of professionals eager to move up in their careers. WorldWideLearn.com offers listings of schools for all students in an easy-to-navigate format, and additional resources and advice to those considering investing in their own education.
Our Future
Today, WorldWideLearn.com is a compelling directory of hundreds of online, campus, and training courses and degree programs in over 350 subject categories. With offices in both the United States and Canada, we continue to grow and increase the types of education program choices and resources we offer to our visitors. Our future plans include enhancing the site for an even better user experience and developing online tools for members of the education community. We invite you to join our loyal customers and education partners who have helped build WorldWideLearn.com into the world's premier online directory of education.
Contact Us
WorldWideLearn.com
950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor
Foster City CA 94404
WorldWideLearn.com
#700 550 11th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB, T2R1M7
Phone:800-538-9402
info@worldwidelearn.com
Connect Ed: Can Learning Centers Help College Students?
http://connected.waldenu.edu/curriculum-resources/learning-centers/item/788-can-learning-centers-help-college-students
Teaching for Critical Thinking: Helping College Students Develop the Skills and Dispositions of a Critical Thinker by Diane F. Halpern
http://education.gsu.edu/ctl/FLC/Foundations/criticalthinking-Halpern.pdf
Microsoft at Work: 4 tips for safely conducting research on the web
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/security/research.aspx
Learning Online Info: mobile 2011: Mobile Learning Experience
E-Learning and Educational Technologies News and Resources
http://learningonlineinfo.org/2010/11/17/mobile-2011-mobile-learning-experience/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LearningOnlineInfo+%28Learning+Online+Info%29
http://learningonlineinfo.org/2010/11/17/mobile-2011-mobile-learning-experience/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LearningOnlineInfo+%28Learning+Online+Info%29
Magna Online Seminar: Strategies for Teaching What You Just Learned
http://www.magnapubs.com/catalog/strategies-for-teaching-what-you-just-learned/?track=email
An audience favorite returns–and with a BONUS! Magna Online Seminars is bringing this popular program back for our audience members who missed it the first time around. To help you take advantage of this fact-filled seminar and get valuable recommendations for maintaining your confidence and remaining an effective instructor, we're offering it with expanded connection options. You can log on to the seminar anytime, all day long, on Tuesday, February 8–whenever it's most convenient for you!
There is a dirty little secret that more and more faculty across the country share. Many of them are going to get up in front of their classes tomorrow and teach something they just learned last week, two days ago, or (painful but true) tomorrow morning over a very hurried breakfast.
These aren’t disorganized teachers, but instructors who, for one reason or another, must teach outside their area of expertise.
Budget cuts, changing curricula and an increasing focus on interdisciplinary courses are just some of the pressures forcing instructors out of accustomed subject areas and into unfamiliar teaching territory.
Our 75-minute seminar will examine this growing phenomenon and outline helpful strategies for surviving “teaching on the fly.” You’ll gain valuable recommendations for maintaining your confidence and remaining an effective instructor, even when teaching outside your comfort zone.
Viewers teaching outside of their expertise will leave this seminar knowing:
•Three factors that can protect you from becoming overly strained and anxious.
• How important it is to talk with someone about the fact that you’re teaching outside your expertise. (And you’ll address the big question, of course, of whether to tell your students.)
•Seven faculty behaviors that reduce student perceptions of your credibility.
•New ways to respond to questions when you don’t know the correct answer.
•How to prioritize what to teach about unfamiliar topics.
•Why you must learn to view your role in class as something other than “the knowledge dispenser.”
Idea: A highly affordable faculty event!
Our affordable registration fee makes a faculty learning event affordable. The price for this seminar is just $209, regardless of how many attendees you invite to watch the presentation. Simply sign on in a facility large enough to accomodate your group.
Who will benefit from this seminar?
You’ll find the common theme and core elements of this seminar apply to a broad field of instruction. In investigating this subject, our presenter worked with faculty from a wide range of disciplines at institutions large and small, public and private.
Truly, anyone in a teaching role or involved in faculty development will find this discussion timely, and the recommendations invaluable. Highly recommended for:
•Lecturers
•Instructors
•Visiting professors
•Assistant/associate professors
•Professors
•Adjunct instructors
•Directors
•Assistant/associate directors
•Teaching fellows
•Program directors
•Associate provosts
Now includes a Discussion Guide for Facilitators
Participating in a Magna Online Seminar as a team can help leverage unique insights, foster collaboration, and build momentum for change. Each seminar now includes a Discussion Guide for Facilitators which provides step-by-step instructions for generating productive discussions and thoughtful reflection. You’ll also get guidelines for continuing the conversation after the event, implementing the strategies discussed, and creating a feedback loop for sharing best practices and challenges.
An audience favorite returns–and with a BONUS! Magna Online Seminars is bringing this popular program back for our audience members who missed it the first time around. To help you take advantage of this fact-filled seminar and get valuable recommendations for maintaining your confidence and remaining an effective instructor, we're offering it with expanded connection options. You can log on to the seminar anytime, all day long, on Tuesday, February 8–whenever it's most convenient for you!
There is a dirty little secret that more and more faculty across the country share. Many of them are going to get up in front of their classes tomorrow and teach something they just learned last week, two days ago, or (painful but true) tomorrow morning over a very hurried breakfast.
These aren’t disorganized teachers, but instructors who, for one reason or another, must teach outside their area of expertise.
Budget cuts, changing curricula and an increasing focus on interdisciplinary courses are just some of the pressures forcing instructors out of accustomed subject areas and into unfamiliar teaching territory.
Our 75-minute seminar will examine this growing phenomenon and outline helpful strategies for surviving “teaching on the fly.” You’ll gain valuable recommendations for maintaining your confidence and remaining an effective instructor, even when teaching outside your comfort zone.
Viewers teaching outside of their expertise will leave this seminar knowing:
•Three factors that can protect you from becoming overly strained and anxious.
• How important it is to talk with someone about the fact that you’re teaching outside your expertise. (And you’ll address the big question, of course, of whether to tell your students.)
•Seven faculty behaviors that reduce student perceptions of your credibility.
•New ways to respond to questions when you don’t know the correct answer.
•How to prioritize what to teach about unfamiliar topics.
•Why you must learn to view your role in class as something other than “the knowledge dispenser.”
Idea: A highly affordable faculty event!
Our affordable registration fee makes a faculty learning event affordable. The price for this seminar is just $209, regardless of how many attendees you invite to watch the presentation. Simply sign on in a facility large enough to accomodate your group.
Who will benefit from this seminar?
You’ll find the common theme and core elements of this seminar apply to a broad field of instruction. In investigating this subject, our presenter worked with faculty from a wide range of disciplines at institutions large and small, public and private.
Truly, anyone in a teaching role or involved in faculty development will find this discussion timely, and the recommendations invaluable. Highly recommended for:
•Lecturers
•Instructors
•Visiting professors
•Assistant/associate professors
•Professors
•Adjunct instructors
•Directors
•Assistant/associate directors
•Teaching fellows
•Program directors
•Associate provosts
Now includes a Discussion Guide for Facilitators
Participating in a Magna Online Seminar as a team can help leverage unique insights, foster collaboration, and build momentum for change. Each seminar now includes a Discussion Guide for Facilitators which provides step-by-step instructions for generating productive discussions and thoughtful reflection. You’ll also get guidelines for continuing the conversation after the event, implementing the strategies discussed, and creating a feedback loop for sharing best practices and challenges.
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