André Klein
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Video Lecture Portals – Universities Online
January 24, 2010
Tags: education, information age, never stop learning, online learning styles, university
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Many universities are beginning to offer more and more lecture content on online platforms like YouTube, etc. One of the most promising portals might be the one by Princeton University which serves aggregated audio and video from academic institutions around the world at UChannel. MIT, Harvard, UCLA, Yale, Oxford and many others by now have…
Video Games and Learning [VIDEO]
January 23, 2010
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Today we bring you a pretty funny albeit “on-point” presentation about entertaiment video games vs. educational games, what’s the difference, why the latter often involves so little fun, wants to “club you with the point” and the first might sometimes leave you feeling empty after hours of playing. Also an interesting concept of “Tangential Learning”…
Mobile Live Language Translater [Gadget]
January 22, 2010
Tags: application, gadget, iphone
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If you are learning Arabic this little application might come in handy. Simply speak into the microphone and the Arabic Language Buddy will print out the translation in Arabic letters and you can even listen to the correct pronounciation. Although it might be awkward to pull out an iphone in compromising situations, and we recommend…
Is Online Learning Anti-Social?
January 14, 2010
Tags: change, future, growth, industrial revolution, learning, revolution, social, Social Media, Tech, Technology, university
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It is no secret that online-learning, elearning, etutoring (whatever the many names for it…) is still viewed highly sceptically by many learners, teachers and public spokespersons. How come? Is it a lack of experience, filled with prejudices or a truly justified concern? First of all, it needs to be said that an accurate answer of…
Changing the Face of Education
January 11, 2010
Tags: change, einstein, face
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How come that when we as teachers sometimes mention the word “education”, eyes go dry, laughter subsides and a general air of boredom enters the room? It was Einstein who said ‘No problem can be solved by the same consciousness that created it. We need to see the world anew.’ From this quote and from…
How to use Skype on your iPhone and make Free Calls
January 10, 2010
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As seen in our latest post there are really a lot of potentially helpful applications for mobile learning, but most important is maybe the Skype application, allowing you to be in touch with teachers and students in realtime, over wifi or 3G, from wherever you are. This little video quickly shows you how to use…



