Final Project: R678 - Emerging Learning Technologies

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In this PressBook, we explore the historical roots of holographic technology, how holograms work, the use of holographic technology in education, and the future of holographic technology in the field of education, instructional design and beyond.

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In this PressBook, we explore the historical roots of holographic technology, how holograms work, the use of holographic technology in education, and the future of holographic technology in the field of education, instructional design and beyond. In the words of Dennis Gabor, the father of holography, “the future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invested” (p. 185). How true that statement would actually prove to be in the use of holographic technology for educational purposes throughout the world!

Gabor, D. (1963). Inventing the future. Secker & Warburg.

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Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning is a collection of chapters written by the participants of a free open course on the Canvas Open Network. A variety of methods for increasing presence in online courses were shared in this multi-institutional, international, online professional learning opportunity. Susan Spellman Cann along with Erin Luong, Christina Hendricks, and Verena Roberts happily contributed to chapter six, which focuses on social learning in online spaces. There is a special focus on the importance of relationships which are essential in any learning, but especially online.

A Guide to Creating Connection, Engagement, and Inclusivity

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Supporting teachers to use instructional design principles to effectively leverage technology to create engaging teaching and learning environments.

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This eBook was written and compiled by participants in EDUC5103 (Winter 2021 and Winter 2022) at Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, Canada, to support fellow teachers in their efforts to effectively leverage technology for online, blended, and emergency remote teaching. The chapters in this eBook provide evidence-based strategies for the use of technology to transition from face-to-face instruction to online and hybrid delivery methods.

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Supporting teachers to use instructional design principles to effectively leverage technology to create engaging teaching and learning environments.

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This eBook was written and compiled by participants in EDUC5103 (Winter 2023 and Spring 2023) at Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, Canada, to support fellow teachers in their efforts to effectively leverage technology for in-person, online, and blended teaching. The chapters in this eBook provide evidence-based strategies for using technology to enhance instructional design for teaching and learning.

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ISBN: 978-1-9993825-9-9

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Supporting rapid transition in education during times of crisis through the integration of instructional design and educational technology.

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This eBook was written and compiled by participants in EDUC5103 (Winter 2020) at Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, Canada, as a response to calls for support during a time of rapid transition in education systems to online and alternative delivery methods (as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic). The chapters in this eBook provide evidence-based strategies for the use of technology to transition from face-to-face instruction to online and hybrid delivery methods.

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This syllabus contains information, websites, and resources that are freely available to students as an alternative to a single textbook that is purchased. The semester course focuses on two major sections: 1) Learning Microsoft Office 2019 and 2) Computer Concepts. Students should develop a comfortable understanding of working in Microsoft Office 2019 as well as gain knowledge of computer concepts after taking this course.

First Canadian Edition

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Project Management for Instructional Designers (PM4ID) is a textbook about project management tailored specifically for instructional designers, intended for use in graduate programs in educational technology. This book is based on a pre-existing openly licensed textbook donated to the commons by a benefactor who desires to remain anonymous. It has been collaboratively revised and updated by students and faculty at the University of Saskatchewan.

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PM4ID, the First Canadian Edition, offers new features and improvements, including: New cover design, updated fonts, and enhanced list of Glossary terms. Addition of four new case studies, written to deepen reader comprehension. Inclusion of images with diverse skin tones, body shapes, abilities, and gender to increase representation. Revised content to feature Canadian spelling and contexts. Overall review of all written material in the textbook with detailed notes documenting content revisions. Comprehensive revisions based on peer reviews collected by the Open Textbook Library. Significant revisions to Chapter 6, with major updates to content on communication and scheduling (project management) software focusing on web-based solutions. Multiple versions of the book, including Print PDF, Digital PDF, EPUB, MOBI, and all chapters are available in natural voice audio recordings. A series of video cases with interviews of Canadian instructional design experts (video and audio recordings). Interactive reviews of three chapters using H5P activities.

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Included H5P activities: 3

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This demonstration book is meant as an explanation and working example of the possibilities of making an online open textbook with the Jupyter books software. Jupyter books are made for the web. They incorporate many of the features we expect from modern websites, such as adaptive layout (readable on phones, tablets, and large computer screens), internal and external referencing, and adaptable formatting (separation of content and layout).
Besides some information on how to work with MarkDown, this book shows examples of different interactive elements, like graphs with sliders, applets, 3D interactive figures, embedded websites and a quiz.

This book is your guide to blended teaching in K-12 spaces. It was designed to help both pre-service teachers and in-service teachers prepare their classes for blended teaching. This book begins by orienting you to the foundational dispositions and skills needed to support your blended teaching practice. Then you will be introduced to four key competencies for blended teaching:

Online Integration – ability to effectively combine online instruction with in-person instruction.
Data Practices – ability to use digital tools to monitor student activity and performance in order to guide student growth.
Personalizing Instruction – ability to implement a learning environment that allows for student customization of goals, pace, and/or learning path.
Online Interaction – ability to facilitate online interactions with and between students

This textbook provides a set of high-quality resources to university educational technology courses. All chapters are written by professionals in the field, including university researchers, teacher educators, and classroom teachers.

The book in its entirety and each chapter can be freely accessed, downloaded, printed, and remixed. Professors of educational technology courses can select the chapters that will work best for them when creating course packets, and preservice and inservice teachers can use relevant chapters for trainings and professional development purposes.

Launching Digital Writing in the Elementary Classroom tells the stories of seven teachers who were willing to take risks and venture into new territory by integrating technology into their workshops in meaningful ways.

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Rebecca Bayeck, Wilmon Brown, Raymond W. Francis, Tammi Kolski, Kathy Essmiller, Cathy L. Green, Sarah L. Lewis, Corrine McCabe, Josephine Shikongo, Tammy Wise. This book is a work in progress; and will hopefully remain that way in perpetuity; where authors will come back and update their chapters and others will add more chapter. It is aimed to serve as a textbook for classes exploring the nature of learning in the digital age. The genesis of this book is a desire to use OERs in all my teachings, coupled with the realization that the resources that I was looking for were not available and as such I needed to contribute in creating them. This book is a minor attempt to contribute to the vast repository of Open Educational Resources. Cover image from https://www.blackillustrations.com/

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This book is designed to serve as a textbook for classes exploring the nature of learning in the digital age. The genesis of this book is a desire to use OERs in all my teachings, coupled with the realization that the resources that I was looking for were not available and as such I needed to contribute in creating them. It is thus a small attempt to contribute to the vast repository of Open Educational Resources.

When discussing learning in the digital age, most focus on the technology first. However, the emphasis made in this book is that it’s about the learner not just the technology. One of the things that is easy to lose track of when talking about learning in the digital age is the learner. Technology is important and it has significant impact but it is still about the person who is using the technology. Many people conflate learning in the digital age with technology in today’s age. This important misconception is common and results from our failure to examine our understanding of what “learning” really is. Of course, Most of this depends on a person’s epistemology. There are numerous definitions of what learning is and often they come to how a person sees the world. Some argue that learning is about a change in behavior due to experiences, others state simply that learning is being able to do something new that you were not able to do before. Regardless of what side you choose, to understand what learning in the digital age is, one has to understand what learning itself is.

I am immensely thankful to the authors for sharing their ideas freely and for the reviewers who volunteered their time to give feedback.

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Transformations and Interventions in Technocultures

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Exploring the pathways offered by the intersection of the digital and the humanities, Making Sense of Digital Humanities seeks to support students and faculty engaging with the complex ways digital humanities enhances our understanding of modern society.

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Taking up the challenge of navigating the complex world of digital humanities, Making Sense of Digital Humanities offers readers an exploration of the many ways scholars have employed the diverse toolkit of digital humanities to create a better understanding of the synergies and disruptions created by technological change. Rooted in a concern for the daunting tasks associated with teaching and learning about the digital humanities, this volume hopes to provide easy entry into a complex topic while highlighting how an understanding of digital humanities can transform our thinking about technology in the modern world.

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ISBN: 978-1-62610-121-0

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I am learning about using te publisher on OER Commons.  Testing it out.

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This toolkit has been created to provide University of Regina instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education. The toolkit will be updated periodically as relevant information for inclusion is identified.

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This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education. [Version 1.1. Revised September 5th, 2019.]

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This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Each chapter is accompanied with learning objectives and most chapters feature interactive elements and opportunities for readers to engage with the text. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education.

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Trine University promotes the awareness, adoption, adaptation, and creation of open educational resources and no-cost resources for students. This work: “An OER Workshop” by Andrea Bearman is licensed under CC-BY 4.0 and is a derivative work of Creative Commons Certificate for Educators, Academic Librarians, and GLAM. In order to receive a certificate, you must take the course through Creative Commons. This book means to share an abbreviated version of the information with Trine University specifics.

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ISBN: 978-1-911669-23-4

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