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Posts in January, 2011

January 31st, 2011 in 21st Century Learning, Feature Content

Students Have Mixed Opinions of Twitter

This week, we are reposting some of our favorite videos from the past. Today, we take a look at various students discussing their opinion of Twitter. Read Article

January 31st, 2011 in Daily Research Update, Feature Content

The Network is Open and the Institution is Closed — Something’s Gotta Give

Indeed, what if we “let go” and take away the constraints in our systems that limit connections and engagement, that insist that these fit within narrowly defined rule sets that map to preconceived notions of knowledge and learning Read Article

January 31st, 2011 in Cartoons

Making Friends (Cartoon)

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January 28th, 2011 in 21st Century Learning, Feature Content

The Xplanation’s Weekly Review: Textbooks and Social Media

I know many of you have busy schedules and may not catch everything that we post on The Xplanation. With that in mind, we’ve decided to conveniently collect some of the week’s highlights and offer Read Article

January 28th, 2011 in 21st Century Learning, Feature Content

Students Use of Facebook and YouTube: BOTW Jan 24-28

This week, students told us how they used various social media, in particular Facebook, to better themselves in the classroom. They also discussed the benefits of consulting YouTube for any questions they have. Read Article

January 28th, 2011 in Daily Research Update, Feature Content

Disruption in Educational Technology and Publishing Will Happen Faster and with Greater Impact than People Suspect

I’ve been focused on models of disruption this week, and looking at trends in the broader technology/media space that portend the coming changes to educational technology and educational publishing. As I finish the week, I want to list a couple of examples illustrating the swiftness with which change can happen and seemingly dominant paradigms can shift Read Article

January 28th, 2011 in Weekly Research Index

Weekly Research Index | January 28, 2011

Content Subscription | Containerless Education | Learning Distribution | DIY Welcome to our Weekly Research Index, where we list links and summaries of the salient articles we have bookmarked this week. This list is culled and Read Article

January 28th, 2011 in Cartoons

Lemonade Sales Strategy

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January 27th, 2011 in 21st Century Learning

Another Look at Student Trends and Textbook Transactions

Over the course of the week, we’ve had an important subject up on the blog: Student Trends around Textbooks Transactions. So far the series has held up subjects as deferred textbook purchases, buying textbooks online, Read Article

January 27th, 2011 in Feature Content, Future of Textbooks

Student Trends to Watch — Content Consumption and Production

One of the key evolutions in traditional students is the exposure they have to social networking tools and sites outside of their educational environment. And, an important component of those platforms is the ability for users to behave both as consumers and creators of content. The notion of learner as active participant in his/her learning space is a radical departure from traditional education models and we want to know the extent to which students are becoming active creators in these environments outside the classroom Read Article