USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference - Call for Presenters!

Please mark your calendar to attend the USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference! It will take place at the University of the Sciences on Wednesday, March 7, 2018!

Help Invent the Future of Education!

Early Bird Registration (10% Discount) is Available until February 11, 2018!

This eLearning 3.0 Conference is in it's 16th year and showcases the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning in higher education. This is an opportunity for you to share best practices and creative approaches for learning enrichment and student engagement in an e-learning 3.0 environment.

Our Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Bryan Alexander, internationally known education futurist. 

VISIT THE CONFERENCE SITE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION

PADLA 15th Annual Conference & Expo - EARLY BIRD SPECIAL!

Early Bird Special 

By registering now, our first 50 registrants will receive a copy of this book signed by the author, our keynote speaker:

PADLA is very excited to announce that our full-day 15th Annual Conference & Expo will be returning on Tuesday Dec. 19, 2017 to the campus of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. This impressive venue is centrally located for our regional PA/DE/NJ chapter and promises to be another smashing success. This year's events includes:

• Sessions focusing on Corporate, Higher Ed & K-12 presentations by "real-world" practitioners
• Keynote: Dr. Jack Phillips from the ROI Institute
• Audience engagement tool: Glisser
• Ample opportunities to build your personal professional network
• Food, Prizes & much more

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NMC Beyond the Horizon > The Hybrid Experience - Register Now!

In this online event, panelists will explore how the hybrid approach is fostering independent learning and collaboration, as well as cultivating more channels of communication among students and instructors. Panelists will reveal how the integration of online tools also provides instructors with the ability to track student success and engagement, rearranging face-to-face instruction around more active, hands-on activities.

• Date: April 20, 2016
• Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
• Place: Google Hangout
• Register for Webinar

The cost is $125. If you plan to participate, please let me know. I have a limited number of Coupon Codes.

The Panelists:

• Moderator: Rodney Murray (University of the Sciences)
• Terra Graves (Washoe County School District)
• Cathy Littlefield (Peirce College)
• David Schönstein (Smart Sparrow)

This online event is a program of the NMC Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI), supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Through the NMC PLI, the NMC is working to scale the adoption of innovative personalized learning practices and solutions in US higher education. In this series of online events, the NMC convenes key influencers and leaders in the field to move the most innovative ideas and solutions from the foundation’s vast network of grantees and partners into practice. Learn more at go.nmc.org/pli.

Engage and Learn with Next Generation Learning Challenges this Summer

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This summer, you're invited to join your colleagues and Next Generation Learning Challenges for a "Summer Learning Series" – a schedule of webinars dedicated to the transformative role that technology can play in fostering student success with solutions designed to improve college completion.

The Series

No advance registration is required to participate. Each hour-long webinar is free and open to the public and session archives will be posted on the NGLC homepage the following day.
Topic: Disrupting College
Speaker: Louis Soares, Director of the Postsecondary Education Program, Center for American Progress
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Topic: Blended Learning at the University of Central Florida
Speaker: Thomas Cavanaugh, Assistant Vice President, Distributed Learning
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Topic: The Gamification of Education
Speakers: Steve Ritter, Carnegie Learning; Chris Sprague, OpenStudy; and David Gibson, SimSchool
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Topic: The Open Learning Initiative
Speaker: Candace Thille, Director, Open Learning Initiative
Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Topic: Using Openness to Bridge to Success
Speaker: Patrick McAndrew, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University
Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

How to Join

Each webcast will be hosted inside the NGLC Adobe Connect webconferencing room. To join, simply enter the URL and select "Enter as a Guest," type in your name and affiliation (e.g., John Doe, American High School), and click "Enter Room."

Blended Learning is Better than Face-to-Face Learning

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Now that I have your attention with that controversial subject line, I’d like to share with you findings from a large meta-analysis that was presented at the Educause ELI Annual Meeting this week. Dr. Barbara Means (Director, Center for Technology in Learning, SRI International) presented the following:

The main findings from the meta-analysis¹ was that classes with online learning (whether taught completely online or blended) on average produce stronger student learning outcomes than classes with solely face-to-face instruction. The mean effect size² was +0.20, p < .001.

Furthermore:

• There was no significant difference between students learning purely online compared with those learning the same material through traditional face-to-face instruction (mean effect size +0.05, favoring online but not significant)

• Blended instruction (combining online and face-to-face elements) had a larger advantage relative to purely face-to-face (mean effect size +0.35, favoring blended, p < .0001)

• Effect sizes were larger for studies in which the online instruction was collaborative or instructor-directed than in those studies where online learners worked independently

View Dr. Means ELI presentation: Blended Learning Designs: A Learning Science Perspective

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¹ U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies, Washington, D.C., 2010: http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf.

² An effect size is similar to a z-score in that it is expressed in terms of units of standard deviation. It is defined as the difference between the treatment and control means, divided by the pooled standard deviation.