Posted in Learning Series, OER/FREE, teaching and learning on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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PART 1
In part 1, I explore 4 (of 10) secrets to great teaching, or ingredients to become a great teacher. What are the ingredients of a great teacher? Well, when I complete the 2-part series you will at least know my standpoint on this issue. My findings is basically based on what I [...]
Posted in OER/FREE, e-learning, learning tools on July 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Google Lively Trailer (YouTube)
Lively – Google’s Contribution to the 3D Social Web?
ZaidLearn’s del.icio.us Virtual Worlds
GOOGLE LIVELY?A free browser-based 3D virtual environment that enables easy integration to social networking tools such as MySpace, Facebook, OpenSocial, and Google gadgets like Picasa and Youtube. With Google Lively, users’ friends lists, feeds, and logins [...]
Posted in Learning Series, OER/FREE, instructional design, teaching and learning on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Part 1 – Teaching Habits That Inspire You Out of Learning?
Part 2 – I Have Bragging Rights, Because I Am …?
Part 3 – Is PowerPoint Evil?
Part 4 – No Stupid Questions! I am Serious!
Coaching Critical Thinking to Think Creatively!
“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”- Albert [...]
Posted in Learning Series, OER/FREE, e-learning, teaching and learning on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Coaching Critical Thinking to Think Creatively!
THE SECRET
Now, I know ‘The Secret’, and by believing and practicing the ‘LAW OF ATTRACTION’, I will one day become the Einstein of the East (Hmm, I am kind of mixed, so that might be a problem)! I watched ‘The Secret’, and I have to admit [...]
Posted in OER/FREE, learning tools on July 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Netvibes
NO TIME!I have been kind of busy the last two weeks implementing a lot of work related e-learning crap, and sadly have found no time to sit down, reflect and write something that is even more crap
Hopefully, I can complete my 5-part learning series next week.
EXPLORING NETVIBESThough, [...]
Posted in Learning Series, OER/FREE, University on June 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
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ZaidLearn’s Delicious OCW Adventure
130+ Free Learning Tools
75 Free EduGames
ZaidLearn is back from another non-blogging vacation (Who cares!)! Excellent point! Anyway, before I get back to my wacky 5-part learning series (in 2 weeks time!), I need to settle something urgently, and that is to compile and organize all my University learning related [...]
Posted in Learning Series, OER/FREE, teaching and learning on May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Part 1 – Teaching Habits That Inspire You Out of Learning?
Part 2 – I Have Bragging Rights, Because I Am …?
Part 3 – Is PowerPoint Evil?
Coaching Critical Thinking to Think Creatively!
ZaidLearn’s Del.icio.us ‘Thinking’ Links
“Some people study all their life and at their death they have learned everything except to THINK”– Francois Domergue
“A person who [...]
Posted in Learning Series, OER/FREE, educational gaming on May 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
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“Engage Me or Enrage Me” – Marc Prensky (2005)
“Never play a video game that’s trying to teach you something.” – Justin Peters (2007)
Terms like educational games, game-based gaming, and social impact games don’t sound too bad. But, Serious Games sounds awful! I [...]
Posted in Learning Series, OER/FREE, teaching and learning on May 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Part 1 – Teaching Habits That Inspire You Out of Learning?
Part 2 – I Have Bragging Rights, Because I Am …?
ZaidLearn’s Del.icio.us PowerPoint Links
“It’s the way people depend on all those bells and whistles that come with the software to try to shore up a weak presentation.” – Chris Oakes (1998)
“…To critics, PowerPoint serves [...]
Posted in Learning Series, OER/FREE, teaching and learning on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Part 1 – Teaching Habits That Inspire You Out of Learning?
Link to ZaidLearn’s Del.icio.us Teaching Links
“If you done it, it ain’t bragging.” – Walt Whitman“It’s not bragging if you can back it up.” – Muhammad Ali
“He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking.” – Lisa Edmondson
In [...]
