Games that Teach Using PowerPoint

The Parade of Games web site was created to provide educators and trainers with easy-to- assemble educational games in a technology- enhanced environment to support key learning points. The site demonstrates the creative use of popular game shows and other familiar games to reinforce learning.

Educators and trainers can select and download those PowerPoint games that support your learning objectives and are compatible with the technology capabilities of your learning environment.

Tags or Tag Clouds

Tags or Tag Clouds are synonymous with Web 2.0 technologies. They are labels on a page that people use to make it easier to find blog posts, photos and videos that are related. The links below provide several examples, in addition, info on this newest term for the web.

A tag cloud with terms related to Web 2.0
wikipedia
Technorati
del.icio.us
flickr

Multimodal Learning Through Media: What the Research Says

The conclusion of this paper seems to be that multimodal learning is superior, especially for the advance learner. Read more to form your opinion.

Conversations Across Academic Cultures

In the data gathered in this study denoting there is little evidence that institutions in either country explored have progressed past the second of the three stages of quality evolution. The strongest emergent theme in the assessment of quality initiatives reflects the clash between a collegial and managerial culture, consistent with the literature.

7 Things You Should Know About Lulu

Lulu is a web-based self-publishing service, providing online access to the tools an individual needs to design, publish, and print original material, including books, brochures, reports, calendars, and posters. Faculty can use the service to publish more timely textbooks and other material for courses, and by having access to the tools of production, students can see and understand the processes involved.

Rethinking Teaching for the Knowledge Society

Author Diana Laurillard's study addresses how universities have been aware of the pressures to expand access to higher education, yet the knowledge society requires more graduates fueled by the expanding higher education sector. In turn, it is generating more knowledge industries, producing additional, competitive pressures for traditional institutions of higher education. Knowledge industries are creating the means by which individuals can acquire the immediate skills and knowledge those industries need. As a result, many individuals are questioning the true benefit of a university education, given it's cost.