More MOOC Opportunities This Summer

If you’re interested in the Games Based Learning Summer MOOC opportunities, please find more information here (note the Part I course starts June 3):
http://ccconlinefacultynews.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-games-mooc.html

Speaking of MOOCs, you may be interested in this recent Chronicle article:
“What Professors Can Learn from ‘Hard Core’ MOOC Students” (Jeffrey R. Young, 5/20/13):
http://chronicle.com/article/What-Professors-Can-Learn-From/139367/?cid=wb

Comments, as always, are welcome in the CCCOnline Community!

Online Teaching & Learning Articles

This week, we offer a few recent articles pertinent to online teaching and learning; enjoy!

“Paying Attention in the Digital Age” by Nigel Thrift (5/16/13)
From The Chronicle’s “WorldWise” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/paying-attention-in-the-digital-age/32331

“Q&A: Howard Rheingold on Using Technology to Take Learning into Our Own Hands” by Heather Chaplin (5/14/13)
From the MacArthur Foundation’s Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning:
http://spotlight.macfound.org/featured-stories/entry/qa-howard-rheingold-on-using-technology-to-take-learning-into-our-own-hands/

“50 Education Technology Tools You Can Start Using Today” by Jeff Dunn (4/15/13)
From Edudemic:
http://edudemic.com/2013/04/50-education-technology-tools-you-can-start-using-today/

“The Skills Both Online Students and Teachers Must Have” by Todd A. Hitchcock (3/27/13)
From Edudemic:
http://edudemic.com/2013/03/the-skills-both-online-students-and-teachers-must-have/

Cool Tools Presentation

At the recent eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLcc) Conference, our own Beth Kitts and Brenda Perea presented a popular session on “cool tools” (that is, an expert list of the latest and greatest tools you might like to use as you teach online).  Here’s the link to their Prezi:
http://tinyurl.com/2013cooltools

Feel free to share your own favorite “cool tools” in the CCCOnline Community!