Free sessionRegistration not requiredThe Supreme Court has recently re-affirmed the broad and liberal interpretation of fair dealing. In the fair dealing and other cases that have been concluded the Court also extended the interpretation of fair dealing to the reproduction classroom copies, whether required or not. Another decision affirmed that fair dealing is technologically neutral. This is important for online learning as there is no question that many different devices and applications can…See More

Much of students’ social lives outside of school these days takes place online, through social networking sites. And even though this form of bullying may happen most often after school hours, the impact from online conflicts and negative comments in cyberspace can directly affect a student’s in-school life, including the ability to learn. While cyberbullying is receiving more attention and media coverage these days, school leaders and educators still have few clear-cut guidelines on how to…See More

Open High School of Utah has been creating and using Open Educational Resources (OER) as the basis of their courses for the past 3 years. With over 40 developed courses under their belt, Open High School has fine-tuned the process of identifying, structuring and creating a dynamic and engaging curriculum using Open Educational Resources.Open Educational Resources are abundant, but not widely adopted, particularly in K-12 classrooms. This is not due to quality of the materials, but more to…See More

Free SIGML Webinar: The planet is entering headlong into the Age of Mobilism. The hallmark of this new age is connections:  connections to people, to events, to places, to things – immediate, multiple, and simultaneous connections. The affordances of a mobile learning device, that miraculously-thin, aluminum-encased slab of glass that is essentially embedded in one’s hand, are engendering changes in  beliefs, values, and practices in all areas of human endeavor, from accounting to zoological…See More

Free webinarIn this special webinar sponsored by K12, Inc., Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, will share an exciting new set of Speak Up data that directly answers this critical question: How are today's administrators leveraging technology to close the achievement gap? The webinar will include key national research data on how online learning directly addresses several of the critical challenges that are waking up our nation's administrators in the middle of the night. Additionally, Ms.…See More

Eportfolios are becoming more prevalent in demonstrating competency-based & capstone learning. Join us to uncover and discuss how eportfolios are becoming the conduit to new forms of assessment and credentialling.See More

My colleague David Gregg spotted this link a few days ago.  Focus is training professionals but some of it will apply to K12. Mobile Learning Design for Training ProfessionalsLink: http://ml.goingeast.ca/  See More