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Author Archives: Tim Boileau, Ph.D.

About Tim Boileau, Ph.D.

New Media and Digital Learning researcher and consultant. Instructional Systems Specialist.

Investigating IPEDS Distance Education Data Reporting: Progress Has Been Made

WCET conducted analysis on the Department of Education’s IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) data since the initial release of distance education data for the Fall, 2012. Most recently, we produced a comprehensive report, WCET Distance Education Enrollment Report 2016, that analyzes trends in the distance education data reported between 2012 and 2014.

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Posted by on April 26, 2016 in Uncategorized

 

Goodbye Resumes, Hello Digital Portfolios

By Heather Hiles – GenDIYers are trading traditional resumes for more tech savvy digital portfolios as they seek to tell their entire story to employers.

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Posted by on April 26, 2016 in Uncategorized

 

Creativity and Instructional Design

Creativity is often thought of as a mysterious phenomenon, arising out of those ‘struck by lightning’ moments. Although it is an important aspect of the instructional design process, it seems to be missing from the standard systems-based instructional design models. In addition, creative thinking is rarely discussed in industry conversations.

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Posted by on April 26, 2016 in Uncategorized

 

Skills Your e-Learning Team Needs in 2016 and Beyond

To give you and your eLearning team a fighting chance against the machines, learn, love and live these skills to succeed in 2016 and beyond.

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Posted by on April 25, 2016 in Uncategorized

 

The Minecraft Generation

How a clunky Swedish computer game is teaching millions of children to master the digital world.

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Posted by on April 25, 2016 in Uncategorized

 

Technology and Learning: Higher Ed in 2023

“Higher ed nerds throughout the land rejoiced last week at the release of The National Center’s for Education Statistics report Projections of Education Statistics to 2023.”

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Posted by on April 25, 2016 in Uncategorized

 

Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week – Create Screencasts on Chromebooks

As I’ve written many times over the years, Screencast-o-Matic is my favorite tool for creating screencast videos on Mac and Windows computers. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work on Chromebooks.

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Posted by on April 25, 2016 in Uncategorized

 

How to Move Toward Student-Centered Learning

How can you foster student-centered learning in your classroom? Use these resources and tips to guide you towards making it happen in your classroom.

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Posted by on April 21, 2016 in Uncategorized

 

What We Learn from Each Other | Teaching Professor Blog

There is a wonderful spirit of sharing among college faculty. But there are some downsides to learning about teaching through conversations with colleagues.

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Posted by on April 20, 2016 in Uncategorized

 

People in developing countries use MOOCs differently

In the U.S., MOOC users are disproportionately wealthy and already well-educated, and they more often take MOOCs for personal, rather than professional, reasons. But in developing countries, less than half of survey respondents had completed college, and they reported taking the courses to advance their education or career.

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Posted by on April 16, 2016 in Uncategorized