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Alex Rockey

The Mobile Course Design Journey provides practical strategies to college and university educators and faculty support professionals looking to develop accessible mobile learning experiences. Given the near-ubiquity of mobile device ownership today, creating courses that can be completed entirely on a mobile device is essential to captivating student attention and supporting equity-minded pedagogy. This book frames effective mobile design within a continuum in which educators can ...

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Sam Page

Marketing is psychology, in practice. That’s all it is.This book will introduce you to fascinating research in the areas of social psychology and consumer behavior. But more importantly, this book will show you exactly how you can apply these research findings to acquire more customers for your business.Focused specifically on digital marketing strategies, Digital Neuromarketing is packed full of examples and screenshots from some of the world’s most successful onl...

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Justin Shewell

One of the biggest myths in online teaching is that it is easier and less time-consuming than teaching face-to-face. Many institutions, in fact, assign online teachers a heavier work load because "Hey, they're only teaching online." The truth is that teaching online takes more time and effort than face-to-face teaching because as a teacher you have to work harder to engage and support your students.This book contains 50 tips to help you be successful in online teaching, from choosi...

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Vivek Wadhwa, Alex Salkever

Wadhwa and Salkever have written a great book to help us understand our addiction to technology and suggest what we can do about it." —André s Oppenheimer, columnist for the Miami Herald, joint winner of the 1987 Pulitzer PrizeTechnology: your master, or your friend? Do you feel ruled by your smartphone and enslaved by your email or social-network activities? Digital technology is making us miserable, say bestselling auth...

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Esther Wojcicki, Lance Izumi

MOONSHOTS IN EDUCATION: LAUNCHING BLENDED LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM Moonshots in Education explores digital and online learning in the classroom. It gives several models and examples of schools that are already implementing digital learning and what the success rate has been.

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Kathleen P. King

A comprehensive exploration of technology's role in adult learningTechnology and Innovation in Adult Learning introduces educators and students to the intersection of adult learning and the growing technological revolution. Written by an internationally recognized expert in the field, this book explores the theory, research, and practice driving innovation in both adult learning and learning technology, and illuminates a powerful approach to recognize and ...

In UDL University: Designing for Variability Across the Postsecondary Curriculum, sixteen Goodwin faculty members share their stories of ambitious experiments, inspirational successes, and instructive failures in applying Universal Design for Learning in their classrooms. Their compelling and highly personal accounts of UDL's transformative effects span a variety of disciplines at the career-focused university-nursing, sociology, histology, computers, math, writing, literature wel...

This volume of essays provides insights into educational technology from a diverse set of vantage points. Each chapter provides school leaders with both conceptual insights and practical guides. Moreover, the authors of these insights and guides are eclectic including: current K-12 school educators and students, professors and graduate students of educational technology and educational leadership, and technology industry leaders. Our goal was to provide a thoughtful and thought-provoking s...

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Stephanie Smith Budhai, Laura McLaughlin Taddei

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ASCD Arias

Of the 21st century skills vital for success in education and the workplace, "the 4Cs"-critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity—have been highlighted as crucial competencies.This book shows how teachers can more purposefully integrate technology into instruction to facilitate the practice and mastery of each of the 4Cs along with other learning objectives. It’s packed with practical and engaging strategies that will transform the way students experience learn...

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Ashesh Mukherjee

Whether we are checking emails, following friends on Facebook and Twitter, catching up on gossip from TMZ, planning holidays on TripAdvisor, arranging dates on Match.com, watching videos on Youtube, or simply browsing for deals on Amazon, the Internet pervades our professional and personal environments. The Internet has revolutionized our lives, but at what cost?In The Internet Trap, Ashesh Mukherjee uses the latest research in consumer psychology to highlight five hidden ...

"The author empowers teachers to engage IT specialists or administrators in a discussion about the use of mobile technologies or Web 2.0 tools and to change the way we think about using technology with kids. This book gives readers lots of information (ammunition) to go out and make things happen with their cell phone, laptop, MP3 player, or digital camera!"—April DeGennaro, Gifted Education TeacherFayette County Board of Education, Fayetteville, GA

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Kristin Kipp

A groundbreaking guide to facilitating online and blended coursesThis comprehensive resource offers teachers in grades K-12 a hands-on guide to the rapidly growing field of online and blended teaching. With clear examples and explanations, Kristin Kipp shows how to structure online and blended courses for student engagement, build relationships with online students, facilitate discussion boards, collaborate online, design online assessments, and much more....