Posts Tagged ‘virtual learning environments’
May 3 - Second Life Provides Real-World Benefits
By: Matthew Trevett-Smith, PhD. in Teaching and Learning
As digital natives, today’s college students have instigated a transformation of the learning process. The Internet and immersive user-generated online worlds like Second Life are changing the way that college students gather and process information in all aspects of their lives. At a time when students will turn to Google rather than visit the library, or search Wikipedia instead of asking for a reference librarian, professors need to rethink how we use technology in our classrooms.
November 17 - Technology Trends in Higher Education: How Web 2.0 Tools are Transforming Learning
By: Mary Bart in Teaching and Learning, Trends in Higher Education
It wasn’t all that long ago that the only people using Web 2.0 applications were Millennials and other early adopters. Today Web 2.0 tools are making serious in-roads into the higher education community as valuable weapons in today’s teaching arsenal. And while it’s no surprise that students are drawn to these applications, what may be
