THE 2019 Impact Rankings: US Colleges Outshined

Posted on April 3, 2019 by JimS

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In the Times Higher Education (THE) global University Impact Rankings released today, U.S. colleges are woefully underrepresented in the top 25. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the top U.S. college in the rankings at 24th. The top five are from the Commonwealth realm: (1) University of Auckland, New Zealand, (2) McMaster University, Canada, (3) University of British Columbia, Canada, (3) University of Manchester, United Kingdom, (5) King’s College London, United Kingdom.

THE, which is headquartered in London, publishes “the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs]. [It] uses carefully calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons across three broad areas: research, outreach, and stewardship. This first edition includes more than 450 universities from 76 countries.”  Continue reading →

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Mobile Devices and Screen Size

Posted on April 3, 2019 by JimS

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I was doing a lit review about using visuals in the language classroom, these articles Caught My Eye.

Size matters: AV in the classroom: Why the education industry needs to take screen size seriously by Hans Drummer in ET
This article focuses on projector screen and talks about optimum size and distance.

7 Tips To Create Responsive Design For Mobile Learning by Christopher Pappas in eLearning Industry
As the title suggests, this article looks at how to create responsive design on a mobile device.

Mobile learning design strategy: Why it matters and how to get the best results for your learners
by Debbie Hill in Elucidat
This blogpost suggests how to optimize mobile learning.

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TCC 2019 (April 16-18) : Call for Participation

Posted on April 3, 2019 by JimS

TCC 2019 (April 16-18) : Call for Participation
Join us!
TCC 2019 Worldwide Online Conference
Sustainable Learning, Accessible, Technologies, & Diverse Contexts
April 16-18, 2019
http://2019.tcconlineconference.org/

Keynote and invited plenary sessions
Dr. Charlotte “Lani” Gunawardena, University of New Mexico, USA
Dr.Ohkwa Lee, Chungbuk National University, South Korea
Dr. Matthew Schmidt, University of Cincinnati, USA
Dr. Yoon-Ah Rho, Kookmin University, South Korea
Dr. Hanna Teräs, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Dr. George Veletsianos, Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada

TCC is a three-day, entirely online conference for post-secondary faculty and staff worldwide that features over 100 concurrent sessions covering a wide range of topics related to educational technology, distance learning and emerging technologies for teaching and learning.

Register now for extended early bird rates:
https://2019.tcconlineconference.org/

Individuals participate in real-time sessions from the comfort of their workplace or home using a web browser to connect to individual sessions. All sessions are recorded for on-demand viewing. View the current schedule of presentations and descriptions.  Continue reading →

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