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Designing for Online Learning: My Story

jgvanides| a week ago
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The exponential interest in online learning and the launch of our new HP Catalyst Academy for STEMx Teachers has me thinking about my own experience teaching online. What makes it work?

 

 

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Labels: Education| eLearning| HP Catalyst| HP Catalyst Academy| hpcatalyst| Online Learning
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Northwestern University iLabs receives prestigious CENIC award

jgvanides| March 13, 2013
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The significance of remotely accessible science labs for high school students has caught the attention of the leaders of California’s high-speed education network....

 

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Labels: e-learning| Education| K-12 Education| K12 education| Online Learning| STEM| STEM Education| STEM(+)
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My First MOOC

jgvanides| September 9, 2012
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I've just signed up to participate in my first Massively Open Online Course (MOOC). It's free and runs from Sept 8-30th. The focus of "MobiMOOC" is Mobile Learning, and hundreds of educators from around the world are already "enrolled". Sounds crazy - and very interesting.

 

What to join me? Keep reading to learn more...

 

 

 

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Remote (not just virtual) Instrumentation for Students – Real Science from Anywhere

jgvanides| July 21, 2010
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Are your students missing out on real laboratory experiences due to the cost of real laboratory instrumentation? The Integrated Instrumentation Network (ILN) project at Western Washington University has developed a way to share actual (not simulated) lab instrumentation with faculty and students around the world – with live control via the internet. Wow…
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  • Jim Vanides is a member of the HP Office of Global Social Innovation, responsible for worldwide education philanthropy strategy and programs. This includes the 2010 HP Catalyst Initiative (www.hp.com/go/hpcatalyst) and the 2009 HP Innovations in Education initiative, a $20M investment reaching schools, colleges, and universities in 26 countries. In addition to authoring the blog, “Teaching, Learning, and Technology in Higher Education” (www.hp.com/go/hied-blog) he is a contributing author on the K12 education blog, Guide to Digital Learning Environments (www.guide2digitallearning.com/blog). In his "spare" time, Jim teaches an online course for Montana State University on the Science of Sound (www.scienceteacher.org), a masters-level, conceptual physics course for teachers in grades 5 through 8. Jim’s past work at HP has included engineering design, engineering management, and program management in R&D, Manufacturing, and Business Development. He holds a BS in Engineering and a MA in Education, both from Stanford University.
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