# Technology Supported Learning & Retention/Resources

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## Moodle, Catalyst

* Moodle Teacher's Manual - online book format http://moodle.tokem.fi/mod/book/view.php?id=16397&chapterid=4445
* Moodle Teacher documentation http://docs.moodle.org/en/Teacher_documentation
* Moodle themes - downloadable http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=26&page=0 themes documentation http://docs.moodle.org/en/Themes
* Catalyst Up-And-Running for Faculty at De Anza College https://catalystdev.deanza.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=3
* Catalyst Student Guide = For Faculty Viewing https://catalystdev.deanza.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=101 (catalystdev) https://catalyst.deanza.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=3 (catalyst)

## Resources

TSLR Resources - Additional information on educational technology, teaching and learning
Some of these resources are big articles with lots of links, some of the links contained are also shown with the listing site
* Pedagogical affordances of syndication, aggregation, and mash-up of content on the Web http://tesl-ej.org/ej41/int.html
* “Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.” - from the Project Gutenberg EBook of Areopagitica, by John Milton http://www.gutenberg.org/files/608/608.txt
* Podomatic http://podomatic.com - enables anyone to easily find, create, distribute, promote and listen to both audio and video podcasts, directly into their computer, iPod, mp3 player or even TiVo. It encodes the podcast and syndicates it to all podcast directories.
* http://del.icio.us/tag/P2P-EFL-ESL-X
* TeacherTube http://www.teachertube.com/
* multiliteracies and transliteracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteracy
* Podcasting - Useful article describing and outlining case studies in the use of podcasting in learning: "the creation and distribution of lecture archives for review, the delivery of supplemental educational materials and content, and assignments requiring students to produce and submit their own podcasts." PDF. http://connect.educause.edu/files/CMU_Podcasting_Jun07.pdf
* BE VOCAL: Characteristics of Successful Online Instructors - The VOCAL approach summarizes the key characteristics that a master instructor utilizes to be effective in an online environment. VOCAL is an acronym for Visible, Organized, Compassionate, Analytical and Leader-by-example. http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/viewarticle.cfm?volID=4&IssueID=15&ArticleID=73
* 21st century Information Literacy Project - Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves knowing how digital information is different from print information; having the skills to use specialized tools for finding digital information; and developing the dispositions needed in the digital information environment. http://21cif.imsa.edu/
* Tutorials - MicroModules are self-paced, on-demand learning experiences each tailored to a specific topic. They are designed as 10-15 minute tutorials. Many MicroModules contain audio and/or video segments to communicate key concepts. http://21cif.imsa.edu/tutorials/micro
* Copyright and Fair Use Resources - Copyright and Fair Use http://21cif.imsa.edu/tutorials/micro/mm/copyright
* 10 Big Myths about copyright explained http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
* example of an educational wiki that is all about collaboration and spreading knowledge: http://the-moon.wikispaces.com . With over 2,000 pages it has become an amazing reference wiki!
** Our Space: The-Moon Wiki is a repository for scientific and historic information about the Moon and the people who study it. We want the wiki to be THE place to find out about every named lunar landform. Each piece of data is signed or has a reference listed so users can evaluate the quality of the information.
** Our Community: There are three main (=obsessed) contributors including Chuck Wood, a lunar scientist, Mark Tillotson, an engineer and amateur astronomer who has fallen in love with the Moon, and Jim Mosher, a retired physicist. Each has contributed knowledge, hard work and skills, allowing us to create 2055 pages in less than 2 months. Amateur astronomers and professional lunar scientists use and contribute to The-Moon.
** Our Experience with Wikispaces: Wikispaces is a very easy to use tool. We created computer programs to harvest information from sources across the Internet, and then used the Wikispaces template feature to create pages. We did have to add each page by hand, and also hundreds of images - how we wish there were bulk uploads and global editing (for use as we discover new data sources)! Wood has two other Wikispaces sites (including a private one for study of Titan data from the Cassini spacecraft) and will use a new Wikispaces site as a classroom for an online course this fall on education about the Moon.
* educational games news and resource blog. It has a lot of other relevant links. learninginvideogames ?? spam filter - web .com
* Approaches That Work: How Authentic Learning Is Transforming Higher Education http://connect.educause.edu/library/abstract/ApproachesThatWorkHo/44821?time=1186025389 Authentic learning aligns well with the needs of today's participatory learners. The challenge is to channel their online and collaborative abilities and interests into academic pursuits, helping them develop the higher-order thinking skills they may not
* @ONE Improving Education through Technology http://www.cccone.org/ mailing list

## Recent additions

* Networks, Ecologies, and Curatorial Teaching http://connectivism.ca/blog/2007/08/networks_ecologies_and_curator.html the role of the "individual formerly known as teacher"