Something for ERAU to be concerned about in China?

The China Conundrum
American colleges find the Chinese-student boom a tricky fit
By Tom Bartlett and Karin Fischer
The Chronicle of HE
November 3, 2011

Concerns over cheating, english proficiency, and the role of "educational agents" are causing some US colleges to second guess admitting Chinese nationals.

Videos Resource: CollegeAnywhere.com

Lots of video resources: http://preview.collegeanywhere.org/browse_producer.php

Annenberg Learner

Africans
Against All Odds
American Cinema
American Passages
Art of the Western World
Biography of America
Bridging World History
College Algebra
Connect With English
Death: A Personal Understanding
Democracy In America
Destinos I
Destinos II
Discovering Psychology
Earth Revealed
Economics U$A (21st Century Edition)
Ethics in America
Ethics In America II
Exploring the World of Music
French in Action I
French in Action II
Growing Old In A New Age
Habitable Planet
Inside the Global Economy
Learning Classroom
Learning Science Through Inquiry
Life Science
Literary Visions
Mathematics Illuminated
Mechanical Universe and Beyond I
Mechanical Universe and Beyond II
Neuroscience & The Classroom
News Writing
Physics for the 21st Century
Planet Earth
Power of Place
Rediscovering Biology
Rural Communities
Seasons of Life
Teaching High School Science
Unseen Life on Earth
Voices and Visions
Western Tradition
Western Tradition II
Whole Child
World of Abnormal Psychology
World of Chemistry

Chilmark Programs

Directors I
Directors II

Dallas TeleLearning

Choices and Change Macroeconomics
Choices and Change Microeconomics
Exploring Society
For the Love of Wisdom
Its Strictly Business
Journey to Health
Nutrition Pathways
Shaping America
Transforming America
Voices in Democracy
Writers Circle
Writers Exchange
Writers Odyssey

Florida CC

Advanced English Composition

Governors State

Adolescent Substance Abuser
Beliefs and Believers
Contemporary Native American Authors
Dealing with Diversity
Family Communication
Literature for Children and Adolescents
Living Literature
Love: What Everyone Needs to Know
Personality Theories
Read and Rap: Teaching Young Adult Literature
Schools and Society
Substance Abuse: Current Concepts
Women and Social Action

GPN Educational Media

Chinese, The
Worlds of Childhood

KET

GED Connection
GED Connection (Spanish)
Workplace Essential Skills

PBS Video

1421: The Year China Discovered America?
Affairs of the Heart
African American Lives
Age of Aids

Quisic

Introduction to Business Communication
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Introduction to Marketing
Introduction to Microeconomics
Legal Environment of Business

Edmodo - "Facebook" for Education

Has anyone in the group used Edmodo? I am wondering if it's at all appropriate for ERAU...

Georgia Tech Invokes FERPA, Cripple's School's Wikis

Very interesting (and scary) reading about one university's interpretation of FERPA...

Georgia Tech Invokes FERPA...

Learning Design Software:

A project out of the U.K.:

LDSE for TEL: Learning Design Software Environment for Technology-Enhanced Learning





posted on behalf of Jan.

Pearson and Google create OpenClass

Interesting article about Pearson and Google working together to create OpenClass, with some commentary by Blackboard mixed in.

Pearson and Google Jump into Learning Management Mix with a New, Free System

Google Translate in Chrome 11: Speech-to-Text Tool for Creating Transcripts

From Jan:

Just in case you don’t know about this speech-to-text option, check out using Google Translate in Chrome 11 for making transcripts.

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20058475-285/how-to-use-chromes-speech-to-text/

I am passing this information along to developers making audio and video clips to create transcripts.