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Concordia Website Template – Latest Revisions

Dwayne Harapnuik — February 2, 2012 — 14 Comments

It looks like we are almost at the point of moving forward with a template look for our main page and secondary pages. The following main page image image incorporates the layout, colors and general feel of our main page. Remember the labels, headings and specific images etc. are items that we will be able to change and once we do some usability testing.

We have the following two variations of our secondary landing pages. The images can be replaced with an image that is appropriate for your area and we will be looking at how we can easily update these images and headers on a regular basis.

Rev 3a

Please use the following poll to select your secondary landing page preference. I also appreciate your comments.

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The State of Digital Education

Dwayne Harapnuik — February 1, 2012 — Leave a comment

Created by Knewton and Column Five Media

Three new trends in particular are bringing education into the modern age and helping to improve learning outcomes: digital content (digital textbook sales are projected to grow rapidly over the next decade), mass distribution (the transformation of content from print to digital formats streamlines distribution and enables learning to happen anywhere), and personalized learning (new technologies generate individual learning profiles and custom solutions that ensure concept mastery).

In 21st century learning digital, Learning

Concordia MISSM Students at IEEE

Dwayne Harapnuik — January 31, 2012 — Leave a comment

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Concordia Mid-Day Break Survey Results

Dwayne Harapnuik — January 30, 2012 — 2 Comments

Survey Results are based on the following responses as of January 27, 2012:

Students – 321
Faculty – 31
Staff – 12

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Mobile Enhance Inquiry-based Learning: MEIBL

Dwayne Harapnuik — January 29, 2012 — Leave a comment

http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/MobileEnhancedInquiryBasedLear/242800

Mobile-Enhanced Inquiry-Based Learning: A Collaborative Study (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE via kwout

Abilene Christian University’s (ACU) mobile-enhanced inquiry-based learning (MEIBL) is a blended learning strategy which creates an active and engaging learning environment, producing increased student engagement, maintenance of academic performance and improvements in student persistence and course completion. MEIBL addresses the greatest barriers for inquiry-based learning, minimizing time requirements of providing differentiated instruction and providing the fundamental guidance necessary for the inquiry process. Time saved on information transfer through MEIBL strategies enable faculty to mentor learners to engage course content at a deeper level.

Perhaps the most exciting part of the MEIBL initiative is that it can be replicated or extended to almost any learning environment. While Delmar College (DMC) in the southern Texas, and California University (UCal) of Pennsylvania are the first two formal partners in the ACU MEIBL research project the program principles found on the MEIBL site can easily be extended to any other post secondary institutions.

In mobile inquiry-based learning, MEIBL