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Evaluating, Selecting, and Maximizing Software in a Blended Learning Environment

Author: Gino Sangiuliano

Evaluating, Selecting,and Maximizing Softwware in a Blended Learning Environment

Source: Globe, Clker, http://bit.ly/1CVSonk; Stick Figure, Clker, http://bit.ly/1JoIB83, Project Red, http://www.projectred.org

Video Transcript

Notes on "Evaluating, Selecting, and Maximizing Software in a Blended Learning Environment"

(00:00-00:20) Intro

(00:21-00:45) Planning a Budget

(00:46-01:43) The 4 C’s

(01:44-03:00) Open Source Resources

(03:01-03:50) Considerations

(03:51-04:10) Summary

(04:11-04:38) Food for Thought

Additional Resources


OpenSource.com: A Guide to Open Source Education

This site explains open source educational resources, why to use open source and how to locate open source educational resources. In addition the site offers links to the data bases with an explanation of the content for teachers to search. Included in this site are video tutorials that are open source (this link is below as well).
http://opensource.com/education/13/4/guide-open-source-education
Video - the best open source tutorials of 2014: http://opensource.com/business/14/12/top-open-source-how-to-2014?sc_cid=70160000000c9pPAAQ


Why Should Open Source Software be Used in School

This article addresses why open source educational resources can be used in schools. In addition, there are a variety of links to open source software and resources with an explanation of each resource below the article. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find case studies and examples of schools that implement open source software.
http://edge-op.org/grouch/schools.html


Blended Learning Implementation Guide

This is a comprehensive guide to implementing blended learning from the planning to the implementation stages. For this competency, review the technology selection processes on beginning on pages 21 and 26
http://digitallearningnow.com/site/uploads/2013/02/DLNSmartSeries-BL-paper_2012-02-05a.pdf