Weekly Sporto bookmarks (weekly)

• Towards MOOCs with a purpose: crowdsourcing and analyzing scalable design solutions with mooc learners

  tags: MOOC MOOCs online learning IRRODL crowdsourcing

• Types of Participant Behavior in a Massive Open Online Course | Kahan | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

  tags: MOOC MOOCs online learning behavior engagement IRRODL participation

• Formal Lifelong E-Learning for Employability and Job Stability During Turbulent Times in Spain | Martínez-Cerdá | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

  tags: lifelong learning e-learning employability employment job stability economics

• Net Neutrality and its Implications to Online Learning | Yamagata-Lynch | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

  tags: Net neutrality netneutrality online learning IRRODL

• The Pedagogic Architecture of MOOC: A Research Project on Educational Courses in Spanish | Fernández-Díaz | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

  tags: MOOC MOOCs spanish pedagogy IRRODL

• Los mejores editores gratuitos de archivos en PDF | Digital Trends Español

  tags: pdf editor espanol free

• Aprende cómo convertir archivo de Kindle en PDF | Digital Trends Español

  tags: epub ebooks pdf e-readers converter tools ebook

• calibre - Descargar calibre

  tags: epub ebooks pdf e-readers converter tools ebook

• How to Convert a PDF File to ePUB | Digital Trends

  tags: epub pdf e-readers converter ebooks tools

• Online ePub converter

  tags: epub pdf e-readers converter ebooks tools

• Adobe .PDF vs. Open-source. EPUB Comparison

  tags: epub pdf e-readers comparison

  • PDF files creates a static image — a picture — of each page.
  • pdf text is not reflowable
  • For users, however, there is a downside
  • While EPUB is designed for reflowable text — meaning text that adjusts itself depending on the size of the display, the font being used (if the user is able to change fonts), the size of the text, and various other variables. EPUB can optimize for the particular display device, the readability for mobile devices is better than PDF.
  • PDF users can easily create a PDF bookmark or add links to it, so that you can easier to navigate to particular pages
  • we can easily fill out the PDF form
  • EPUB does not support interactivity, it is read-only.
  • EPUB is basically support text and images.
  • For example, the handy built-in application iBooks on Apple iPad (iPhone, iPod Touch) supports only EPUB.

• What is the difference between viewing eBooks in PDF and EPUB formats online? - Support - EBSCO Help

  tags: epub pdf usability accessibility e-readers

  • Reflowable Text: When viewing EPUB format eBooks online, the text will “reflow” depending on the viewing window. This means it will re-size and change shape to fit the size and shape of the screen, like a webpage.
  • PDFs are not reflowable

• Student support services for online learning re-imagined and re-invigorated: then, now and what's to come

  tags: online learning distance education student support student resources

• 26 Breakthrough innovations at the world's open universities

  tags: innovations universities open education distance education icde canada

• Learning Design for Innovation « WCET Frontiers

  tags: learning design innovation

  • LEDi, a concept based in Design Thinking, provides leaders, learning designers, and facilitators with a simple and straight forward process for implementing course, program, and curriculum innovations.
  • effectively plan and communicate learning designs
  • Learning Environment Modeling™ is an easy-to-use tool for designing all levels of learning – from courses to programs to institutional curriculum.
  • using the system to collaborate, redesign, and align programs with impressive efficiency and effectiveness.
  • This system allows instructional designers to focus on learning design instead of being simply “course builders.
  • Institute for Learning Environment Design, or ILED. ILED provides training and consulting using LEDi and Learning Environment Modeling™

• OER: The Future of Education Is Open | EDUCAUSE

  tags: OER online learning open content opencourseware

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