...are students more or less distracted because of the Internet? Does social media help or hurt learners?

Some interesting info-graphics that are well worth a closer look...

Visit http://edudemic.com/2011/04/social-media-students/ to read the full article and/or to view the info-graphics.

Nik Peachey has created a document showing 36 different ways practitioners can use web based tools to enhance the things they do in a learning environment and make learners assignment options more interesting and communicative.

View Nik's publication at http://www.scribd.com/doc/53030128/36-Tools-for-Digitising-your-ELT-Course-Book.

Note: Presentation slides are available at: 36Tools for Digitising Your Coursebook

When you deliver feedback it should be balanced. This statement suggests that practitioners should strive to give learners a balance of positive and negative feedback.

This Blog entry points out that there isn't just two types of feedback, there is in fact four...

• Negative feedback;

• Positive feedback;

• Negative feedforward; and
  

• Positive feedforward.

Visit http://bit.ly/dYtzmd to read the full article about five balancing strategies to help practitioners use the four types...