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Digital learning is any type of learning that is accompanied by technology or by instructional practice that makes effective use of technology. It encompasses the application of a wide spectrum of practices including: blended and virtual learning.

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Digital learning is any type of learning that is accompanied by technology or by instructional practice that makes effective use of technology. It encompasses the application of a wide spectrum of practices including: blended and virtual learning.

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4 Tools to Improve Digital Productivity in 2018

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4 Tools to Improve Digital Productivity in 2018

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1. Zapier.
Zapier is a SaaS company that connects and automates all your various tools and apps that your team uses. It’s nothing short of genius.

It works like this: You get an account, then, you connect all the apps and other SaaS tools you already use to Zapier.

Trello, Asana, Gmail, MailChimp, PayPal, Evernote, social media platforms, Slack, Dropbox, and Salesforce are just a few examples of the apps that Zapier can integrate with.

Then, you create ‘zaps’ – basically ‘if this then that’ sort of rules. For example, you might connect your Gmail account to your Trello board so that when a new customer request comes in, it's automatically added to your workstack.

By improving the integration between apps, you can give your team more time to focus on what's important you can help improve your team’s productivity.

2. CoSchedule

CoSchedule is a way for you to schedule and manage your digital marketing. From publishing a blog post to promoting something on social media, CoSchedule makes the process far easier and slicker (not to mention a lot more automatic).

It works by sitting within your WordPress CMS and acting as a re-skin of your normal back-end. For companies with many writers or different (non-writer) contributing team members, it’s a brilliant tool. CoSchedule:

Helps you manage and direct what goes live when

Helps with automatic headline creation tools

Makes it easy to optimize for SEO

Makes it easy to plan a whole content calendar

And it integrates with the Google suite including analytics, so you can track and optimise your content over time.

3. Time Doctor

We thought about excluding Time Doctor, but decided the potential gains outweigh the heebie-jeebies it gives us.

Time Doctor allows you to track what your team does. For example, how much time is spent on email, how much on other apps (e.g. Slack, QuickBooks etc.), how much time is spent in meetings for each individual team member.

Naturally, this can be pretty weird pretty quick – after all, if Joe is delivering, who cares if he works for 1 hour and plays Farmville for the remaining 7?

But if we step back and look at the whole picture, Time Doctor is superb for helping teams figure out as a team where there are inefficiencies – are you meeting too often? Is your administration eating up too much of your team’s time?

These sorts of insights can help you with hiring new staff, keeping your team focused, and distributing workload efficiently.

4. iDoneThis
iDoneThis is like a daily status update of what each member of a team has done. You list all the things you’ve done, then at the end of the day, that list gets sent to your manager (or whoever you want).

For balancing workload and keeping your team focused and motivated, iDoneThis is a brilliant tool. Plus, if you are the sort of team that would appreciate a bit of healthy competition, it’s an easy way to encourage it.

Proceed with caution though – this sort of micro tracking and progress updating doesn’t work in every environment, so think carefully before you roll it out. Maybe try it first with your own boss before you roll it out to your entire digital team.

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The idea of digital productivity in an innovative topic that has yet to be fully defined. ... But just because you have a digital office and downloads some apps, doesn't mean you are being digitally productive.

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A digital learning strategy may include any of or a combination of any of the following:

adaptive learning

badging and gamification

blended learning

classroom technologies

e-textbooks

learning analytics

learning objects

mobile learning

personalized learning

online learning (or e-learning)

open educational resources (OERs)

technology-enhanced teaching and learning

virtual reality

augmented reality

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Share knowledge

Collaborate with others to completed tasks and solve problems.

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mobile learningDictionary result for mobile learningnouneducation or training conducted by means of portable computing devices such as smartphones or tablet computers."employees who travel frequently can benefit from mobile learning"

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mobile learningDictionary result for mobile learningnouneducation or training conducted by means of portable computing devices such as smartphones or tablet computers."employees who travel frequently can benefit from mobile learning"

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Digital collaboration is using digital technologies for collaboration. Dramatically different from traditional collaboration, it connects a broader network of participants who can accomplish much more than they would on their own.

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Yammer is a private social network that helps employees collaborate across departments, locations and business apps.

Yammer is a social network that’s entirely focused on your business. In order to join your business’s Yammer network, your team member must have a working email address from your company’s domain.

In order to segregate relevant information to specific team members, you can create groups that will help reduce the noise in the Newsfeed.

Users can share posts with specific groups simply by utilizing the drop down menus below the Update box (which is similar to Facebook’s Status Box).

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One of the fastest growing startups today, Slack is the powerhouse messaging app used by remote teams.  Its powerful integrations, numerous bots, and the ecosystem being built on top of the platform have quickly transformed it into one of the most flexible communication tools on the market.

At its core, Slack operates in channels.  A company can create channels to track and archive conversations around teams and projects in order to get things done. Slack’s search feature ensures that you will never “lose” a conversation about a project.

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One of the biggest reasons that Skype is the most popular communication tool is that it’s free.

Skype allows audio and video calls between multiple devices.  In other words, one person could be on a laptop and another can be on their phone. One of the most prominent features we use here at Time Doctor is the group call.  We routinely have 4, 5, and 6 people on a call from time zones all over the world.

And yes, if you’ve ever used Skype, you may have run into reliability issues.  But for the longest time, it was the best bang for your buck. (Now rivaled by Google Hangouts.  See below.)

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Ideas brought to life in a digital medium
Applying your own initiative to maximise the potential of digital literacy
Thinking creatively in a digital environment and being able to be critical and reflective in relation to a target audience

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When you need safe storage for all of your files, this is the app to use. You will have 15 GB of free storage for photos, documents, and any other digital file you need to store for later use. Files are safe, but easily accessible by you and your team, and you can access them from any device. Organize items quickly and easily, and then share them and collaborate with your team.

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Information Literacy is defined as the lifelong ability to recognize the need for, to locate, evaluate and effectively use information. Digital information literacy is one aspect of this and very relevant for the 21st Century. Another term used in this context is fluency and this is where the following definition sits:

"Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves knowing how digital information is different from print information; having the skills to use specialized tools for finding digital information; and developing the dispositions needed in the digital information environment.

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Personalized learning refers to instruction in which the pace of learning and the instructional approach are optimized for the needs of each learner. Learningobjectives, instructional approaches, and instructional content (and its sequencing) may all vary based on learner needs.

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The ability to access , interpret and create digital information has increased its level of importance in the continuum of literacy in recent years. This is because the use of computers, the Internet and the World Wide Web has become integral to many forms of information access, communication, and knowledge generally. This change is having an impact on common understandings about information, communication and knowledge - causing many to ask fundamental questions like: what sort of information do I need, how do I find it and in what form do I need it to be? what is reliable information? How do we communicate effectively? and how do we develop and maintain knowledge?

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Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive computer-generated experience taking place within a simulated environment. It incorporates mainly auditory and visual feedback, but may also allow other types of sensory feedback like haptic. This immersive environment can be similar to the real world or it can be fantastical.

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Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive computer-generated experience taking place within a simulated environment. It incorporates mainly auditory and visual feedback, but may also allow other types of sensory feedback like haptic. This immersive environment can be similar to the real world or it can be fantastical.

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Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real-world are "augmented" by computer-generated perceptual information, sometimes across multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory, and olfactory.

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Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real-world are "augmented" by computer-generated perceptual information, sometimes across multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory, and olfactory.

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The definition of digital rights and responsibilities is having the right and freedom to use all types of digital technology while using the technology in an acceptable and appropriate manner. As a user of digital technology, you also have the right to privacy and the freedom of personal expression.

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What is Digital Responsibility?

Technology is used for many purposes:

-entertainment

-information

-communication

Thinking before you search or post is important. Being accountable for your actions is important. Using technology appropriately is important.

Examples of INAPPROPRIATE USE:

-searching inappropriate topics, sending inappropriate information or pictures, using it to bully/intimidate/threaten

Finding a balance between technology use and other activities is important.

Examples of INAPPROPRIATE TIMES TO USE IT:

-when your undivided attention or focus is required (when listening to a teacher, when engaging in a face to face conversation, while walking/crossing the road, while driving (watch YouTube clip), when you should be sleeping)

There are several legal issues to be aware of when using technology:

-copyright

-plagiarism

-illegal downloading

-identity theft

-sending spam

-hacking

-privacy

-cyberbullying

http://www.digizen.org/kids/

http://digitalcitizenship4kids.weebly.com/digital-law.html

Resources

Being Accountable and Appropriate

Respecting Digital Law

Leaving a positive Digital Footprint

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Sound clips - you can create your own or find sites to download free sound clips e.g https://freesound.org/browse/tags/sound-effects/

Video clips
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/creative-video

Images
https://www.storyblocks.com/stock-image

Hyperlinks (as demonstrated above)

Templates
https://www.templatemonster.com