Today, I’m presenting a workshop with Drs. Lee Allen and Kay Reeves on creating effective online courses. There’s a tremendous push currently in our college (and university) to move more coursework online. So, beyond the technical aspects of using our course management system (Desire2Learn), we are also discussing pedagogy and course design for online teaching and learning.
These are my Jumptags for February 19th Cogs For Blogs – A directory of Web 2.0 tools and tutorials on how to use them. Good stuff. Google Spreadsheets Data Validation – Google Spreadsheets has a new feature for cell validation. It will check data within a cell to see if it matches certain criteria, such as email or URL. Quick-UX. [...]
by Charles B. Hodges
I work in an environment where thousands of learners access web-based learning materials daily. Web-based learning is a major topic of research and discussion in the professional organizations to which I belong. I teach graduate-level instructional design courses, and I will soon be involved with undergraduate-level technology integration courses. Exploring the endless stream of new Web 2.0 tools that emerge and imagining (or reading in my friends’ blogs) how these might be used to facilitate learning is something I enjoy. Recently, I have found myself considering ethical issues surrounding all of these interests
These are my Jumptags for February 18th Snapter – Turn photos into PDFs. Education – Change.org: Tutorial: Two Uses of Technology to Improve Literacy and Critical Thinking – I’m still thinking about that UCLA research saying “technology in the classroom damages literacy and critical thinking.” I’m still thinking it’s behind the times, in its framing of technology as “… Education [...]
by Elizabeth Boling
Years ago when I read Design for the Real World (Papanek, 1973), I was not anticipating ending up in a design field where the issues he championed would actually apply to my work. Over time, however, I find my thoughts returning insistently to the core of his message – most trained designers end up plying their trade to produce more stuff (or more experiences) for people who already have enough (or people who have too much!)
These are my Jumptags for February 6th
by Sharon Smaldino
As part of the 21st Century Partnership (www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php) with a number of states, there is an emphasis on ensuring that students have learning opportunities that prepare them for their futures. Media literacy is one topic area within the suggested curricular areas and it is evolving as technologies related to social media and mobile technologies advance.
Happy Valentine’s Day and welcome to the inaugural post of my new web site and blog, ViralNotebook.com. I hope you’ll find my blog interesting, provocative, funny and informative. I’m going to be considering design broadly, including instructional design, message design, interface design and graphic design. I’ll also be looking toward instructional development and learning technologies, such as e-learning, Web 2.0 and technology integration.
