This is an announcement from my Email Inbox about a free webinar sponsored by the Association for Educational Communications & Technology‘s Graduate Students division. I encourage everyone to sign up soon at https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=47yspb9bj2mi AECT’s GSA is back with another intellectually stimulating webinar on Designing Inquiry-based Virtual Environments presented by the leading designers in the field. Please read the attached flyer [...]
My good friend, colleague, and doctoral student, Joanne Gikas, will be defending her dissertation next Wednesday. The purpose of her study was to explore the changes to teaching and learning when faculty members implemented mobile computing devices in their classes. She considered both faculty members’ perspectives and students’ perspectives in her qualitative research. Here is a brief summary of her [...]
Today, Google announced Swiffy. Swiffy is a Google Labs product that will convert Adobe Flash (.swf) files to HTML5. Over at the Official Google Blog, an excerpt from today’s announcement describes Swiffy: Today we’re making the first version of Swiffy available on Google Labs. You can upload a SWF file, and Swiffy will produce an HTML5 version which will run [...]
In the past year, I’ve really become fascinated with QR codes, that’s quick response codes. These little crazy square thingies are popping up everywhere—even on t-shirts! Did you know they’ve been used in Japan for about 15 years. Who knew? I’ve gathered up some resources here that I use in professional development workshops with K-12 teachers and higher education faculty. [...]
The Midsouth Educational Research Association (MSERA) will be holding its annual meeting in Oxford, MS, this year at the University of Mississippi. The dates are November 2-4, 2011, and the conference hotel is The Inn at Ole Miss. This is an excellent opportunity for graduate students to share their educational research. The Call for Papers describes the requirements for the [...]
In my email today, I received this notice from a friend of mine about a call for book chapters that his colleagues were editing. This sounds like an interesting topic and an opportunity for publishing student research in teacher education. Here’s an excerpt from the call: Over the past decade, teacher candidates have used the World Wide Web as a [...]
This morning I was reading Tom Barrett’s blog over at Edte.ch. He recounts a story about Creative Commons licensing that went terribly awry. Tom is a former classroom teacher and educational technology evangelist. In fact, he and his colleagues originated a series of Google Docs presentations that are know world wide for ideas to use some technology in the classroom. [...]
If you’re like me, you’re lamenting the end of Harry Potter as the final flick is released next month. However, the folks over at GeekDad, GeekMom, and Wired magazine report that J.K. Rowling isn’t going to let the magic die just yet. Pottermore is coming soon. In an excerpt, GeekDad says: According to the Guardian, Rowling is getting ready to [...]
R&T Outstanding Journal Article Award Sponsored by: AECT’s Research & Theory Division Articles nominated must have been published no earlier than 2009 in a regularly published journal relevant to our field, and should be relevant to the broad field of instructional design. Additionally, articles nominated should bring insights to either empirical research or theory development in instructional design. Anyone may [...]
Beginning this Sunday, June 19, I will be attending and presenting at the Tennessee Education Mobilization Summit hosted by Walters State Community College. This is a program sponsored by the Tennessee Board of Regents eLearning initiative, Walters State Community College, the Mid-East Tenessee Regional P-16 Council for Excellence in Education, and the Hamblen County Department of Education. In addition to [...]
