I just wanted to quickly bring your attention to a great small and friendly conference right here in Tennessee at Cleveland State Community College. Proposals for presentations from experienced classroom and industry professionals are being solicited to provide presentations which would be part of a comprehensive Summit program on instructional technologies as they are being applied in education, vocational training, [...]
Dear SIG-IT Members, SIG-IT is pleased to announce the awards program for the 2012 AERA annual meeting. We would like to remind you of the February 1, 2012, deadline for all three 2012 AERA SIG-IT awards. The three awards are: Best Paper Award Young Researcher Award Student Travel Award More information about the 2012 SIG-IT Awards, including the application process [...]
While I don’t usually publish advertisements, this one will be useful to many folks. From my Inbox: Learning from Media: Arguments, Analysis, and Evidence Edited by Richard E. Clark, University of Southern California This volume incorporates essays questioning the meta-analyses of computer-based instruction research, Robert Kozma’s counterpoint theory of “learning with media”, science-based technology verus experience-based craft and science-based “authentic [...]
I had the distinct honor to be included in Connie Malamed’s list of 12 Unique Blogs Are Written By Professors over at the eLearning Coach blog. To follow the Oscar sentiment of “It’s an honor to be nominated,” it certainly was an honor to be included on Connie’s list. It was equally humbling to see the others on the list as well, such as George, David, Scott, and Michael. (I do know it sounds a little shallow to also hear “It’s an honor to be included with the other nominees,” as well.) …
I’m pleased to say that another book chapter in completed and onto the presses to be published. This one was with awesome collaborators, Dr. Drew Polly at University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Joanne Gikas (a doc student of mine), the Director of Online Programs at UofM. This chapter is on supporting technology integration in higher education. Together, the [...]
Tom Lucey and I have just had accepted a new journal article. The article is titled “Ethical issue in instructional technology: An exploratory framework” and it will be published in Multicultural Education & Technology journal. In reality, this is much, much, much more attributable to Tom than myself. Tom graduated from the University of Memphis a few years backs, and [...]
It’s interesting to me how little time we devote in schools to teaching critical thinking. Lots of folks seem to think it’s important (for example, funders like NSF, multiple consumer and or/business groups’ reporting on what schools should do, professional organizations like ISTE, AECT, AERA, and NRC), but that does not seem to translate into a tangible focus in schools on helping learners acquire such skills.
by Jongpil Cheon
The faculty members in instructional technology program were invited to visit some classrooms by a technology support team of a school district. All the classes we visited in two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school were using a Smartboard and clickers (classroom response system). In the discussion session, the main request from the technology support team was that these tools should be in pre-service teacher curriculum.
by Robert M. Branch
Visual literacy deserves a syntax and grammar distinct from the parameters that define verbal literacy, such as syntax and grammar. Ergo, a paradox occurs when we use verbal language to define visual literacy.
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
