I wanted to let everyone know that I will be participating in the Institute for Intelligent Systems “Speed Date” program this Friday. I was invited to present about the research and projects I am currently working on, so I plan to talk about the mMIND project and mobile teaching and learning, my research with Dr. Jongpil Cheon in cognitive load [...]
From my Inbox: This message is to encourage you and your advanced doctoral students to submit a Featured Research proposal for the 2012 AECT International Conference. Below you will find some information about this type of session. Specific guidelines for how to submit an AECT proposal can be found at http://aectorg.yourwebhosting.com/events/call/. As the premier professional organization in instructional design and [...]
In my Inbox today, Mendeley announced that they were releasing version 1.0 to users. Some one the newest features that they are integrating include duplicate detection, nested folders, and a refreshed Word plugin that stores a mini-library of cited publications inside Microsoft Word and OpenOffice documents. So, this is great news for collaborative researchers and open education resource users! In [...]
This semester I’m teaching a new graduate class. This seminar class is for doctoral students to get their hands and their heads around the scope of research. As a class, we are designing a collaborative study, collecting data, analyzing data, and writing it all up. Not just is the class new to me, we are doing some things with research [...]
I just received my acceptance notices that I will be presenting at Union University’s Fifth Annual Research Forum. Yahoo! My dear friend and colleague Dr. Anna Clifford (whom I often visit and present to her students at Union University) informed me about this local conference opportunity, and she suggested I submit. She thought my research areas on project-based learning, mobile [...]
Another quick reminder from my Inbox, this one is a call for manuscripts for the spring issue of the Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology. Here’s the info: Manuscripts are being requested for the Spring 2012 issue of RCETJ. Check http://www.rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/information/authors for journal policies, submission guidelines, and manuscript formatting. Important deadlines for the Spring 2012 issue of RCETJ [...]
Here is a quick reminder about the upcoming AERA proposal deadline. The deadline for the 2012 Annual Meeting submissions is only 7 days away. The Call for Submissions is open with an absolute deadline of July 22, 2011 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. The success of each Annual Meeting builds upon high quality submissions advanced by AERA members and education [...]
I’m excited to announce that I have new research being published in the the September issue of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning. This article presents the findings of students’ perspectives with project-based learning, conducted with 8th graders studying geography. This is a follow-up to some of my previous writing and research on project-based learning. (See for example, “Getting a [...]
In the past week, I’ve had two really nice (and fun) things happen to me professionally, and I wanted to share them with you guys, too. MOBL21 Interview First, the super-engaging folks at MOBL21 conducted an interview with me on how I’ve been doing mobile learning and mobile learning research over the past year or so. It was a fun [...]
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