When I began researching virtual worlds a year ago, I had difficulty finding the value for educators. In all my research, the best examples I could find, were those involving social activities and communications studies, such as Sarah Robbins’ rhetoric classes. While there were stellar examples of scientific simulations, I couldn’t see the [...]
It has been a little more than a month since my first post on Viral Professional Development (VPD) and I thought it would be nice to update my progress. I went back to the original post to see if anything has changed from my initial thoughts. I still believe in the basic characteristics [...]
I have seen and heard people describe Northern Voice as transformative. My personal experience was that it was validating, and not in an, “I’m OK, you’re OK,” kind of way. I don’t feel I changed any fundamental beliefs or learned anything that is going to have a major effect on how I [...]
I have not yet wrapped my mind fully around the experiences of this past week. There are moments that touched on thoughts from multiple blog posts I’ve had in the past about social networking and Twitter. I would love to take time to go back through my posts and see if I still feel the [...]
As someone who does not usually enjoy face to face social events, I have discovered a new side of me at Northern Voice. Can a person fall in love with a conference? Obviously, it isn’t just the event, but the people who make it so amazing. From the moment I began meeting [...]
I have a confession to make. I am guilty of encouraging instructors to avoid synchronous communications in online courses and focus on asynchronous discussion boards and other means of communication. I think this started when I was a WebCT administrator and the synchronous tools never worked. It continued as I moved to another institution and [...]
Thank you to everyone who attended our session today, and especially to Cable for such an insightful look into the opportunities and challenges of Open Educational Resources. Here are some useful links for those who wish to review or didn’t have a chance to attend the session. I have received some great responses on the [...]
As I journey deeper into this blogging adventure, I discover more and more that I have barely scratched the surface of what it means to be a blogger. When blogging is described to people for the first time, it is often compared to journaling, or simply keeping a log. I am guilty of giving this [...]
Anyone who knows me in RL (real life), knows I am not the type to enjoy social gatherings, parties, or even conferences. I am so used to working online, zipping through my day, and I just feel uncomfortable in crowds of people. I am shy and self conscious. However, I am fine [...]
BTC eLearning is delighted to host Dr. Cable Green presenting on
Developing a Culture of Sharing and Receiving: Open Educational
Resources.
When: February 11, 2008 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM PST
Where: Online via Elluminate
Instructions for setting up your computer.
Several organizations will be projecting the session for multiple viewers. We encourage all [...]