Here’s my big bad, down and dirty post. If you were involved in educational technology in the 1990’s and have not dramatically changed your strategies for training and professional development, it is time to start. We focus much attention on how the technology has changed, but we’re (most of us) not doing [...]
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
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Several organizations will be projecting the session for multiple viewers. We encourage all [...]
Educators current in social media trends often tout the importance of play in as part of the student learning repertoire. We know children learn and retain knowledge from games and simulations, both physical and digital. Yet, we hesitate to extend that same perspective to the technology education and training of adults. Some [...]
I have received an unbelievable amount of attention from the VPD post on Sunday. I think the common thread is that VPD is happening everywhere and we just haven’t known what to do about it. So many of us are stuck in our traditional training models and unfamiliar with how to handle organic [...]
Lately, I have been posting in other forums about Viral Professional Development (VPD). I have been speaking to folks responsible for PD in both K-12 and higher-ed about the inherent frustrations in transitioning faculty to eLearning. We all have unique programs, challenges and strategies. I am not a scientific researcher, but I [...]
I am interested in submitting a proposal for E-Learn 2008, but would love to set up a global collaboration. I will be writing on the topic of Viral Professional Development, in terms of my internal faculty network. I thought we could pull together others who are doing interesting PD and submit a proposal [...]
I have a lot of fun and exciting projects going on at work right now. For some of them, I will be seeking outside help. My thought today is, “What if I could share my work load?” You may know a vendor for a product that will work for us, or you may [...]
Tomorrow our campus will be hosting a vendor demo of Elluminate Live. The face to face session is full, but there is plenty of room to participate in the online session. We do not have a synchronous Web conferencing tool at our campus, and Elluminate Live is currently at the top of my list [...]
I am shopping for toys for instructors to help motivate them to move some of their content to eLearning tools. My thoughts are to bundle an mp3 player with a webcam and headset for each of them. In order to receive the bundle, they have to submit a one-page form about how they [...]
I am not prone to rants, but today is just so silly I can’t help it. For weeks now, the world has awaited the huge announcement from Apple. The topic has been blogged, tubed and tweeted to death. Everyone knew exactly when it was coming and everyone wanted to share it first. Everyone also knew [...]