On my campus, we’re trying to define the roles of IT and eLearning. To me, it just seems so clear. To IT, it’s not. The hard thing is that I am best known for saying instructors can use whatever tools they want. I will look at their objectives, share options I think will work best [...]
If you are in the field of eLearning, you are probably being inundated with blogs, articles and broadcasts about fuel prices driving people to eLearning. You may have read testimonials about students whose gas budgets are now matching their grocery spending. You’re probably receiving questions from administrators about your soaring online enrollment numbers. [...]
I had an interesting, though short, discussion with a member of our IT team last week during one of our “play to learn” sessions. This is not a criticism, as I respect and admire him and am interested in his thoughts. He mentioned that he’s taking an online program now and that it is important [...]
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 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 [...]
BTC eLearning is delighted to host Dr. Cable Green presenting on
Developing a Culture of Sharing and Receiving: Open Educational
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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 [...]
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 [...]
This morning a few of my IT instructors and I tested dimdim, a free web conferencing tool now in beta. I should start by saying that I don’t even remember when I applied for the beta. It must have been quite some time ago, but I received credentials this morning. It took me about 20 [...]
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 [...]