I created and uploaded a presentation today on “Create, Connect, Collect, Share: Web-based Tools for Learning.” I believe instructors need to understand the “why” behind social media tools before they implement them with learners. I also believe every individual has a unique experience with the tools and connections, and narratives are vital to [...]
I’ve set up a set of my photos to use as slide backgrounds and thought it would be nice to share them here. They are all CC and you are welcome to use them. You can access the set here.
To download the images, just select, “view all sizes,” and follow the download instructions [...]
I can’t cook. It’s an open confession I’ve made on Twitter many times. I even know why I can’t cook. It’s because I follow the directions. That probably sounds ridiculous, but it is true. The directions are only a basic framework for cooking. The recipe doesn’t take into consideration the type of pan, gas or [...]
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I am thinking about social networking and how the balance of our attention shifts back and forth between people and tools. I have tried many visualization tools that produce pretty graphs of my network. The images offer evidence of connections between myself and others and provide a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
Instructions for setting up your computer.
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 [...]