This summer I have enjoyed using Google+ in place of Blackboard‘s Discussion tool in two courses that I am teaching. Students were able to interact with each other, chat with participants in another course, and even learn with real-world education experts like +Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz and +Larry Ferlazzo. An LMS (e.g. Blackboard) “protects” students by letting them only […]
Posts with the online learning tag
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
I’m looking forward to meeting the online teaching manifesto and Jen Ross in Vegas this summer @et4online. I have heard lots of good things about both of them. We can only hope that our little manifesto will grow up to be like its older sibling. 😉
Increasing teaching presence in online, blended, and f2f learning
Demand for both effectiveness and flexibility in the delivery of course material becomes increasingly complex as the student population changes and as courses incorporate more online components. Instructors can use Camtasia Relay to easily record lecture material and make screencasts available to students anytime, in multiple formats (design). Instructors can increase teaching presence through recorded […]
Infographic: Online Education in the USA Report 2011
Report can be found at: http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/going_distance_2011
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity, 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning, 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility, 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
“Playing” with Technology All Day Long
Each school year predictably begins with Seattle Pacific University professors asking me one of two questions: What new technologies are you examining? Or, How do you keep up with all the changes? Professors who ask the first question usually follow up with a statement about how fun my job must be to be able to […]
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity, 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning, 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
What’s the Story with Mobile Learning in Edu and at SPU?
In a recent post I wrote about eBooks being one of six emerging educational technologies to keep an eye on in the near future. Continuing with that theme, I would like to share about the current status of mobile learning or m-learning in higher education and at Seattle Pacific University. The 2011 Horizon Report predicted […]
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity, 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning, 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
What’s the Story with Mobile Learning in Edu and at SPU?
In a recent post I wrote about eBooks being one of six emerging educational technologies to keep an eye on in the near future. Continuing with that theme, I would like to share about the current status of mobile learning or m-learning in higher education and at Seattle Pacific University. The 2011 Horizon Report predicted […]
Evaluation of the Use of Semantic Web Technology in a Collaborative Learning Environment
[blip.tv ?posts_id=2820739&dest=28733] This screencast is a presentation given by Andrew Lumpe and David Wicks at the 2009 Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning in Orlando, Florida. The presentation objectives are to: Describe the application of a semantic web technologies in a collaborative learning environment. Report the results on student learning. Provide recommendations for future research […]
Evaluation of the Use of Semantic Web Technology in a Collaborative Learning Environment
[blip.tv ?posts_id=2820739&dest=28733] This screencast is a presentation given by Andrew Lumpe and David Wicks at the 2009 Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning in Orlando, Florida. The presentation objectives are to: Describe the application of a semantic web technologies in a collaborative learning environment. Report the results on student learning. Provide recommendations for future research […]
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Web Tools for Flu Season
The Federal Government just released: CDC Guidance for Responses to Influenza for Institutions of Higher Education during the 2009-2010 Academic Year. In this report the CDC recommends “Distance learning or web-based learning may help students maintain self-isolation.” Our VP of Academic Affairs asked me to put together a list of eLearning tools we have available […]
