Sometimes you find someone saying what you have been thinking about. I think the future of higher education is in danger, and I would hate to see the loss of something so precious. Through Stephen Downes wonderful newsletter, OLDaily, which can be linked to here - http://www.downes.ca/, I found David Wiley’s 2008 ELearn presentation - http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/660 – [...]
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I confess I’m ambivalent about Learning Management Systems such as WebCT ad Desire2Learn. (I’m not at all ambivalent about Content Management Systems, such as WordPress – I am an enthusiastic user.) The distinction is that an LMS is a container for class work – Learning Management System is a broad term used for a [...] The web is less than 20 years old, but I see some remarkable yet indirect changes in the other media which are occurring because of it. Newspapers, magazines, tv shows, publishing, and textbook publishing are all being affected. About a year ago I noticed that the way the Toronto Star, numbered its sections had changed. [...] I attended some very enjoyable PD sessions today in the beautifully old University College building at the University of Toronto. I was drawn to these sessions because Dan Tapscott was the featured speaker, and I had read, learned from, and admired Wikinomics Don Tapscott, speaking about Grown Up Digital, at University College, U of [...] As a longtime communications teacher, I am fascinated by our changing communications media and platform. And when I’m teaching, no matter the direct subject I’m teaching, I never lose awareness of the changes our culture is going through, and the responsibility of teachers to help prepare our students for this new and rapidly evolving communications [...] I’ve been ‘playing’ on Twitter for a few months now. I choose who I follow based on whether we appear to have similar interests, and I let anyone who wants to follow me. There are people who I follow who don’t follow me, and people who follow me who I don’t follow back. It makes [...] I have two questions related to this video: What do you think of the message? What do you think of how it’s presented? udutu – The price is right, free if you don’t use their server. udutu It’s fairly straightforward to use - udutu work screen You can put it up on Facebook and learners can access it there - My "course" on Facebook The teacher’s view above and the learners’ below - Self [...] For years the fountain pen, such a wonderful development from the straight pen, ruled the writing world. For years the typewriter gave our paper communications the professionally neat look, before the personal computer made it redundant. The laptop taught us that we could carry our composing/working tool around, maybe not as conveniently as a pen [...] |
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