There is one major problem that I’ve noticed with online collaborative projects: There is no real way to force anyone to check their email on a regular basis. Yes, there are other ways to try and keep in touch, such as sending them tweets or god forbid, having to call them, but the fact of […]
LRND 5660 Weekly Reflection: Wiki Stagnation
October 1, 2010
E Learning has much to offer the world: The ability to learn and teach from all over the globe to an equally diverse group of students cannot be overlooked. Current technology and ones yet to be created have made it easier for everyone to exchange ideas in a quick and seamless fashion. In our coursework […]
Living in the Cloud
September 23, 2010
I got to thinking the other day where lots of my data is actually located and the truth of the matter is I don’t have a clue. I’m old enough to remember those massive floppy drives that ran the programs on those slate gray ancient Macs and it was understood that the programs existed on […]
2nd Life and Education
September 18, 2010
This was the first week that our class met in Second Life for a class session. I have to say it was an interesting time to say the least and quite a bit more frustrating than just using Elluminate. I put together a few random things that came to mind while using it for our […]
Confessions of a Paperholic LRND 5660
September 9, 2010
I have a confession to make: I am still in love with paper. Yes, it sounds like utter sacrilege for a student in a technology field that has its specialty in online learning to still like writing things out longhand but it’s hard to wean myself off the habit. Like an addict looking for their […]
Reflective Musings on Elluminate and the Internet LRND 5660
September 3, 2010
This week was my first opportunity to use the Elluminate collaborative learning online software in my Digital Learning Theory class, and I have to say that I was impressed. Despite everyone living in different cities and the wide variety of computer equipment that I imagine was being used the session went off with little in […]
Evaluating Interactive Multimedia LRND 5660
September 2, 2010
DNA From the Beginning (Type: Simulation, Format: Shockwave) I looked at the DNA From the Beginning simulation, which is created in Shockwave. It is a set of 41 tutorials in three different categories, Classical Genetics, Molecules of Genetics, and Genetic Organization and Control. There are 6 distinct categories that Merlot has come up with to […]
Tags and You– LRND 5660 Reflective
August 26, 2010
It’s one thing to read about new technology and concepts, but it is another to apply it to what you need to accomplish. After reading the first three chapters of Tagging: People-Powered Metadata for the Social Web by Gene Smith (2007), I, like many people, simply absorbed the information and then moved on to the […]