Lecturer, Blogger, Instructional Designer
I was a connected-person before I became a connected-scholar. Which makes me wonder if there is a personality trait or something that makes some of us more connected than others? Is it inherent or teachable? Back in my undergraduate days, I discovered the Internet (before the Web). For first attempted at connection was through Unix Read More …
As I explore more the power of live streaming apps like Meerkat and Periscope, I find myself wondering how this might affect classroom teaching. I don’t see a direct use for the tools in my everyday teaching. I’d rather record a presentation that my students can then playback as many times as they need. I’m Read More …
By Rebecca J. Hogue and Maha Bali This post was simultaneously published here and on Maha Bali’s blog. Maha: So i am now definitely NOT going to et4online 🙁 I just wanted to confirm that some of you are going in person so that we can book our poster place and change you to ‘first Read More …
Friday I taught the only face-to-face class in my Emerging Technologies and Learning course. The remainder of the course is online; however, I will likely offer a few face-to-face tutorials for those students who want a little extra coaching with new technologies. The three hour class included introductions and an overview of the course material. Read More …
Storify by Rebecca Hogue Tue, Jan 07 2014 06:05:56 Simulation as a Learning Tool Simulation is the use of imitation of real-world activities. Add to story or collection Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email Simulation is often used in Health Professions education (Nursing and Medicine in Read More …
Ecosystem refers to the combination of hardware, operating system, and application purchasing method. There are currently four common mobile ecosystems: Apple, Android, Blackberry, Windows. By far, the two most common are Apple and Android. The images below describe the different components of the Apple and Android ecosystems. Choosing an ecosystem – For organizations The two Read More …
This is a very high level view of the architecture of mobile devices, intended to help you better understand how mobile devices work. It isn't a technically detailed overview, and as such, I am not presenting the OSI model as it applies to mobile devices. This is intended to be just-enough to help those interested Read More …
This blog post is part of a series of posts based on a couple of 90-minute hands-on technology workshops for education grad students. The first workshop, Going Mobile introduced students to mobile technologies that would help support their learning. The second workshop Getting Your Head in the Cloud introduced the concept of the Cloud and a few Read More …
I am designing an online course for a college certificate program on Engaging Mobile Learners. One of the activities in the course is to have learners investigate different mobile learning pedagogies, based upon the framework I start to described here – specifically – pedagogies that: replace, enhance, or transform learning activities. What I'm looking for is Read More …
I have found the latest Evernote app for my iPhone not as intuitive as I'd have liked – such a that it was taking me too long to figure out how to open a new note, such that I forgot what I was going to write down! I miss having the Android thing that stayed Read More …
