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 …
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 …
I'm not sure if it's that the courses I'm most interested in are offered in the summer, or that I just seem to have more time in the summer, either way, I'm starting to associate summer time with MOOC time. This year, I signed up for a couple of courses on Coursera and one on Read More …
A recent article on the Wired Campus blog in the Choronicle of Higher Education reported that Students Prefer Print for Serious Academic Reading. I am amazed at just how viceral my reaction is to this type of research. My issues with this article are the authors' attempt to generalize and the authors equating serious academic Read More …
In education, technology for technology sake is often thought of a bad thing. You will often hear that technology in education "needs to start with the problem not the technology" or "needs to start with the pedagogy not the technology". There was a time that I would have agreed with those statements. I have often Read More …
