Anyone wishing to explore the possibilities of Second Life can simply visit the Second Life website and go through the usual “Join” procedures. However, educators may find it useful to sign up via the ISTE gateway. This has the benefit of making your initial entry point an Education focussed orientation pathway. ISTE is one of […]
This is the title of an article in the most recent Journal of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders* and it focuses on the transition years where learners are progressing from experiences of pedagogy to andragogy. Pedagogy is marked by the fact that is is generally the teacher who predetermines what will be taught, plans […]
As an educator working to promote more effective, engaging and creative use of technology in teaching and learning I meet many people who are reluctant to modify their practices. This includes those who are fearful, those who are interested, those who have no interest and those who haven’t a clue. One of the common responses […]
Image via Wikipedia The notion of virtual distance seems to be a multi-faceted one. In Bring Virtual Distance into Focus* the authors (Lojeski and Yuva) identify geographical distance as only one of the dimensions of virtual distance. The other dimensions, operational distance and affinity distance, seem to have far greater impact on the feasibility of […]
Image via Wikipedia I recently read, and today re-read, a short handout by Gary Stager that I came across on this blog entry: What Makes a Good Project? In the November 2008 issue of The Creative Educator magazine, there is the first of a two-part article on project- based learning by Gary Stager and illustrated […]
I stumbled across this little tidbit at cmduke’s EdTechatouille Explaining Collaboration to Learners Explaining Collaboration to Learners I took 10 minutes to watch at Edutopia.org Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age: A New Model for the Workplace – a presentation by Randy Nelson, Pixar University, at the Apple Education Leadership Summit this past April […]
While I don’t fully endorse what I perceive as the general negativity of the Net Gen Nonsense blog they have identified an interesting study relating to the notion of the Digital Native. I’d suggest reading the comments to their post and think about how they have framed the study in light of their mission of […]
Howard Rheingold’s eye-opening video on the use of video in participatory culture. Technorati Tags: rheingold, video, community, collaboration, elearning
Amanda and I have just returned from our wedding and are about to take our witnesses out to dinner. We hope you enjoy this slideshow. The afternoon was a bit cool and wet – and as you’ll see we spent some of the ceremony under umbrellas – but it was a hoot and only our […]
Howard Rheingold seems to have become more visible again in my part of the web… he’s popping up on Twitter and has penned some new material – the following excerpt from an essay entitled Participative Pedagogy for a Literacy of Literacies rang a few bells for me and got me wondering about how much teachers […]