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Tweet this! Ask anyone who has attended an online webinar presentation, a live "broadcast lecture", or viewed a lecture that has been video podcast, and chances are they were multitasking - big time. Let's face it: Without actually engaging the audience, a lecture is highly ineffective...
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Tweet this! Let's face it - there are more conferences on the planet than one can possibly attend. While I always appreciate the opportunity to participate and share stories about "Re-Imagining the Classroom", I simply cannot be traveling all the time. So I have recently tried using HP...
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Tweet this! In our ongoing quest to find ways to share the expertise of innovative educators, we have been collaborating with ISTE in the use of Second Life as a professional networking venue. The education talk show, "ISTE Eduverse Talks" has just completed its 8 th episode - and each one...
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Tweet this! It happens every time - a word becomes part of the popular lexicon and it becomes so generalized or over-used that its very definition becomes unclear. I am no Historian of Words nor am I a Linguist, but let me at least share with you how I think about "e-Learning"... The intent...
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Tweet this! The team at ISTE.org have convinced me that Second Life is a great venue for short "face"-to-"face" professional meetings when you can't travel to meet face-to-face. But lately I've been asking myself, "When is SL better than a classroom for students?"...
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Back by popular demand, next Thursday, June 11, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm SLT (6:00 pm-7:00 pm Pacific Time) is another virtual poster session in Second Life, this time focused on science & math Education... Just like the " Celebration of Environmental Education " poster session / social that was...
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Live classroom interaction is an instructional model that is often missing in synchronous online presentations. Richard Anderson, University of Washington, shows us how he brings graphical interaction into an online course that is broadcast synchronously to three sites - one of which is a world away...
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We're all experiencing the challenge of too many conferences plus not enough time and funds to get us there. But with free webcam video conferencing, we can still participate. Take, for example, the Vassar College presentation at the Educause Learning Initiative meeting last month... Meg Stewart...
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Online learning is no longer in its infancy - but many students are still complaining about the QUALITY of the learning experience. I am happy to report that this need NOT be the case for courses we are teaching or are about to teach. But, we have to be intentional about the re-design of the learning...
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It's exciting to see the growing availability of free, high quality course content. The latest news is from Stanford University, offering engineering course videos and course materials.... As described on the Stanford Engineering Everywhere website http://see.stanford.edu/ , For the first time in...
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I have to admit I really enjoyed participating in the WIPTE conference, even though I didn't travel to Purdue. Joining the conference by webcam video conferencing worked - and I answered one of my long-standing questions about whether "talking head" video streaming for online learning matters...
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Hurricane season is nothing new - but having a "course continuity plan" in the case of a hurricane evacuation is something that is new to me. Just last month, Hurricane Faye caused a short-term evacuation of students from Eckerd College, leading to an interesting experiment in remote instruction...
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Having recently exposed my newbie-ness regarding 2nd Life (see " Questions from a Second Life Newbie ") , I am pleased to give you an update. After participating in the Second Life Education Community Conference hosted on ISTE Island, I have to say I'm finally internalizing the value and...
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I was recently asked by a school district to describe "the future of technology and learning". It's a great question, even though we all know we should distrust anyone who says they have THE answer. However, there are enough clues and innovations in the works today that I can honestly say...
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Lately I've been laughing to myself. The joke goes something like this: A sociologist, an anthropologist, and an engineer walk into a virtual bar in 2nd Life . The bartender says, "_______". The only problem is I haven't decided on what the punch line is - yet... With the growing interest...