educational technology digest

Hello 2009. Happy new year to all.

The new year is a time for new adventures and new commitments. One of my new adventures in 2009 is starting to use WordPress as my blogging platform. One new commitment I am making is to write at least three posts for my blog each week. I . . . → Read More: Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Starting in January 2008 I am discontinuing my posting to Edtec Student’s Daily. The name was really not representative of my posting infrequency. Nevertheless, I am not discontinuing blog writing all together. I hope to begin posting much more frequently this year. I will be doing that over in my new . . . → Read More: Out with the old and in with the new

The Big Question for January over at the Learning Circuits Blog is “What are your Predictions for Learning in 2008?” Here is my take at a few answers.

The year 2008 will see continued movement towards Web 2.0 technologies. Individuals will embrace these technologies whether or not the technologies are sanctioned by corporate IT . . . → Read More: Learning Predictions for 2008

We all have much more information from many more sources than we have ever had before. It matters little what industry or job function we are in; we are all facing information overload, and it is increasing moment by moment. The big question is, “How do we handle the information overload that we . . . → Read More: The Cure For Information Overload

Hello once again. This is my first blog post after an almost two year hiatus. I had found it difficult to keep up with the rigors of writing anything even remotely interesting or useful on any kind of regular basis. Also, I became so busy “working and doing” that I struggled to find . . . → Read More: First new post

I read two interesting articles today, both referred to me by the Technology-Enabled Teaching email newsletter I receive each day. The first article, Fifty-One Competencies for Online Instruction, discusses skills instructors need in order to be effective in delivering courses online. The second article, Reflection in an Always-on Learning Environment: Has It Been Turned . . . → Read More: Online Education Skills

Today starts a new semester and a new school year at SDSU. Much has happened since my last post just over one year ago. (Hmmm, so much for Edtec Student’s Daily…) Well, never mind. As the title suggests, today is a new day in a new year.

I am now over two-thirds of the . . . → Read More: New Day – New Year

Well…

Class ended on Thursday evening. It was an interesting semester in my EDTEC 572, Technologies for Course Delivery, class. I learned much about various tools that can be used. Actually, I feel like I only started learning a few things. The little I have learned so far has greatly increased my interest in . . . → Read More: Closing thoughts on EDTEC 572.

Below is a copy of my last post to my EDTEC 572 class blog.

In my continued research (hopefully soon ending, at least for my course project) for information about learning objects and SCORM, I found another interesting web site with much good information and links to many other sites of interest. The site . . . → Read More: More on learning objects

Here is a copy of a post I wrote for my 572 class blog. I am particularly interested in learning technology can be applied internationally.

I took a break this evening from working on my project and spent a short time looking through a few of the educational technology journals I have bookmarked. I . . . → Read More: International Learning Technology