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Category: Teaching

  • Match the locals

    The old saying “When in Rome… do as the Romans” seems to have borne fruit again – From the current Innovations – Kavita Rao – Distance Learning in Micronesia: Participants’ Experiences in a Virtual Classroom Using Synchronous Technologies: Researchers also note that instructional design should be based on an understanding of the cultural modes and…

  • One man’s meat…

    Is another man’s poison – as stated by a medical colleague of mine who I sent the IBM article off to this morning. Between him and two others, one being my brother we all agreed (or at least seem to) on one thing. A system like the one that IBM has come up with is…

  • Google Earth for the body

    Well, right now this idea is for the medical community, but I don’t see it taking long to get into the hands of the educational system for the medical community and spreading from there as needed especially for biology or elsewhere a more geographic model of a body is required (think about virtual surgery/dissections).

  • It’s not the tools… it’s the user!

    I was on this kick a few months ago, but I return to it now… just as the camera doesn’t make the picture (it certainly helps) – it’s not the ppt that makes the lecture.

  • A problem with portfolios

    I was in a web conference this afternoon on eportfolios and felt like more of a sell job than anything else and it was doing everything wrong in terms of presentation. But through the fuzz of boredom, I thought of something that is by far the bigger issue to overcome. ….grr… wireless dropped and I…