Category: Teaching
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My First YouTube Video
Well, it’s a very poorly shot video as it’s a rough for some animation that is going to be done later, but it’s my first online Youtube Video – Chemistry Melting Point.
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MMOL
I saw this on a post in my RSS reader this morning and thought that it’s something that may be easier to bring into reality than we think. Instead of holding one-to-many classes via Webex, the company is building a new product from the ground up. Founder Farbood Nivi calls it MMOL, for Massive Multiplayer…
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Ready for mobile? If you want to have lifetime (24/7) learners, you need lifetime (24/7) teachers
EduCause has an interesting article available – it’s long, so here are some carefully stolen points: To keep up with this changing phenomenon and to effectively facilitate mobile learning, argued Sharma and Kitchens, it is imperative that instructors learn about and adapt to the changing environments, when and where appropriate. Naismith et al. (S. K.…
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ECAR Study, 2007 – EduCause
I got this in the mail this morning – an interesting set of findings that I think are important for anyone who is dealing with technology and learning. Basically it finds that kids from Grade 9 to university are wired. Most have at least one device and the number of “smart” devices (offering web access)…
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Get this in your head – your course is not the most important one out there….
I’m trying to get a ePortfolio project rolling in a passive manner by encouraging the instructors of intro level courses to just let their students know about the availability of the tool and to encourage them to add what they will to their collections. What is selected is not for any marks – as it’s…