This will be a co-presentation with my co-worker Harriet Watkins at EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2010. Here is the abstract:
Rapid changes in online learning concepts – such as learning communities, personal learning environments and complexity – are driving a need to dismantle the Learning Management System as we know it. LMS software programs and instructional design theories are in danger of becoming obsolete if they don’t evolve. Students need a place to connect and collaborate at complex levels rather than hide inside a “walled garden.” Two colleagues at UT Arlington will present a new paradigm that is intended as an innovative alternative to the existing LMS concept as we know it.
This is an upgraded and updated version of our ‘Will Web 3.0 Make Us Change the Way We Educate” presentation from 2009.
Panel Discussion along with Dr. Janice Butler (Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, University of Texas at Brownsville), Alan November (Senior Partner, November Learning Inc.), Kristine Molnar (Community Evangelist, PBWiki), and Brenda Quintanilla (Director, Teaching and Learning Resource Center, Lee College):
As more Web 2.0 technologies offer K-12 educators the opportunity to involve students in collaborative, global and engaging content, teachers are becoming increasingly frustrated when districts block student access to the tools in the classroom. Join TxDLA in discussing and brainstorming solutions for this critical issue in Texas education.
The full session title is “Will Web 3.0 Make Us Change the Way We Educate? A Call for a New Learning Management Program.” It will be a co-presentation with my co-worker Harriet Watkins at The Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning. Here is the abstract:
Web 3.0 is just around the corner, but learning management system programs and instructional design models are not ready for the road ahead. This session will call for a new vision and direction for Learning Management Systems as well as touch on a new Instructional Design method.
This is an upgraded version of the same presentation from TxDLA 2009 (slightly different conference calls for a slightly different approach).
This will be a co-presentation with Tim Gottleber of DCCCD at NUTN 2009. Here is the abstract:
“Edupunk” is defined as an approach to teaching that results from the do-it-yourself (DIY) attitude of some educators that are leaving behind corporate controlled technologies and pre-defined applications for the more open and less controlled arena of Web 2.0 technologies. In the rush to ride the “web 2.0” bandwagon, many educators and administrators are left in the dust when I comes to knowing what product is being delivered for the investment of time and capitol. This session will examine issues related to the identification and development of distance learning content; the use of outside tools in online courses; and the changing and evolving role of LMS services and content as online learning technologies and pedagogy continue to advance.
This will be a co-presentation with Harriet Watkins at TxDLA 2009. Here is the abstract:
Web 3.0 is just around the corner. What does this mean for online teaching and instructional design? This session will explore the future of the Internet, call for a new vision and direction for Learning Management Systems, and touch on a new Instructional Design method.
This is a chapter in The Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, published by IGI Global. My chapter discusses research conducted on the relationship between social connection and success in online courses and examines how some tools in Moodle – such as blogs, Wikis, and chat rooms – can be used to support learning. Additionally, instructional design issues that can be addressed with these tools are also explored.
See also the Table of Contents (search this web page for my name)
This will be a chapter in Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching by IGI Global. My chapter examines how the World Wide Web could possibly change over the next ten years into a concept commonly referred to as “Web 3.0,” and how these changes might affect education. It examines how Web 3.0 concepts such as cloud computing, the semantic web, and the three-dimensional web are currently being explored and realized. A possible future online learning scenario is also described and analyzed to help visualize these possibilities for education. The author hopes that understanding how the Internet may change distance education in the next several years will help educators be better prepared for the future of online learning.
Publication date is still pending.
Presented at NUTN 2008. Sessions description and more information can be found on the session archive page. Here is the abstract:
As the Internet continues to grow and evolve, educational leaders need to be ready to influence the merger and growth of two separate areas: the semantic web and online virtual communities.
This was a hands-on session at the 2008 TxDLA conference. Session information and more details can be found on the session archive page. Here is the abstract:
Filled with many “ghee-whiz” tools and a wide range of emerging technologies, Moodle is quickly becoming a popular online LMS option. This session will look at how to create an interactive, pedagogically sound, active learning environment using available tools, third party plug-ins, and the Sloodle project (Second Life + Moodle).
Some attendee comments can be read on this session comments page.
Blogs and discussion boards both provide opportunities for interaction in online courses, but there are instances when one is more appropriate than the other, says Matt Crosslin, instructional designer at the University of Texas at Arlington’s Center for Distance Education.
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