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.
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.
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.