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		<title>Presentation: The Web is Changing. Time to Dethrone the LMS!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mattcrosslin.com/?p=130</link>
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		<title>Panel Discussion: Web 2.0 in Texas Schools: Opportunities &amp; Challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mattcrosslin.com/?p=89</link>
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		<title>Presentation: Will Web 3.0 Make Us Change the Way We Educate (v2.0)?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The full session title is &#8220;Will Web 3.0 Make Us Change the Way We Educate? A Call for a New Learning Management Program.&#8221; 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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mattcrosslin.com/?p=62</link>
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		<title>Presentation: Get Those EduPunks Off of My Lawn!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mattcrosslin.com/?p=59</link>
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		<title>Presentation: Will Web 3.0 Make Us Change the Way We Educate (v1.0)?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mattcrosslin.com/?p=55</link>
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		<title>Publication: Moodle: the Intersection of Course Management System and Social Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mattcrosslin.com/?p=53</link>
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		<title>Publication: When the Future Finally Arrives: Web 2.0 Becomes Web 3.0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mattcrosslin.com/?p=79</link>
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		<title>Presentation: The Future of the Internet: Web 3.0 and 3-D Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<link>http://www.mattcrosslin.com/?p=82</link>
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		<title>Presentation: Effective Instructional Design Techniques in Moodle and Second Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mattcrosslin.com/?p=84</link>
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		<title>Interview: Blogs or Discussion Boards? Online Classroom, December 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.
Link: http://www.magnapubs.com/issues/magnapubs_ff/4_12/news/600974-1.html
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