Well, the project is coming to an end because it is the end of the semester. However, I think that it is a worthwhile area of study and I may just continue it for the kicks. If you’d like to look check out my final write up or the trends that I’ve identified, then please [...]

The Meadow Arts and Technology Elementary School (MATES) is a “non-profit public benefit corporation,” which, I think, means that it is a school with an alternative philosophy. In this case the school focuses heavily on integrating technology throughout their school. The best way that I can think to show what this means is to use [...]

Grace Rubenstein discusses the use of technology in the elementary school classroom in her article. According to her technology has taken a while to be adopted in the elementary school classroom. Now that it finally has taken root, she gives several pieces of advice. She has formulated this advice based on observation of Paulette William’s [...]

Are you interested in learning more about online teaching and learning? Have you reached the point where you are considering creating an online or hybrid course? The following workshop has been designed to provide faculty with the basic knowledge and expertise to get started with online teaching and course development. The quotation above is from [...]

In this article on ELearnSpace the author says that most people today think that education is “broken” due to its comparatively slow adoption of the new media philosophy. While the author does show that education is steadily incorporating more online learning, the bulk of the article isn’t very interesting to me. So, instead of recapping [...]

Rheingold U is a sort of blend between a MOOC and a correspondence course. Like a MOOC, anyone can enroll, the classes are completely electronic, and the participants (or cohorts as the site calls them) work together to formulate much of the coursework themselves. Unlike a MOOC, it costs $300 to enroll. Currently there are [...]

Emerging Issues in Distance Education Technologies is a course offered by Athabasca University as part of their Masters of Education in Distance Education and Doctorate of Education in Distance Education programs. It is an elective course and has both classroom and electronic components. This is an upper level post-graduate class with several prereqs (i.e. students [...]

Academia 2.0 | Eye on Learning. This video makes me feel really old (I’m 27). Basically, they are reiterating what Bill Gates said is the future of new media education in the Universities. The Internet has created a wealth of knowledge that is at the students’ fingertips. Therefore, as educators we will no longer be [...]

The e-learning skills gap View more PowerPoint presentations from Clive Shepherd Connectivism: A new theory in learning “which emphasizes the importance of networks and networking to learning.” George Siemens Knowing Knowledge: Instead of the individual having to evaluate and process every bit of information, she/he creates a personal network of trusted nodes: people and content, [...]