Showing posts with label new technologies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new technologies. Show all posts

Friday, August 28, 2009

Inside Higher Ed's Blog U: The Importance of Getting It Wrong

Inside Higher Ed's Blog U: Technology and Learning: A space for conversation and debate about learning and technology
The Importance of Getting It Wrong
August 27, 2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/the_importance_of_getting_it_wrong

This posting highlights an instructor's experience introducing "disruptive innovations" into an introductory sociology course. Two lessons learned that relate to ePortfolio implementations:

"The first thing learned from this experience was that when having classes create media projects (as opposed to traditional papers) it is necessary to set very hard limits on the numbers of these projects...the time and energy spent producing the media projects crowded out time and energy to work with the curriculum."

"The second lesson I learned was that in introducing new teaching methods it is necessary to enforce limits on students technological use, as they will gravitate to the more robust and time intensive tools if you let them."

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Social Media Seminar Series

http://AACE.org/GlobalU/seminars/socialmedia/

Upcoming Seminars
September 8, 2009: 3:00 PM Eastern USA
October 13, 2009: 9:00 PM Eastern USA
November 10, 2009: 3:00 PM Eastern USA
December 8, 2009: 9:00 PM Eastern USA

AACE Global U, http://AACE.org/GlobalU/, is a continually developing initiative intended to provide learning and professional development opportunities on the latest research, trends, and best practices related to learning and technology.

The seminar series, led by George Siemens and David Cormier, is without fee and will include live interactive sessions, in addition to discussions with guest speakers and participants. All sessions are co-sponsored by and archived in the Education & Information Technology Library (http://EdITLib.org )

Social media and emerging technologies are gaining increased attention for use in education. The list of tools grows daily. Examples: blogs, wikis, Ning, podcasts, Facebook, Twitter, Second Life, cloud computing, surface computing, mobile learning, and so on.

"Social Media" seminars explore the impact of new technologies, research, and related projects.
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To receive event updates, signup at: http://AACE.org/GlobalU/seminars/socialmedia/
Seminar Recordings: http://EdITLib.org/GlobalU/
Seminar Community: http://www.AACEConnect.org/group/socialmedia