EDUC251

A tool to be aware of.

Well, we know anything we put out there can be copied and passed around. Now we know easily it can be forged.

Good Grief! That makes me think twice.

As an optional resource, a youtube introduction to MOOCs ((Massive, Open Online Courses) is given. As I understand it, MOOCs the "term" basically describing a collaborative "blog" on a topic. The concept is that courses can be offered with everyone who wants to to participate and/or take the course. The above link, I think is a good example of a MOOC and it is on eLearning. Similiar to EDU251 there is content proferred, as well as ways to comments and connect to other relavent websites. You can explore the site, but liked the definition of elearning: Elearning is the use of any type of technology in improving learning. At it's most basic level, it is email...at it's most advanced, it is an online course (or simulation, or virtual reality, or...well, you get the point)

Oh darn, I have to go to work. I will look at this one too.

You can search for photos to use for free. Please read the license categories on the right to understand how to attribute the creator. Once you find a license you like, you can click the link to search those images. Most of these are fine for non commercial use as long as you give attribution referencing the original creator.

I right-clicked on the picture I wanted. A pulldown screen comes down and selected "save picture as...".

Oh, thanks Ann. How simple it is!

Just a short survey from Mary Ann for Learning Module 4.

I liked the question about what you learned this week. I reflected on what I had learned (for me, the main one was the Wiggins model). I am already focusing on this week's activities and thinking about this question allowed me to be more integrated with the learning process.

That is funny. We used the same form Mary Ann.

This is the girl grown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXGwqbI37Ks&feature=related

What's funny, is that when this video was put online, it was passed around and most people didn't know it was an older video. Once we became aware of that, everyone wanted to know what she's up to now. She started getting a lot of speaking gigs, so you can find more of her presentations online now.

Your welcome Mary Ann. I did see several videos with her newest info on you tube. I did include one link above.

Just something interesting.

Wow! That is very interesting.

My first attempt which covers the basics. Please complete when you have finished this week's module. Now I need to figure out where to find your responses!!!

When you go back into google docs, you'll see a link to the spreadsheet where the results end up.

"When students understand, they become able to apply the concepts learned beyond the original context of the classroom. The student's capability and capacity to see underlying patterns is enabled, which allows the student to recognize the same patterns in other arenas."

Got it and probably had it all along.

In fact, this is exactly the type of learning the doctoral program was guiding me toward as a professor. However, it was not brought out this way and was grasped subconsciously. I could not participate in Teaching Assistantships during those years.

Just click and play. If you want to know what kinds of skills your students need and will be using in just 5 years from now, it may be important to follow futurists and developing technology...for instance, holograms and touchable holograms which will certainly benefit medical students. I had the experience of a robotic operation using the De Vinci robot. Only a handful of doctors were able to operate this way. Mine was a prof at UW, a respected researcher with Fred Hutch and a practicing surgeon with Swedish. Swedish was, at the time, the only hospital with that capability. He sat at a computer...several feet away and operated by looking at the computer.

P.S. It was major sugery and I was sent home the next day. I was back to work in less that two weekends and one work week!

In our virtual office hours last night, we talked about what it's like having a guest presenter in an Elluminate session. This is just an example of one who visited our Health IT class. Only 1 student showed, so it's a bit awkward.

I was happy to join a session in Elluminate that Jennifer hosted. It was truly an interesting exerience. Her guests were well versed on the subject matter and it was a bit too short at about an hour.

This is a Google Reader bundle of the portfolios I've seen so far. (Bruce, are you going to use your blog site? I need to grab an RSS feed to add you.)

Jennifer, Sorry I'm running late on this, but I do have a link for your Google Reader list at: http://web2chronicle.wordpress.com/ This should bring up my most current post. Thanks... : )

I loved your site and the things you wrote. I can see your expertise. I write;but I have a totally different style. I want to take your course; but first I want to know if I will be able to take a story, see the one I wrote in my blog, and make it a video. I think story telling is a valuable teaching aid. I taught 3-12 graders religion in moral and ethic classes at a local catholic school, after hours for some 15 years. The textbook manual and other references pretty much laid everything out...including teaching aids. Today, technology has transformed what I have learned in the pass.

This weeks lesson on CMS or LMS includes the Wiki...which I just love. I am certain as I use this tool, there will be probs. Right now, I really like it. Coupled with Elluminate as a synchronous meeting area, it can by pass the older LMS systems. For example, a instructor at Shoreline is working on updating Elluminate to fit their needs for teaching completely from this system. Unfortunately, I may never see the end result.

Testing to see if I can get this to work for Susan.

If you have a chance, please fill out my survey so I can see how it works on Google. ******************************************************************* Yike! I just realized that I should complete a self-check survey. Here is my SELF-CHECK SURVEY form and my SELF-CHECK SURVEY RESULTS

The survey works for me, but I think you have the results set so people have to be approved to see them.

I revised the first form. I hope I have opened it to everyone! Let me know please if it works.

This was in today's LA Times, indicating how a person's disability benefits were promptly stopped after the insurer saw posts on Facebook. The unintended consquences of information further our discussions regarding privacy.

Or possibly this page: http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/adults/cyber-bullying.aspx

The concept of personal privacy and what to post or not post is such a difficult one for parents and students now. We archive for two years now to comply with the laws and to be able to meet possible public records requests. It is hard for adults to keep in mind sometimes that even an e-mail can be forwarded on to anyone in the world. A different planet from even 10 years ago.

Thanks again for the comments, Jen and Mary Ann. Never satisfied with my mistakes, I keep going back and trying to clear them up.

Ahhh...my favorite place...second life and virtual worlds! I was watching a video and found a speaker named Terry B, a prof at Montana State U. His strikingly beautiful virtual hair lead to instant "virtual love."

Do you spend much time in SL? I have 2 avatars but haven't been in ages.

No Jen...I just got crazy after that lesson in Wiggins on Backward Design. Then when I read your postings in Diigo, I researched it a bit more. Never seen an Avatara or a virtual world (as posted in this citing) or until last night when I read this post and the one I posted on Avatara. I play Farmville on Facebook now and then and Cafe World. Other than that, I escape into the recesses of my own mind and create my own reality in cyperspace. I cannot take serious too long. Sometimes reality hits me like a ton of bricks and I retreat to the only place I feel safe...creation and humor. Intellectuals get too stuffy for me. I like action!

I think I may have shared this before, but it came up during virtual office hours last night, so I posted it here just in case.

Wow! Now there is an example of inspiration. Thank you for sharing that video!

Thank you for finding this video which I plan to share with our 2 daughters who are trying to navigate and find their footing in our educational system. I wonder if this project is getting any Federal $ from Arne Duncan. I doubt it which is what often happens with innovative projects -sustainable funding and operations always come up short. It certainly brings home the point that not only do we need to integrate technology into the learning environment, but the entire school/classroom structure, as a learning environment, must change - a major overhaul.

I haven't actually watched the video. During virtual office hours last night, I was demonstrating how I find things people share on Twitter. This was one of the links we followed, so I bookmarked it for us to look at later. I'll take a look when I get a chance. It's an office day for me today, so it might get hectic!

I needed to refer to this piece of Evan's Instructional Design advice. The Goals are relatively easy to conceptualize. The module objectives are a bit more difficult.