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Thought this article might be of interest to you -- especially as we consider Web 2.0 and formal learning. You can get it from the FSU library if you're logged in. If you don't know how to log in for distance library access, look at the top right of the library home page for the link. Ask Vanessa or Shuang if you need help.

Creative Commons is a way of protecting the rights to your work as you share it online. It's an alternate to traditional copyright, and it has a variety of options (including remixing) for permissions/use. Flickr makes use of CC licenses, as do many repositories. Totally worth checking out.

This, among other things, is taking our very restrictive concept of ownership to a much more productive and logical level, especially in this age of global knowledge. Many praises for CC.

As we learn more about usage rights and copyrighting, I was thinking that I need a master list of sites I can go to when I want to use images, audio and videos that are public domain. Here is a list of some creative commons websites

After checking out Vanessa's post on Creative Commons, I googled the title of this post and found an easy to read article that sheds some light as to the power of our tools and providing Open Education. There is mention of C.C. as I think the two are interlinked. When I see stuff like this, it gives me hope that we're moving in the right direction (maybe taking a side step or two along the way).

I stumbled on this and wanted to share this if anyone wants to take the time to read about Web 2.0 and online communities. There is a lot of stuff we already know, but a lot that we don't know. Seems like this fits right in with Produsage.

Not Web 2.0, but a cool tool to have when you want to design presentations. I have used this numerous times when I want to match a color on a website (e.g. FSU) and put the same color in my presentation. When you get the RGB or hex value, you just go to Custom color and input data, and bingo!! Download Color Detector - Point mouse cursor anywhere on the screen, to obtain RGB, & hex code of pixel

No, its just a handy tool that I think would help all of us designers. For years I used to struggle trying to guess what color comes closet to FSU's Garnet and Gold. Then all of a sudden, one day earlier this year, I googled "how to detect a color" and bingo, this came up. Been using it ever since. Glad you like it.

Hi Alyn, I frequently have to develop artwork, etc and match colors. It is a challenge to get the right colors from Microsoft program colors to match Adobe program color pallets without wasting a lot of time. The results when printing can be drastically different. So this tool looked very appealing to me and I attempted to download. However, my McAfee automatically removed the download with a message that it contained a Trojan virus. Have you had any problems?

Has anyone worked with this before? Would love to get some input. Thanks. Start right away. It's easy. With its familiar user interface and highly intuitive features, Storyline works the way you expect. Learn more Create interactivity like never before. Introducing slide layers, the all-new way to create interactivity with unrivaled speed and ease. Learn more Get all the features you could ever want-in one tool.

Hi Alyn! You must have been in Dr. Dennen's Web 2.0 class! Great to see you. I know ths is a slow response, but our organization has looked at Articulate. I have no experience with it, but it sounds like an awesome course developer tool... I hope you are doing great!

Hi Alyn, Articulate is a fantastic product. I have used Articulate Studio for several years now and find the interface easy, the output quality very good, and the on demand learning features such as tutorials and group blogs exceptional. The product is also very affordable. You don't need to know flash or html to be able to use Articulate. It works as an add-in to PowerPoint, but you can also encode video, create interactive learning components and develop quizzes within the software. In addition to being able to develop content, you can publish it to an LMS or Articulate has their own e-learning hosting service for those who don't need to full scope of an LMS. Articulate Storyline is a new product that has tempted me. It works outside the PowerPoint environment and allows the creation of standalone online instructional content with many different types of interactive objects. Storyline takes the Studio I have been using up a notch. While I have no experience with Storyline, I would recommend you at least try the free trial they offer. Based on my previous experience with Articulate Studio, I think you will be very pleased with the product.

In this article, two Australian researchers investigated whether Twitter can be used to foster enhanced student engagement within a university level sport marketing course. 68 students participated in the study. 59% of the class did not have an existing Twitter account and had to sign up for one to participate in the study. There were two aspects of Twitter user during the course. First, students would participate in two discussion lectures, which was structured much the same as a Twitter chat, with questions posted in advance of the actual discussion. The second aspect was to regularly post contemporary issues in sport marketing that coincided with the course content. Much like EME 6414, students used a hashtagged course code to be able to track the activity and respond to their classmates. I thought it was interesting that the researchers explicitly advised existing Twitter users that they did not have to censor their regular Twitter activity, as the instructor would only follow the course hashtag. This appears to be a clear acknowledgement of the potential for context collapse when social media is incorporated into an educational setting. Questionnaires were administered to broadly measure aspects of student engagement. The results suggest that Twitter was effective in the university classroom as engagement levels increased over the semester. Twitter made it easier for students to connect with both the instructor and other students and extend that connection beyond the lecture time in the classroom. These networking tools also allow students to take on a more active role in the co-creation of the course content. I think this is one of the most significant advantages of incorporating social networking elements into the classroom. The biggest limitations of the study were its small sample size and homogeneous population. Future studies should include more students from various disciplines.

It took me a very long time to find the comment button to add another thought to my original post. Not nearly as noticeable as other discussion platforms. Anyway...I wanted to add that this article was very appropriate right now because the TA for EME 5608 is currently conducting research on a very similar topic, specifically "when and how social media apps like Instagram are used by students (without instructor participation) to support social interaction and build social connections in online courses." I know some of you are also in that course and I'm curious what your opinions are on the experiment? Do you think that interacting on Instagram has increased your social connections and added benefit to the learning experience?

It also took me a long time to find the comment button! You are not alone in that!

"Jean M Twenge Ph.D" discusses how research presented in Adam Conover's YouTube video "Millennials Don't Exist" was misrepresented and how she and Adam were later able to discuss their differing viewpoints rather than bash each other on social media as many would have.

I wish more people could debate that way! I agree that not everyone wants to discuss- some just want to argue and be heard!

Thanks for sharing! Twenge has had to defend a lot of her literature on generational studies. I read her iGen book before and the criticism she's received on that topic as well. Very interesting!

At the start of this class, I thought Twitter was too much trouble, why bother. In the article you bookmarked, I would think that all one has to do was just call someone, or speak to another person. However, after emailing you and others today about things, I realized how valuable it is to be able to respond to someone with just a quick answer. This eliminates the formality of face to face conversations which usually take a lot of extra time ("hi, how are you? I'm fine, how is the family, etc....waiting for the right moment to get to the real reason why one called). I am all for f2f get togethers and phone conversations, either socially or professionally, but when it comes to things like finding out educational policies that could be answered by knowledgeable people within a few seconds, why not just cut to the chase and get a quick short answer, unless of course, one is fortunate to have an abundance of time...cough....cough.. This has awakened me to the power of Twitter and its role in education. Thanks.

This study examines student-teacher interaction on Facebook and how teachers manage ethical concerns arising from pupils' actions and their appearance on Facebook.

Thank you for the reply! What struck me as valid about the article is that for some relationships, there is no self-disclosure on one side, and maximun self-disclosure on the other. The article talked about psychotherapists. Typically, the individual in therapy knows nothing or very little about the therapist, while the therapist gets to know the person in theapy quite well - one supposes. While I personally would like to know something about the "personness" of a therapist, prevailing opinion is that, should the person in therapy gain knowledge of the therapist through social media, it would damage the theraputic relationship. Same thing with doctors. Perhaps the same thing with priests. I'm a bit paranoid about too much self-disclosure, except for the ADHD thing, so if I where a therapist, I would be OK. However, if I blogged on my struggles with Therapy School, thoughts about patients, etc... I would be more worried. Actually,blogging about patients might cause you to lose your license... and it should! I know all this because my husband is a psychologist. It's almost impossible to have a conversation about his work without violating some ethical code or another. :-)

I think I agree with you in the idea that in some relationships there is no mutual disclosure because we expect and accept a level of certain patterns of behavior or let's say self-disclosure. As you have mentioned, while we do not anticipate a therapist to self-disclose 'personal' aspects, the same goes with the person. S/he is expected to self-disclose. I am not familiar with the therapist/person interaction, but I can make connections from my personal experiences. They both have 'preferred, expected' rights and duties in relation to each other. While a therapist may be legitimate to know whether the person is ADHD or not or whatsoever, it sounds reasonable. However, when it comes to the person whether the therapist is an ADHD or whatsoever, wait! A therapist and ADHD??? No way. I wish I read about an expert's perspectives in a blog form that may potentially heal my wounds or others. But at the same time, it is not easy to establish. One of the tensions that I need to resolve, in the end. I am glad that you shared your experiences. Such a nurturing conversation. :-)

This is a good and insightful study that SHOULD be read by those that make policy, but never will be.

This is a podcast from The Happiness Lab about how to establish good screen habits during COVID-19. Enjoy it!

This is what my family needs right now!

This is good information! AI has really opened up a lot of opportunities and resources, but it has also presented a lot of questions!

This is good information regarding the use of generative AI. I concur with the author that AI-created information should be used as a starting point for developing instructional materials. It should not remove the instructional designer from the process. After all, they would be most knowledgeable about the instructional needs of their learners and the delivery methods available to them.

Thanks for sharing this resource. It's super helpful for a project I'm working on right now.