"Recently, I've been noticing that a lot of instructors are under the impression that they are successfully integrating technology, when in fact they are simply using technology. Although this might seem to some as just semantics, in my opinion there is a huge difference between the two - a difference that can be seen in the impact the technology usage has on student learning."
"I recently discovered this map of the internet through Stephen Downes' newsletter, OLDaily. Downes says, "It's mostly eye-candy, but it's good eye-candy". I prefer to think of it as "interesting" eye-candy. It's visually attractive, but what I find interesting is the fact that the descriptions are not necessarily value-free."
"We are living in a digitally focused world that requires us to adopt new life styles that we , the digital immigrants, were not used to before. This excessive digitization of life has also brought about some new learning concepts and we start talking about digital self-learning and digital peer-learning. Peeragogy is a project that embodies these notions and goes beyond them to empower you with the tools to delve deeper into a collaborative process of knowledge building and meaning making."