Chapter 6 – 1999 E-Learning
Weller’s (2020) discussion of e-learning in Chapter 6 made me think more closely about what learners need from an online course. Technology can make learning… Read More »Chapter 6 – 1999 E-Learning
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Surrounded by Learners, Learning Alone
These last chapters (2002 to 2011) from Weller’s (2020) book were the most interesting to me so far. The discussion […]
LRNT523 Activity 3 – Video, Social Media, & Nursing Education
Weller (2020) argues that the reduced cost of creating high quality video productions and the ease in which finding high quality video content made it… Read More »LRNT523 Activity 3 – Video, Social Media, & Nursing Education
From Open to Owned
A reflection on Weller’s Web 2.0 chapter in 25 Years of Ed Tech: how the web’s democratic promise gave way to a business model built… Read More »From Open to Owned
Run a Book Club, Not a Digital Library: Corporate Learning Needs Context, Agency, and Connected Space
A lesson from edtech’s early history (Weller, 2020) with immediate relevance today is a recurring failure across edtech’s evolution that corporations perpetuate: treating knowledge as… Read More »Run a Book Club, Not a Digital Library: Corporate Learning Needs Context, Agency, and Connected Space
Happy Friday – here’s to a great long weekend and a few notes for Week 2
by Elizabeth Childs. Hi everyone, First thing’s first: I hope you have some wonderful long weekend plans and manage to take some time for yourselves… Read More »Happy Friday – here’s to a great long weekend and a few notes for Week 2
Activity 3
Immediate relevance Chapter 9 – 2002 – Learning Management Systems (LMS) Pretty much every school whether it be high school, college, or university is using… Read More »Activity 3
Reflecting on: Authentic Audiences, Growth, and Networked Learning
As I read Weller’s (2020) discussion of blogs and e-portfolios, I was struck by how relevant these ideas remain in […]
A Call for Imagination and Creativity
Weller (2020) established that retrospectively, Second Life and Virtual Worlds were largely unsuccessful in the grand terrain of ed tech. He saw Second Life as… Read More »A Call for Imagination and Creativity
Reflecting on 25 Years of Ed Tech (Weller, 2020) – Chapters 1-8
Reading 25 Years of Ed Tech (Weller, 2020) is an interesting experience for me, particularly because it starts in 1994. During this first third of… Read More »Reflecting on 25 Years of Ed Tech (Weller, 2020) – Chapters 1-8