Weller’s (2020) chapter on 1998 contains the detail I did not expect in a book about universities: SPLOT, the family of minimal publishing tools built… Read More »Same Database, Different Silos: What 1998 and 2001 Predicted About WordPress
Activity 2 | Reflect on reading (Blog) Seeing parallels between educational technologies and the underlying learning theory of Constructivism was the most compelling aspect of… Read More »Reading and Reflecting on Weller (2020)
Reading Weller’s (2020) history of educational technology, the two most compelling takeaways are: firstly, how the field repeatedly grapples with the exact same core tensions,… Read More »Beyond Explicit Knowledge: What Ed Tech History Teaches Us About Human Learning
Before reading Weller’s 25 Years of Ed Tech, I tended to think of educational technology as a story of continuous […]
by Elizabeth Childs. Hi Everyone, It is always wonderful to teach a vibrant class of people from so many different backgrounds! I loved seeing your… Read More »First Friday update – Loving the Introductions – and moving onto Activity 2
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As I read through the first eight chapters Martin Weller’s 25 Years of Ed Tech I couldn’t help being surprised at the many similarities between… Read More »Activity #2: Reflecting on Readings
I find it surprising how many different years took credit for the start of educational technology. Now, with that said, I don’t know if I… Read More »Activity 2
by Elizabeth Childs. Hello Everyone and Happy Monday! Welcome to our LRNT 523 course! I am so looking forward to reconnecting with you, welcoming our… Read More »Welcome to our course – Day 1 LRNT 523 August 24, 2026
As I begin LRNT 523, one of the things I’m interested in exploring is the relationship between learning design and technology. In my professional work,… Read More »New Tricks for Old Dogs: Learning, Technology, and Practice