LRNT523: Activity 3 As a management consultant guiding organizations through AI adoption, one thing is clear: how people share and acquire knowledge is changing as fast as the technology they’re trying to adopt. Weller’s insights (2020) from 2002-2011 still ring true, offering lessons that are more relevant than ever. Let’s jump into two that stood …
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Some of the “between the chapters” discussion of the serialised audio version of 25 Years of Ed Tech reminds me of how much value a…
As an educator, I’ve witnessed firsthand how some tools, like video and e-portfolios, have shown great promise but struggled to deliver on their early potential in the classroom. Martin Weller (2020) revisits innovations such as these in 25 Years of Ed Tech, revealing how they were expected to transform education but often fell short due […]
Before reading Martin Wellers (2020) 25 Years of Ed Tech, I had to reflect on my own experiences with educational technology. As an elementary school student in the 1990s, technology was more of an escape or something a teacher would… Continue Reading →
LRNT523: Activity 1 Hi everyone! I’m thrilled to be diving back into academia after a long and exciting detour in the tech world. I originally earned my BA in English and Linguistics way back in 1996 with dreams of continuing my studies, but life had other plans. Fast forward 27 years, and I’ve spent most …
LRNT523: Activity 2 In the early days of moving in-person instruction online, there was a sense of excitement—much like the shift from desktop to mobile devices. Both transitions promised new horizons but encountered similar obstacles. As Weller (2020) notes, early e-learning efforts assumed that moving in-person instruction online would be as simple as digitizing lectures …
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Currently, I’m reading 25 Years of Ed Tech by Martin Weller. Within its contents thus far—specifically the first eight chapters—it’s interesting to stop and seriously reflect…
Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – Winston Churchill
Photo by Chris Henderson, Book Cover Image by Bryan Mathers, Visual Thinkery In reading the first third of Martin Wellers 2020 book 25 Years or Ed Tech, I had to remind myself of the limits of information technology in the… Continue Reading →
Before starting Martin Weller’s (2020) 25 Years of Ed Tech, I reflected on my own experiences with educational technology. My earliest memories of ed tech in the classroom date back to 1994, when I was in grade 4, just as the internet was beginning to emerge. Back then, ed tech was pretty basic, used for […]