Moving on – Welcome to Week 3 of Unit 1
by Elizabeth Childs. Hi Everyone, Happy Holiday Monday! I hope you have enjoyed having some time to relax and refresh this past weekend in between… Read More »Moving on – Welcome to Week 3 of Unit 1
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25 Years of Ed Tech – Chapters #9 and #12
Activity #3 After reading 25 Years of Ed Tech (Weller, 2020), the chapters that most resonated with me were chapters 9 and 12. Chapter 9… Read More »25 Years of Ed Tech – Chapters #9 and #12
25 Years of Ed Tech 2007 – 2011
image created by Gemini. The Leaning Management System, (LMS), saved us during the pandemic and in many cases is still being used poorly today. In… Read More »25 Years of Ed Tech 2007 – 2011
DESIGNING CONDITIONS FOR LEARNER AGENCY
There is plenty of choice to be made in digital learning design. Educational technology can enable experimentation, learner autonomy, open networks, and resources. In tandem,… Read More »DESIGNING CONDITIONS FOR LEARNER AGENCY
Applying Weller (2020) to My Context: Chapters 9-18
The years 2002 to 2011 traced in these chapters cover the rise of tools meant to centralize, standardize, and open up education, the LMS, OER,… Read More »Applying Weller (2020) to My Context: Chapters 9-18
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
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