Blogging as an Instructional Tool and Acquisition of Knowledge
Upon introducing myself to my peers in an online course, I discussed my new use of a personal blog and the reasons for me beginning such an endeavor. Our instructor questioned in one posting by asking “…have you found that blogs can be applied as an instructional tool to “…facilitate the acquisition of knowledge” (Palloff […]
Advantages/Disadvantages of Discussion Boards in the Online Classroom
After recently starting an online course I was surprised at the format in which it was presented to the participants. Having taking many online courses through several different institutions, this was the first one in which a study guide was present as a tool. I posted a question on the discussion board regarding this and […]
Blogging Code of Conduct
After my pleading to my friend Kathy to keep her new blog up regarding her upcoming trip India. I was so pleased to see today that it is still alive and well. It’s going to be a long journey not only once she is there, but just the process it has taken her to be […]
Is Blogging Self-Serving?
I was so excited the other day and mentioned it in a previous post “Turning others on to blogging” . Two days ago my new blogging friend, Kathy, and I were discussing how great I thought her’s looked and by reading her first post why I now understood and could stand by her decision to […]
Collective Spaces for Groups
One task that was assigned to me months ago was to come up with a great collaboration space where members of a training and organization development network could share resources, info, speakers, templates and more together. We realized that we all were probably doing the same work (over and over), looking for speakers that we […]
Customizing my blog
I’ve had a ton fun over the last few days playing around with the format, colours, background, etc of my blog. I wanted to put in more picture elements of some of my own photographs. I really love taking pictures and have taken so many on my travels that I feel they are truly a […]
Turning other’s on to blogging
I was just showing my co-worker my blog and all you can do with them. Not that mine is all you can do with them. But it’s great to see how excited she was to start and create her own. She is getting ready for a 6 week journey to India and thought it would […]
eLearning 2.0 – I’m trying to DO IT
eLearning 2.0 – Go Do It : eLearning Technology Funny just when I really needed it in my professional and academic career I was able to get the the eLearning Guild Annual Gathering. Then just when I needed some guidance on where to start and what to get excited about I heard a speaker there […]
Still Using Paper & Pencil
I am disheartened that another year has gone by in our organization and we still have to test all of our 2200+ staff with paper and pencil. We must test them yearly on a set of core curriculum and the only method I currently have to accomplish this task is to give them a paper […]