How Old is Too Old to be Relevant?
This is going to be a short post, but I just wanted to comment on my astonishment at how much info is out on the web about blogging. Most of it is posted on blogs…go figure. I’ve search “components of blogs”, “how to start a blog”, “blog tools”, “how many blogs exist” and that’s just […]
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Is the simple to you, complex to your students?
I’m taking yet another online course in designing online courses. So far I’m not learning anything, I’m just going through the motions. What struck me tonight though, is this about the 10th course I’ve taken using the Blackboard system. So you can imagine my familiarity with it. Last semester I actually got to create and […]
I Can’t Believe I Have to Use Paper Again
This year my Core Curriculum learning packages are going to finally be online. Fully accessible by all staff. Automatically marked by the LMS. Easy to determine completion rates. Simple to distribute to every department. AND THEN I WOKE UP!!! I can’t believe I’m being forced against my will to set up and print out 500 […]
Key Notes: Jeff Howe – Crowdsourcing Bill Tancer – Hitwise Intelligence Tod Maffin – Tod Maffin | BLOG Concurrent Sessions: Bjorn Billhardt – Enspire Learning Blog | Bob Mosher – http://performancesupport.blogspot.com/ (with Conrad Gottfredson) Brent Schlenker – Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development Will Thalheimer – Will at Work Learning Patti Shank – Learning Peaks Attendees […]
Looking at Blogs to Share About Blogs (which do you use?)
I’m currently preparing for a presentation on learning how to blog and learning from other’s blogs and so that is exactly what I’m doing. I’m surfing around looking at blogs that I’ve only been reading in the past to dive a little deeper into some of the tools/widgets that seem most common. Looking to see […]
Back to the grind stone, almost!
Well my first day back from vacation did not disappoint. I tried extremely hard while away to never think of work; I think I succeeded about 98% of the trip. I had planned to come back and even had blocked off 3 solid days to just click through every single screen of my LMS. I’m […]
Vacation time and I’m still drawn to looking at this screen
I’m happily on vacation. Loving the warm air. Falling head over heels in the waves. Seen puffer fish, 2 eels, a sea snake, urchins, coral, tons of fish, pelicans feeding, an iguana, seagulls (why are they everywhere!?!), I think I might have had a minor sting by a jelly-fish, 3 sting rays, and far too […]
Potential Questions to Ask When Having an LMS Demo’d
I’ve been having other LMS vendors contact me wanting me to see demonstrations of their systems several times over the last year. A situation arose recently that made my department seriously question the system we had in place and should we switch to another vendor. I made arrangements to visit a colleague at another hospital […]
Does it have to be timely to be relevant?
I saw a very interesting online conference come across my email the other day. It’s for “Stepping into Virtual Worlds” which happens January 30th, completely virtually through Second Life. How incredibly neat is that? I did see this posted last year, but I was too late to attend at when I found the conference. So […]