Category Archives: Teaching & Learning Online

In the ever-expanding search for ways to visualize the “new” PLE environment, I ran across Scott Wilson’s latest visual (posted back in Nov 2007). I have to noodle on this a lot more, but it sure points out the “murky … Continue reading →

As I perused my bloglines this morning, as usual, I look at the earthquakes feed first (the USGS makes a variety of feeds available at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/catalogs/. As usual, there are names of places I have never seen before. I never … Continue reading →

One of the points we covered in the podcast interview with Sally Taylor was the importance of a VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection. I’m not sure, but I suspect that the importance of this type of connection is not well … Continue reading →

I have likely mentioned before that I teach an online course each year – EOSC 311 – The Earth and its Resources. The course is designed for students who are not majoring in science. I focus on geological processes that … Continue reading →

Thought I would pass this along… a good opportunity to have good work recognized! CALL FOR NOMINATIONS BC 2007 INNOVATION AWARDS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY The 2007 Innovation Awards in Educational Technology honour and recognize BC public post-secondary individuals who test, … Continue reading →

I saw this literature review on e-assessment pointed to by Jeremy Williams (The Authentic Assessment Website), and thought I’d better mark this one down. I love Jeremy’s description; he calls it “… little UK-centric, but a jolly good read all … Continue reading →

My colleagues here in DE have started up a new weblog called “Connections: Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Design”. http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/connections/. The focus of the weblog is to draw connections between teaching, learning and instructional design. They’ve collected some very nice resources … Continue reading →

Brian Lamb and I did a Horizon Wimba Desktop Lecture Series session yesterday called “Livening your Online Course with RSS”. I kind of wish we’d named it “Livening your online (course) environment with RSS” – be a little more fitting, … Continue reading →