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Topic: Interactions to support learning Author: Leslie Dawes Date: June 13, 2011 7:37 PM To what extent have you experienced on-line or mixed-mode courses that achieved this kind of learning environment? My own learning experiences range from traditional face to … Continue reading →

What might be three important questions Raj could ask himself when deciding which multimedia to include? After considering Bates and Poole’s ‘SECTIONS’ framework and this week’s reading focusing on George Siemens’ ‘Evaluation Media Characteristics’ there is a lot for Raj … Continue reading →

Dafna’s Music Activity 1. Based on the resources available, how might Dafna organize this activity? Dafna wants to provide a wonderful, engaging activity that encourages collaboration, innovation, critical thinking and decision making through music literacy, however resources are minimal. There … Continue reading →

Looking at the Vista shell was somewhat familiar to me as last term my group in ETEC 510 built a course using Vista as the asynchronous and Adobe Connect as the synchronous form of communication. It is somewhat different than … Continue reading →

This is a very interesting exercise as I have not taken time to read the Terms of Service or the Privacy Policies of various social software sites before. I downloaded the terms of all four softwares and read through them. … Continue reading →

After reading and going through the section in the toolkit named Web Accessibility I have a new appreciation for how sites and various software accomodate people with disabilities. I learned that there are Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Some of the … Continue reading →

This week I went throught the web design section in the toolkit. I posted a reflection on a new page called E-Learning Toolkit. See reflection on web design.

This week another student and myself experimented with the new voice e-mail. It was a first for both of us! It was really easy and fun to use. Voice adds another dimension to the layers of communication. I would use … Continue reading →

[[/youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch? http://animoto.com/play/DBtrVv2C5lWZQYUR0eglxA Leslie’s Digital Story I was very excited to explore the 50 different options available to tell a story. I connect with digital storytelling as I first encountered it at a Computer Workshop on a Pro D at least … Continue reading →

Participating in this module’s wiki got me thinking about the advantages/benefits and disadvantages/challenges of working together with other members in this course. Similar to the activity itself, I set up a list of 5 Benefits and 5 Challenges. 5 Benefits … Continue reading →