Leonora Zefi
I found ETEC 522 quite challenging yet extremely helpful for my daily work. The course content and interactivities along with venture pitches and the experience shared by all, furthered my understanding of ventures in educational technology and gave me some really good “food for thought”. In addition to improvements around navigation and usability that have […]
Continue reading Course wrap up Posted in: Venture Forum It’s interesting to see such a variety of applications of mind/concept mapping. I have used mind mapping in problem-based learning where learners are presented with a scenario from the workplace and they have to resolve a communication problem. As pointed out in previous posts, mind mapping can be an effective tool to teach and reinforce concepts […]
Continue reading Using mind mapping in the classroom Posted in: Uncategorized, Week 09: Visual-Intensive Learning
Thanks for your input, Leonora! I too think it is crucial to include a reflective piece as a means of summary so that all learners use the visual learning artifact as a means to expand upon and develop their knowledge base. If one was to use the tool only as a means of idea generation then the deep thinking and reasoning potential would be lost.
Dani
I chose to look at the growth of EKTRON and particularly focus on the entrepreneurial abilities of its CEO and founder Bill Rogers. Rogers founded Ektron in 1998 and at that time sparked a technology revolution with his first product eWebEditPro which enabled users to easily author and publish content on websites. Ektron’s vision today is to […]
Continue reading Ektron’s CEO and founder Posted in: Week 04: Entrepreneur Bootcamp
Leonora,
It’s interesting that this company has been able to raise so much capital in a short period of time! It seems as if their strategy of diversifying into different continents (and taking advantage of emerging markets in developing countries) is certainly paying off.
Deborah
You make a very good point Deborah – diversification and target market seem to be making a difference in Ektron’s growth. Another success factor according to Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management (August 2010) is that Ektron utilizes .NET architecture really well which is a priority choice for online community.
Thanks,
Leonora
My name is Leonora Zefi and I live in Toronto. My background is in teaching/training and most of my career I have worked with adult learners. Currently I work at the Continuing Education Department at Ryerson University where I am involved in designing, teaching and evaluating blended and fully online courses that focus mainly on […]
Continue reading Introduction – Leonora Zefi Posted in: Uncategorized
Hello Leonora,
You’re almost done with your MET courses! It’s nice to see that what you have learned in the courses has been valuable towards your daily work. Looking forward to working with you.
Hi Donna,
It’s hard to believe but it’s my ninth course….It took me a while to decide on a Master’s program but I am glad that I found one that is so applicable to what I do.
Leonora
Hi Leonora,
Wow! It’s your ninth course, you must be excited to start your graduate project soon 🙂
It’s nice meeting you, I look forward in having a great semester with you!
Karon
Nice meeting you too Karon.
Leonora
Hi Leonora,
It is nice to meet you, hopefully you will be able to share some of the insights you have gained through this program with us as we work through the assignments! Looking forward to working with you.
I look forward to working with everybody and sharing my experience.
Leonora
Hi Leonora
Nice to see you again. Congrats on being almost finished! I look forward to working with you again this term.
Valerie
Likewise Valerie,
It’s a pleasure to work with you again.
Leonora
Hi again Leonora. We were in 540 together last fall. Nice to learn with you again. Just home from a trip into the big T.O. Love to learn more about your work at Ryerson.
Helen
It’s great to see you again Helen. I have enjoyed your insightful posts in 540.
Best,
Leonora
Hi Leonora,
You have the dream job I hope to have some day . . . I would love to design, teach and evaluate blended and online courses within a higher learning institution! I think there is so much potential for institutional ventures related to learnign technologies. I have certainly learned a lot so far within this MET program and hope that it will serve me well as I embark on my new career path.
I look forward to learning and sharing experiences with you over the course of the term.
Marie-France
Marie-France
Hi Marie-France,
I am lucky to do what I love (minus the headaches of dealing with some technical issues…). You are right about the potential for institutional ventures related to learning technologies – I look forward to learning with you.
Leonora
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Dave Horn 8:16 pm on August 4, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I agree that having had the opportunity to get feedback earlier on our pitches would have been really useful for producing a better end product.
Denise 4:15 am on August 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Leonora,
I like the idea of doing the pitches earlier. But…..mine and other people’s pitches related to OER that people had done and the disadvantage would be that we might not be able to integrate this new learning if the pitches were too early.
Denise
Leonora Zefi 6:48 am on August 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Thank you for your responses Denise and Dave,
I feel that the process of going through the experience is very important and going through that process more than once would have been helpful for the learning and for developing a viable venture pitch.
Thanks,
Leonora
Leonora
ping 1:49 pm on August 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Leonora,
Totally agree with you that we should start early to prepare the elevator pitch. I have little concept of what the pitch should be like, even after watching the Pitch Polls. I realized my problems soon after I launched the pitch in the forum. So it there were a few days left the result would be improved better.
Ping