Learning Coach
As I blearily re-read the instructions for this week’s assignment, I dutifully go back and look at the article names I only glanced at before when reading Section 2.1. Randomly choosing Connie Malamed’s Learning Coach, I felt like I was having a deja vu moment. Wait a sec, I thought to myself, this looks eerily like our web poll that we just did. Maybe I’m more tired than I thought.
Malamed’s trends for 2011 are well laid out in a very clear format on the website. I like the fact that ads are all on the right side of the website which doesn’t interfere with the content. Information on the top trends is written in a concise manner although I would say that this website and information would be more appropriate for a person being introduced to these trends, not people who are somewhat familiar with them. However, I did find out some interesting information. For example, I wasn’t aware that YouTube has become the second largest search engine in the world. What didn’t surprise me was to see that Social Learning, LMS, mobiles, iPads/tablets, virtual worlds, AR, blogs, ebooks and QR codes were all part of the predictions for 2011.
I found this website very easy to maneuver around and actually spent some time on the other links and sections. It’s a thoughtful laid out easy to read website with lots of information. While this particular article may have been on the somewhat less technical side, I appreciated it for the simplicity and directness of it. I will continue to check back and would probably recommend to other people, especially ones who are somewhat newer to the uses of technology.
Posted in: Week 02: The Edtech Marketplace
khenry 5:07 am on September 17, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi MW,
Thanks for your informative and interesting post. I also use Youtube as a search engine but did not know those stats either. Very interesting.
I agree with your comments on Malamed’s site. I also like the fact that there were blogs/comments on questions and reactions to the content and her responses to such. These were not necessarily readily available on some of the other reports and in this current culture of blogging, social interaction/networking/learning/exchange this was a key attribute..
mcquaid 3:18 pm on September 17, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi,
I also reviewed this article. While thinking critically about the content, I wasn’t even thinking about the things around it – good call! You are right about the unobtrusive ads. As much as I found the article “light”, I also appreciated the directness of it – being direct and succinct are important when delivering messages online.
-Steve