This week has been a challenge of reading, writing and playing. The essay outlines are due, the module readings and posts are keeping me busy. The challenge was to find some time to play. Our challenge as part of this module was to create an alternate identity in a virtual world. My first movie creation […]

This week’s module is the Psychology of Educational Technology. We have delved into readings by Sherry Turkle, Bonnie Nardi, and Dall’Alba & Barnacle. The discussions revolved around embodied knowledge, Cartesian models, human-technology relations and cyber-identity. We have been challenged to create a response to the articles and discussions through video (xTranormal.com) or Wordle. We have […]

This week the philosophy of educational technology is digging deeply into Martin Heidegger’s article “The Question Concerning Technology”. One of the focus questions was “How do we relate to technology?”.  In order to answer this question, we need to understand the word ‘relate’. When we first think of relationship we think in human terms – one […]

Today I took some time to reflect on one of the videos for Module 4. The task ahead of me was to create a response to the video in whatever format I wished. I was very interested in all the mind maps that had been created by our module leaders and others in the course. […]

I have had quite a week, immersed in technology, learning and creating. I started the week by creating a podcast of my written assignment for ETEC 511. Then I spent a brief moment to investigate how to create a ‘prezi’ to connect to my group work for module nine. This led to work on a […]

It is challenging to define educational technology with a view to the foundations and history of the field.  We were asked to focus on the following task: Firstly, define educational tecnology. Secondly, identify nature and characteristics of a good ET program based on your own field observations and readings. Thirdly, give some examples such as […]

This is my first post for the Masters of Educational Technology course ETEC 511. It is my first venture into the world of creating an e-portfolio. I will use this blog to capture conversations and reflections on readings, assignments and comments for this course.