Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 2 on May 30th, 2009 No Comments »
Resources and Support are Keys to Success In reading Lenora’s scenario, I feel it would be advantageous for her to first research on the costs that she would need to incur to run a website, and the amount of support she will receive to maintain the website before she decides if establishing a website is […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 2 on May 24th, 2009 No Comments »
A One-Term Course Requires One Term to Develop… At Least While I have never designed a course online or face-to-face, I have tried to prepare the teaching materials for a course I have never taught before. From that experience, I would say that, for each week of lessons (two or three lessons at 80 minutes […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 2 on May 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Benoît and LMS “How might Benoît go about deciding whether to go with Moodle or WebCT/Vista? What questions might he ask himself?” The most pressing question Benoît must ask himself when choosing a LMS is, “How much technical support would I receive when I choose a specific LMS?” As an educator, Benoît is responsible mostly […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 1 on May 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Reactions on Chickering and Gamson 7 Principles After completing this week’s reading, I can say I can see myself agreeing with many aspects of the 7 Principles, as well as Bates and Poole’s Sections framework. Having said that, since I have written in another course about the Sections Framework, I want to reflect on the […]
Posted in ETEC 565 on May 17th, 2009 No Comments »
As an educator for 11 years (10 years as a science/biology teacher, and 1 year as a secondary counsellor) working in an inner-city school in Vancouver, I have seen the challenges faced by underprivileged students and students with special needs. While I do not believe education is a political arena where students’ welfare should be […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2009 1 Comment »
This is not my first blog, but it’s the first using WordPress. I hear from others that WordPress is far superior to Blogger, so maybe down the road, WordPress will become my site-of-choice for deskstop publishing. All right, back to ETEC course work I go!
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 1 on May 10th, 2009 No Comments »
Unit 1 Reflections After reading NETS, it’s easy to see that B.C.’s public education system is not really on board for education technology, and a product of the system like myself inevitably faces a difficult up-hill battle to change things around. Specifically: 1) Design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments The learning experience of […]