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week 12: educational multimedia – trends and the future development

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In his critique of technological solutionism Evgeny Morozov (Chapter 6), distinguishes the restrictive/prohibitive technological design solutions and those which instead offer a broader range of choices. 1. What examples of the restrictive and the choice broadening types of solutions you know from your professional and learning experiences, or have encountered while working with educational technologies? An example that I can speak to in terms of educational technology is the restrictiveness of some instructors with the use of cellphones in class versus those instructors who are lenient and even promote this…read more

Aug.09
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week 10: share for the greater good, better, best.

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1. What type of authorship license you would choose for your Learning Module Project (you Assignment 2 or Assignment 3)? Our online course is being developed in Eliademy. Eliademy began to crowdsource OER (Open Educational Resources), and the following is an excerpt from their website: “OER are educational resources such as texts, images, videos, assignments, courses, etc. which are freely accessible to anyone and can be used to teach and learn. They can be part of the public domain or released under a license allowing free use, adaptation and distribution….read more

Jul.29
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week 3. open-concept loft vs. regal, sprawling academic institution.

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Learning Management Systems: Affordances and Limitations In their examination of the effects of LMS on university’s teaching and learning practices Coates, James & Baldwin (2005) argue that technologies are not pedagogically neutral, but through their very design, they influence and design teaching. Have you been experiencing some of the pedagogically restricting effects of LMS in your own practice? I have used three different LMS’ in my time as an educator: Blackboard Connect, d2L (Brightspace), and more recently Google Classroom (not exactly an LMS yet). The first two, in my opinion,…read more

May.31
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week 1. digital age teaching professionals.

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Which of the sets of criteria seem the most informative and relevant to your experiences? The first point in Chickering and Ehrmann’s article resonated with me and my experiences in my new position, and ties into the second point as well.  “Good practice encourages contacts between students and faculty”. The fact that communication technologies allow for an availability and access to your professor is hugely important. My school board has adopted Google Apps for Education (GAFE), and this productivity suite is inherently about sharing, communicating and collaborating. On each app…read more

May.24
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