Author Archives: Michelle Lamberson

Technical Guidelines for Digital Learning Content

I’ve madly getting ready for a panel at tomorrow’s (Oct 14) ISOTL conference in Vancouver… but ran across an excellent presentation and publication related to digital learning content: From the Merlot Conference: 2005. Johnson, Liz. Technical Guidelines for Digital Learning … Continue reading

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Connections: Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Design

My colleagues here in DE have started up a new weblog called “Connections: Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Design”. http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/connections/. The focus of the weblog is to draw connections between teaching, learning and instructional design. They’ve collected some very nice resources … Continue reading

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Livening Your Online Course with RSS

Brian Lamb and I did a Horizon Wimba Desktop Lecture Series session yesterday called “Livening your Online Course with RSS”. I kind of wish we’d named it “Livening your online (course) environment with RSS” – be a little more fitting, … Continue reading

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A Bow of Respect and Thanks…

Over the last days a team of UBC students — Michelle Chua Frank Pan Tyler Pirtle Enej Bajgoric (I can’t imagine he was not involved somehow along the way..) Remember those names, folks… —- with the guidance of Brian, Novak … Continue reading

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Library of Congress Exhibitions

Funny things can happen on the way through our own weblogs (Earth as Art, November 13, 2003)… we sometimes find some interesting things! The Library of Congress on the US has a variety of online exhibitions that could prove quite … Continue reading

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Open Source Ratings System

There is a mix of scholarly discussion and excitement associated with open source software. I think all of us are struggling with understanding how to move ahead with the constant changes that take place. As well – we’re definitely torn … Continue reading

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Journal Article: Design and Analysis of Reflection-Supporting Tools in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

The March edition of the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning has an interesting article about the importance of support for collaborative reflection in online environments: Design and Analysis of Reflection-Supporting Tools in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. by Seung-hee … Continue reading

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Comments Follow-up & Rubrics too…

One quick follow-up to my comments post yesterday. The way I am looking at comments assumes that there are at least two types of people, comments from the trusted community (with accounts on the system) and comments from outside. There … Continue reading

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Metaphor for Re-Use: Betty Comic

My odd, quirky (weird – whatever you want to call it) sense of humour creeps its way into my professional life at times, and one of the things I like doing is finding comics that can serve as metaphors for … Continue reading

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NSF/AAAS Publication: Invention and Impact

From Science Alerts comes a link to what looks like an excellent publication from AAAS: Invention and Impact: Building Excellence in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education This is both a print and Online-Accessible publication – details are … Continue reading

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