Mar
21
Wikis
Posted by: Diddly | March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I had used a Wiki once before in ETEC 540 when we worked as a group to analyze the differences between oral and text based cultures. I think in that course the experiment of collaborative writing was more successful than it has been so far in ETEC 565. In ETEC 540, we brainstormed by throwing […]
Mar
11
Boris from Bulkley
Posted by: Diddly | March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Image retrieved from Flickr Commons, http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2808251447/ . No Known Copyright Restrictions Boris from Bulkley needs a virtual component to his course. He has a very specific and clear need, and that is good. He wants to design a self-directed module that allows students to develop an understanding of the periodic table and how this theoretical […]
Feb
28
Hotpotatoes and Moodle
Posted by: Diddly | February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Hello again. This past week I have been working away on my Moodle course, but it has been slow, as I have had a few problems. First, the text editors in Moodle are not WYSIWYG in the Safari browser. I wasted a couple of days trying to learn how to program using HTML commands so […]
Feb
7
Moodle
Posted by: Diddly | February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Well, I have started my Moodle course and it was straight forward. It took me about an hour to finish the E-tool kit instructions and get my Welcome web page and Ice breaker forum up and running. I couldn’t find the WYSIWYG editor, I think it doesn’t appear on my Mac, so I had to […]
Feb
7
Hello my friends. I haven’t updated my blog for a while I am afraid. We have had a beautiful little baby, and there have been many changes to our routine. I am a little tired, but very happy. Another problem I am having is with the Internet connection. I live in the country and have […]