Educational Technology and Related Education Conferences January-June 2013
The last version of Clayton Wright’s list of educational technology conferences that I posted on this blog was for January to June 2011. Clayton has once again provided the community with an updated...
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Digital Lifestyles event at Hill Country Middle School
I love spending time with others and participating in conversations that help others understand and explore the role of technology in education, society, and 21st century living. On Thursday (Dec 6th),...
View ArticlePapers and quotes relating to emerging technology, universities, and reform
As someone who deeply values teaching and learning, I have been reading a number of articles and books that explore the role, values, responses, and potential of universities in the face of calls for...
View ArticleUsing an instructional design perspective to analyze MOOC materials
A facebook conversation from yesterday encouraged me to share one of the assignments that I developed for my instructional design course. The goal of the class is for the students to understand,...
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ICEM 2013 Conference CFP (October 1-4)
Authors are invited to submit abstracts and participate in the 63rd International Council for Educational Media (ICEM) Conference that will be held in Singapore from 1 – 4 October 2013. The late...
View Article“Sharing” as a valued and desirable educational practice
I recently gave a presentation in which I sought to capture some of the activities that I see happening when researchers are using social media to enact scholarship. In this presentation I argued that...
View ArticlePlenary talk at Emerging Technologies for Online Learning conference
I was recently invited to deliver a plenary talk at the 2013 Emerging Technologies for Online Learning conference, hosted by the Sloan Consortium. Steve Wheeler will be giving a keynote and I am...
View ArticlePhoto-a-day 2013
When I wrote my paper examining the ways researchers and educators use Twitter, I noted that “…a current networked practice related to individuals snapping one photograph per day as a way to document...
View ArticleAECT 2013: Research & Theory Division Call for Proposals
The 2013 AECT Conference proposal system is open. The members and leadership of the Research and Theory division are excited to invite you to submit a proposal to our division! The call for proposals...
View ArticleWhat is the experience of instructors who use a social networking site in...
It has been suggested that the use of social technologies (e.g., social media, social networking sites) in higher education may be a worthwhile endeavor. Nevertheless, empirical literature examining...
View ArticleEmerging Technologies and Transformative Learning Special Issue
Back in 2011, my colleague Brendan Calandra and I edited a special issue for Educational Technology magazine focusing on emerging technologies and transformative learning (original post here). Our goal...
View ArticleSXSWedu day 1
This week I am spending time at the SXSWedu conference. It’s described as a conference that “features four days of compelling presentations and informative sessions from education professionals,...
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While yesterday I mentioned that there was not much conversation about research, today was a little bit different. The value that educational research can contribute was highlighted by Alan November...
View ArticleUpcoming research. In search of collaborators
Social media and open online learning have been extolled and decried in the popular press. Yet, as researchers, we still need to understand the experiences and practices of students, educators, and...
View ArticleCritical perspectives on educational technology literature
My colleague Joss Winn has created a Zotero group to collect work that relates to critical studies/critiques of open education: https://www.zotero.org/groups/151255. If you have anything to add, head...
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Keynote at the University of New Hampshire (Faculty Instructional Technology...
Interactive Narrative by aaron13251 licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License The University of New Hampshire holds a Faculty Instructional Technology Summer Institute for...
View Article#et4online notes, thoughts, reflections
I just returned from the 2013 Sloan-C Emerging Technologies for Online Learning conference in Las Vegas. What a fantastic gathering! The value of the conference to me was the numerous great...
View ArticleCourse Trailer for our dual credit CS course
We are in year 2 of an NSF-funded project intended to improve and broaden participation in high school computer science courses. We are using a technology-enhanced PBL approach and are adopting the...
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AERA 2013 reflections
I was at the annual AERA conference last week, held in San Fransisco, CA. My colleagues and I presented the following research and design work: Instructor Experiences With a Social Networking Site in a...
View ArticleI have some news to share
Sherrilyn Kenyon wrote that “Life is a tapestry woven by the decisions we make” and to that, I would add, “and the experiences we create.” I am taking the next step in my life and career. One that I...
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