http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress The eCollege Academic Trainer & Consultant Blog Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:58:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress/?p=143 We try really hard to come up with new and innovative ideas at eCollege.  It's actually even more creative around here since Pearson took over.  We get to flex our academic muscle against technology and financial viability on a regular basis.  We talk about CBL (confidence based learning - basically ... http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress/?p=141 Most of us strive to be relevant. In his keynote address at Pearson eCollege’s CiTE 2009 User’s Conference, Michael Wesch talked about the crisis of significance and how education technology can help us be more relevant to our students. As formal educators we are all digital immigrants but ... http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress/?p=139 Flu season is right around the corner and many are contemplating flu vaccines. However, as I’m dealing with yet another situation of academic dishonesty (which unfortunately seems to happen about once a semester… so hopefully this is it for a while!), I’m reminded of a great article from our Educator’s ... http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress/?p=134 09/08/09: I’m on a plane on my way to perform my first Project Tapestry training. After in many ways suffering through the curriculum meetings and organized “meet and greet your child’s new teacher(s)” sessions that accompany the beginning of the school year in my own children’s schools, I finally get ... http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress/?p=131 “Where’s my instructor? Am I being taught by a computer?” “I got an 80 on my paper and the only comment was good work—how do I improve?” Sad to say that these are not uncommon questions, they are all too frequently raised by students in some online courses or at ... http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress/?p=129 Like every just about every week for the past 7 years, I was at a college talking to faculty about how to effectively use education just a few days ago.  I’ve become quite the e-vangelist in my time and I enjoy it immensely.  It’s especially satisfying when I get to ... http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress/?p=127 My summer courses are winding down again and I wanted to try something different for my final discussion topic where students reflect on what they’ve learned that term. I decided to try using Wordle as a visual tool for summarizing text, instead of simply using the typical discussion board posts. For ... http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress/?p=115 “Games have moved beyond 'edutainment' into complex topics that require higher-order thinking.” – Brandon Hall, Chief Learning Officer   According to http://screentime.org the average American watches 4 hours and 35 minutes of television every day.  The same organization cites a study saying 1 in 4 children under the age of 2 have a ... http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress/?p=108 I am a member of the WCET community and receive their very well researched bi-weekly article digests per email. This week, glancing through the names of the articles being researched, I decided to pull three that seemed to present differing views on the same topic, that of using technology in ... http://blog.ecollege.com/WordPress/?p=103