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 the face to face classroom. [...]
Enhancing Your Courses – Learning Community
What would be your initial thoughts if you were asked to assess your online courses? Would you see the request as an opportunity to improve your courses or as an unwelcome task in an already busy schedule? Hopefully, the request would be seen as a welcome chance to revisit your [...]
This professor of communications and lover of cheese steaks bought a new pair of running shoes a few months back. Then, he bought the Nike sensor system – a small sensor you put in your shoe somehow. This sensor sends information to your iPod during a run. That data tells you (in real time) how you’re doing, but it also allows you to see any trends in your running after you upload the data to the Nike+ website. Apparently he’s run about 340 miles and his average speed has increased by 1 mile per hour. He can tell you how many calories he’s burned and he’s delighted to tell you how many pounds he has lost.
Most of us have heard of the European Union along with the establishment of the Euro as a common currency across the continent. Fewer have heard of the Bologna Process which began in June, 1999 with the goal of creating a more standardized higher education system in EU member nations. One initiative has been a [...]