Connectivism - Personal Learning Network
Created using PearlTrees as a way to demonstrate my personal learning network.click here to view the map interactively.
View ArticleDigital Tools Facilitate Learning through Connections
Through the use of the Internet and the vast store of knowledge it holds, finding information has changed greatly during my lifetime. What had once been knowledge that was unavailable or unknown...
View ArticleFitting the Pieces
Throughout the course I am taking with Walden University on Learning Theories, I have gained a deeper understanding of how human learning is conducted and the importance of the application of this...
View ArticleProject Planning - Whiteboards are My Friend
It may be coincidence, but my career as an Instructional Designer, has taken an amazing turn since beginning my Master's of Instructional Design and Technology in October 2011. My title changed to...
View ArticleReflections on Learning
Reflecting on a terrific trip - photo by Tischann 2011As a professional educator, learning theories have been a topic of conversation and professional development classes throughout my career....
View ArticleThe Era of Distance Learning
Welcome Distance Learning Scholars!I look forward to sharing our thoughts, learnings, and experiences throughout this course. Feel free to comment on this post to meet our week 1 requirement.This is...
View ArticleDistance Learning from my perspective
Distance learning continues to adapt to the advances of distance communications (Tracey, & Richey, 2005). From the early years of correspondence courses, through telegrams, to radio broadcasts,...
View ArticleNROC's Algebra 1 Open Course
NROC website bannerNational Repository of Online Courses (NROC), Algebra 1—An Open Course.http://nroc.remote-learner.net/course/view.php?id=172 To register for a guest log-in go to:...
View ArticleConverting to Distance or Blended Learning
Gedik, N., Kiraz, E., & Özden, M. Y. (2012). The optimum blend: Affordances andchallenges of blended learning for students. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, July 2012, 3(3),...
View ArticlePost Mortem Reflection on Blended Learning
Project Description:An expectation was handed down from an associate superintendent to a district level coordinator for the implementation of blended learning in all Advanced Academic (AP) and...
View ArticleWelcome Online Instructional Strategies Cohort!
Over the next few months, this blog will focus on online instructional strategies as I prepare to dive into building and delivering quality online instruction. I'm looking forward to a terrific...
View ArticleLions, Technology, and Multimedia ..."Oh My!"
Lions Have you seen the GEICO© commercial with the Antelopes? Poor Carl the king of beasts, reduced to slinking away from a delicious meal because of technology. Have you ever wondered how the story...
View ArticleDetection v. Inspiration
DetectionWhile some free online tools exist to support the detection of plagiarism, most institutions purchase programs such as Turnitin, Grammerly, and SafeAssign, to check not only Internet resource...
View ArticleDiscovering Discussion Posts
Discussion posts provide students with the opportunity to test out learning and gain feedback from peers. Throughout our learning journey we have posted initial thoughts concerning prompts proposed in...
View ArticleThe power of infographics
For those of us who are visual, creative, thinkers... data can be overwhelming. Just picking up a budget spreadsheet causes my eyes to glaze over. However, great sites now offer professionally...
View ArticleThe most exciting thing to happen to blended learning since the invention of...
As a long-time blended learning teacher, advocate, and consultant my greatest struggle has always been how best to communicate and support the blended shift in a school or classroom. Many teachers...
View ArticleOneDrive - My new friend
Sharing information has been easy and simple with Google Drive and Dropbox, however, my organization has adopted Microsoft Office 365 and OneDrive for Business to protect data and provide consistency...
View ArticlePBL World 2014
As a visual processor, I created this info graphic during the PBL World conference to remember the inspiration each day brought throughout the week. From growing, building, flipping, and evolving, the...
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