Web2.0, the Social Media, and Academia: Using Personal Learning Environments to Expand Teaching and Learning
Joan Vinall-Cox – University of Toronto
Premises:
education exists to share ad extend knowledge
information increasing
we are living in most extensive and rapidly changing communication environment
we are engaged with creating and learning how to ‘be’ within this environment
Web 2.0
Social online-hosted applications, cloud computing
Social things [...]
A Discussion on Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial Generation User Values
Phil Moss – session chair
Robert McDonald – University of California, San Diego/Indiana University
Chuck Thomas – Florida Center for Library Automation/IMLS
Tyler Walters – Georgia Tech
This is an interactive session, use clickers to see how we are like/unlike typical millennials
Do you have facebook/myspace account? 70% of [...]
eLearning Strategic MERLOT
Robbie Melton – Tennesse Board of Regents
She’s very funny!
Framed discussion in terms of rising gas prices leading towards more eLearning
Talked about how learning objects save time and money for the organization
Integrates with Desire2Learn course management system, easy to integrate MERLOT learning objects into the course materials
Strategic planning: faculty training, budget line item, online [...]
The Constructive Alignment of Educational Technology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Carnegie Horton – session chair
William Kennedy – Michigan Technological University
Learning means acquiring new information
Memory means retaining it so that it can be used
Questions if we are getting the best students in college if they get in based on reading and writing. Some good students don’t necessarily perform [...]
Pageflakes – Teacher Edition – Teacher Education Classic Award Winner
Cris Guenter – California State University, Chico
David Wicks – Seattle Pacific University
If you know me, you know I like online video. If you know me well, you know that a large part of why I like online video is that you can often embed it in [...]
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