LD Research Team Leader’s Meeting

Wenyi – Social MediaLinas – Mobile LearningKent – Games, Sims, and Virtual WorldsCommunication/Collaboration FrameworksNING – awaiting pricing and approval, add Linas and Wenyi; Shannon offered to create groups for us in the “Excellence in Teaching.”Other platforms mentioned: E-Live, Google Docs,…

Wenyi – Social Media
Linas – Mobile Learning
Kent – Games, Sims, and Virtual Worlds

Communication/Collaboration Frameworks
NING – awaiting pricing and approval, add Linas and Wenyi; Shannon offered to create groups for us in the “Excellence in Teaching.”
Other platforms mentioned: E-Live, Google Docs, Zotero, Diigo, MyNetResearch, Wikified
Zotero – Wenyi mentioned it has project management tools

How will our groups handle project management tasks? Zotero possibly (Wenyi), Quickbase a weak possibility.

Linas already spoke about piloting courses. They were considering whether to handle Grad vs. Undergrad courses and surveying the students. First survey to determine student’s needs and second summative survey to assess how well the pilot went.

Opening up the teams
Each leader shared ideas about how they are going to approach opening up the teams. We decided that we need to talk to Rick asap on the topic to get his guidance.

Focus
Linas: mobile utility tools vs. mobile learning objects
Kent: virtual worlds vs. learning-oriented games and simulations
Wenyi: add a third dimension-opportunities for improving the LD process

Ning’s major pitfall: no simple editor :-(

Don’t worry, this isn’t a negative rant. Ning is a fantastic platform and I would like to thank Shannon Kennan and Larry Ragan for creating this community space and introducing me to the tool. I’ve been finding some really great…

Don’t worry, this isn’t a negative rant.

Ning is a fantastic platform and I would like to thank Shannon Kennan and Larry Ragan for creating this community space and introducing me to the tool. I’ve been finding some really great resources and “new faces” around the site. continues…

Blogging in Your Class

An instructor for a Continuing Education at University Park (CE@UP) RHS 301 course, Dawn Lorenz, asked me about using blogs in her course and I’ve begun to pull together the resources I have on educational blogging (at PSU). continues……

An instructor for a Continuing Education at University Park (CE@UP) RHS 301 course, Dawn Lorenz, asked me about using blogs in her course and I’ve begun to pull together the resources I have on educational blogging (at PSU). continues…

Scantron or Scanning “bubble sheets” for Testing

A CE@UP (Continuing Education at University Park) HPA 101 insructor, Jill Musser, just contacted me about the possibility of scanning “bubble sheets” for her class. I haven’t looked into this yet, but with the help of Angela Simparosa and Esther…

A CE@UP (Continuing Education at University Park) HPA 101 insructor, Jill Musser, just contacted me about the possibility of scanning “bubble sheets” for her class. I haven’t looked into this yet, but with the help of Angela Simparosa and Esther Neidermyer from CE@UP, I found some useful information. continues…

Drop box best practices

I attended an interesting course recently on academic integrity through Sloan-C and learned about an interesting tactic some students use when submitting assignments for a drop box activity. I use that term generally since their tactic could be used with…

I attended an interesting course recently on academic integrity through Sloan-C and learned about an interesting tactic some students use when submitting assignments for a drop box activity. I use that term generally since their tactic could be used with any means of electronically submitting documents (email, FTP, etc.). continues…

FWD: What is the policy on chewing tobacco?

Recently in my last class session this past Monday, I noticed one of the young men sitting in the back to start chewing tobacco. He was trying to be coy and hide it but I noticed it. I know that…

Recently in my last class session this past Monday, I noticed one of the young men sitting in the back to start chewing tobacco. He was trying to be coy and hide it but I noticed it. I know that smoking is not permitted in any building on campus, but what is the policy on chewing tobacco? continues…

FWD: Is it acceptable to allow students to use their laptop computers during class?

Students using their laptop computers during class lecture to “supposedly take notes and/or follow my lecture.” Many times it appeared as though they were surfing the Internet or doing other things than paying attention in class. continues……

Students using their laptop computers during class lecture to “supposedly take notes and/or follow my lecture.” Many times it appeared as though they were surfing the Internet or doing other things than paying attention in class. continues…