On 03/26/2010,
in education technology, innovation, K-12 related, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/12/2010,
in K-12 related, learning,
by Daniel Christian
“Stories of Learning is another new blog I am launching this week. I interact with teachers every day who are innovative, creative, and doing transformative things in education. We need to collect these stories in one place. Stories of Learning is (I hope) a place where we can record all of these. Write a guest post, cross post something that you have already written, I would love it all!”
On 03/06/2010,
in digital learning, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
John Seely Brown lecture on “Learning in the Digital Age” — video from IU, via Steve Knode
The Art of Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Entire Talk) — from deanstalk.net
Tina Seelig on Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner
Stanford Technology Ventures Program’s Executive Director Tina Seelig shares rich insights in creative thinking and the entrepreneurial mindset. Her talk, based on her 2009 book, What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, cites numerous classroom successes of applied problem-solving and the lessons of failure.
On 02/11/2010,
in digital storytelling, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, higher education, multimedia, online media, storytelling, teaching & learning, trends,
by Daniel Christian
2010 NMC Symposium on New Media and Learning — New Media Consortium
The 2010 NMC Symposium on New Media and Learning, the fifteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia, will explore the impact of new media on teaching, learning, research, and creative expression, especially in higher education. New media, for this event, is interpreted broadly as anything from creative uses of digital media and new forms of communication to alternative publishing methods and media-rich tools. The Symposium seeks to explore new media in the context of a current social phenomenon and not simply as a means of content delivery.
Join keynote speakers Joe Lambert of the Center for Digital Storytelling and Constance Steinkuehler of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in sessions that delve into topics from educational gaming to telling deeply compelling stories using digital media. The annual Symposium on New Media and Learning is a conversation about the most vital and relevant applications of new media for education.
On 02/08/2010,
in corporate / business world, learning, learning ecosystem, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
On 02/01/2010,
in learning, personalized/customized learning, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC: A couple of interesting/recent quotes jumped out at me as being very true:
- From a webinar that I just learned about which is later tonight entitled “New Learning Communities: Theoretical Frameworks”:
A landscape of new tools has lead to entirely new forms of communication. Learning itself is a ‘mashup.’ Teaching and communicating using online tools creates a conversation that takes place in a cloud. New learning skills and styles emerge. This presentation will introduce three concepts especially relevant to teaching and learning in this potentially overwhelming context: learning ecosystems, organizational biomimicry, and connectivism. This is a concise introduction to what’s new in learning and communication and is meant to provide the background knowledge to support changes in practice. - From Mark Berthelemy’s Reflections on Learning Technologies 2010
We like our systems. I like systems. They help us feel in control of things. Sometimes they’re even useful. The trouble is, the individual process of learning just doesn’t fit nicely in systems. Learning is messy. It happens at the oddest times, for the strangest reasons. Trying to systemise learning is like trying to pick up milk in your hands. Yes, some of it might stick, but that will be the exception rather than the rule.
From DSC:
“Learning itself is a ‘mashup.'” “Learning is messy”. After the numerous learning theories I’ve seen, and the myriad of perspectives regarding what works in education, I’m beginning to agree with these statements. There’s just as much art in teaching & learning as there is science. If someone can prove me wrong here, I’d love it. Give us a clean picture of how people are learning today and it would really help.
I’m wondering if we could create a system that would allow an educator to input which models of learning they believe in, for which subject, and ask them to input some other parameters, and the system/database would recommend some possible learning plans/ideas for them (based upon how they wanted to relay a topic). Hmmm…not sure though…
Anyway, from the items I mentioned above — as well as from my studies in my “Instructional Design for Online Learning” Masters program — I’m just not seeing any kind of silver bullets out there! 🙂
On 01/25/2010,
in digital audio, digital video, education technology, faculty/staff, IT in HE, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, mobile learning, multimedia, smart classrooms, teaching & learning, Uncategorized,
by Daniel Christian
Tips & Tricks for Effective Lecturecasting — from ProfHacker.com by Ethan Watrall
Lecturecasting is all the rage these days. And whether you are lecturecasting specifically for a class (either online, face-to-face, or any combination thereof), or are putting your lectures out to the wider public on a platform such as iTunes U, it takes a lot of work to get your lecturecasts to the point where they are effective vehicles for your content.