and other ideas connected to education and research
“Study the past if you would define the future.” ― Confucius This weeks research articles all contained historical aspects connected to open and e-learning; it makes sense to explore and understand the history of something before touching on the more current research. Whilst delving through these readings, posting and responding to the reading and comments on Read more about Into the past: Exploring open and distance learning[…]
 Photo by Pixabay from Pexels And the journey continues……… This week we continued to explore the role of technology in education through summarizing and discussing a few connected articles from the “Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education“. After viewing the videos and summaries, and reflecting back on my prior Read more about Week # 6 Post: Journey On[…]
Continuing to journey through the vast and cavernous world of technology and education, this week, we examined a section from the “Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education“. Below is a summary of one of the articles from the second chapter. “Twenty First Century Curriculum: Issues and Challenges” The article, “Twenty First Read more about Twenty First Century Cirriculum[…]
My last post discussed best practices for teaching in the 21st century with a focus on the necessity of including technology. It seems natural that this would be followed with a now what?  And, yes that is exactly what this post hopes to accomplish. Now what? Integrating technology is not easy. In fact, it can Read more about Drip, Drip, Drop…..Models for Technology Integration (TPACK and SAMR)[…]
Image by Wokandapix from Pixabay The debate Many topics are debated within the education sphere; one that has been questioned for decades is connected to the use of technology in the classroom. Educators, parents, students and school districts all have viewpoints on: if, how much, when and what type of media should be used Read more about To Tech or Not To Tech….Is that the Question?[…]
Photo by Pixabay from Pexels Technology in Education Schooling has changed in many ways from the days when I attended school. I recall sitting in my desk, an island in a classroom of islands, paper and pencil in front of me, half-listening to the teacher, while trying to sneak in a few more pages of Read more about Technology in Education: Blog post #1 ( EDCI 570/571)[…]