Please read the attached call for papers for the International Conference on Education and Technology, July 17-19th, in Calgary. Papers are due March 1st, on a whole range of educational technology related topics–see the attachment for details. Download file
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More on the action research project paper
I have been thinking more about how we might approach this IADIS paper on our beginning experiences of weblogging, and I thought it might be helpful if people started to record some of their thoughts in relation to these following…
Readings for proposal development
After our research and Weblog meetings yesterday I was looking around for articles that might be helpful for the proposal development process. The article on literature reviews that I had mentioned is the following: Boote, D. N. & Beile, P.(2005).…
and music–learning theory to read music better
I changed my blog title as I realized that I want my blog to reflect more than just my work related interests, so I am developing two categories: musings and music!! This entry is mostly about theory–I am trying to…
the educational possibilities of Podcasts
Just when you think there cannot be another educational technology to think about there is–Podcasting isn’t that recent but is growing in popularity. As essentially a broadcast technology I initially was less enthused about it (I mean I love my…
moving towards a prototype for GRAIL
Had an interesting meeting today with the ACG group in Education Commons about possible engines for GRAIL to provide the central frame for the environment that the various elements would link to. Mark Hume, formerly at UTSC, developed a really…
Visual representations of theory
One of my MEd students, Celynn Klemenchuk–whom many of you know, has a real knack for creating visual maps of complex ideas. She has a whole set of really great concept maps for different theories and theoretical perspectives and you…
Setting up Del.ic.ious and Bloglines
Well that was a lot easier in the end! I have managed to get accounts in both, post to both and have set up links in my task bar which lets me add links directly without opening those pages first.…
The dissertation dive
I have been thinking a lot about how many of the most important elements of graduate education are quite implicit. One of these elements is the psychological aspect of the thesis process. People often start out seeing it as a…
Why reading matters even more in the digital age
I was planning what to talk about for an invited ECOO presentation next year and was thinking about the issue of technology in preservice education, particularly what are the most useful kinds of technology related knowledge and experiences could we…