Role of Openness in Education: Article Summary

In the spirit of open learning, I'm sharing the notes I take while preparing for a research paper on Distance Learning. This post is about the article: On the role of openness in education: A historical reconstruction. by Sandra Peter and Markus Deimann made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License  On the role of openness […]

Future of Distance Education: Quick Gaze into the Crystal Ball

Distance Education is Where I Am I have been exploring Augmented Reality as a context/system for learning. With ubiquitous internet (information), accessibility of powerful mobile devices (means to access information), and innovations in interaction methods including physical gestures and the ability to use brain activity to control computers (ability to interact with information), learning need […]

Applications of Augmented Reality and Associated Technologies in Teaching and Learning

Introduction   Augmented Reality (AR) is the mid-point on a continuum between the real physical world around us, and the virtual digital world online superimposing information on our sensory experiences as we move through time and space (Milgram, 1994). Viewing physical objects through a mobile’s camera, AR uses image recognition, geo-location, the device’s accelerometer, and online […]

Instructional package for delivering a "Creating a Twitter PLN" workshop

Introduction This package (PDF; 1.7mb) was created in fulfillment of course requirements for 6401 Instructional Design at George Washington University under the instruction of Prof. Ryan Watkins as part of the Graduate Certificate in Education and Human Development in eLearning. We were challenged to proceed through the instructional design process from beginning to end on […]

Annual Reflection on Professional Learning 2013

Policy GBI of my district requires each educator to submit evidence of reflection on practice, or Annual Reflections on Professional Learning (ARPLs). They are meant to reflect a public collective dialogue about teaching and learning, Apart from the obligatory conversation with my administrator, there wasn't much more to it than that. In fact, and I can […]

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