Category Archives: online learning and teaching

What Hubble 3D teaches us about model-based reasoning

Greetings, Near the end of the relatively brief (45 min.) Hubble 3D Imax movie, I sat transfixed with my 3D glasses as I watched a fly-through sequence composed of Hubble images extending at greater resolution into the furthest visualized part … Continue reading

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Authentic Learning Innovation in an Online Music Course

Here is a Web-based version of my EDULEARN10 conference presentation on the topic: Authentic Learning Innovation in an Online Music Course http://www.programhouse.com/webpres/phedulearn10pres1.htm This Web-based PowerPoint presentation (optimized for the Internet Explorer browser) describes the rationale and strategy for an authentic … Continue reading

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Intelligence Revisited – what recent research reveals

As noted in my other blog entries, my research, writing, and consulting work over the past decade has focused on collective human characteristics called “individual differences” and what that means to people in the roles of customers, users, and learners. … Continue reading

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The single vs. many device solution for mobile computing

Here’s my current take on the continuing debate in terms of mobile and/or transportable computing. At least for now, I really need more than one device for a typical range of computing needs. If you need most – if not … Continue reading

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A mental model of the customer, user, and learner experience

Digging Beyond User Preferences (Mental Models) In my research, writing, and consulting work over the past decade, I have focused on a single concept (satisfaction) and what it means to people in the roles of customers, users, and learners. I … Continue reading

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Teacher uses Skype to link class to homebound student

As technology-using teachers, trainers, and other professionals, we can become so immersed in our “nuts and bolts” thinking about emerging digital technology that we often miss seeing the forest from the trees. A story worth re-telling here for seeing that … Continue reading

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Prospecting and Preparation Strategies for Online Instructors

Greetings, Here is a Web-based version of my conference presentation on the topic: Prospecting and Preparation Strategies for Online Instructors http://www.programhouse.com/webpres/phel06.htm This Web-based PowerPoint presentation (optimized for the Internet Explorer browser) describe techniques to assess opportunities for online teaching, identify … Continue reading

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