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Using Mobile Apps and Social Media for Online Learner Generated Content
Here is a Web-based version of my presentation at the 10th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2014 conference: Using Mobile Apps and Social Media for Online Learner Generated Content http://www.programhouse.com/webpres/phml2014pres.pdf This Web-based Adobe portable document (.pdf) player software presentation describes initial, anecdotal findings about … Continue reading
Posted in conducting research online, emerging educational technology, instructional design, learner experience, mobile computing, mobile learning, online learning and teaching, social media, social networking
Tagged learner generated content, mobile apps, mobile learning, online learning, social media
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Following in the Footsteps
On my second pilgrimage in Spain – this time from Tui to Santiago de Compostela along the Camino Portugues – I became aware of the importance of this prayerful walk as one in which I was not alone, even though … Continue reading
Posted in information ethics, learner experience, social change, social networking
Tagged apostle, Camino, Camino Frances, Camino Portugues, ethics, Gospel, Jesus, morals, pilgrim, pilgrimage, prayer, principles, Saint James
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On becoming digital learning collaboratives
Unless we possess interdisciplinary knowledge and skills as individuals, we cannot fully address our needs to improve teaching and learning through the strategic use of digital resources. For those of us whose primary professional background is in IT, we may … Continue reading
Posted in collaborative computing, conducting research online, digital repositories, emerging educational technology, human factors in information systems design, instructional design, knowledge management, learner experience, online learning and teaching, social networking
Tagged collaboration, digital learning, educational research, educational technology, interdisciplinary learning, learning, online learning, professional development, teaching
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Untethered on the Camino
As someone who has been tethered to computers via the Net for many years doing my online teaching and consulting work, I have come to realize the need to create a balance between the connected self and disconnected self. To … Continue reading
Make a joyful noise
Psalms 98:4 “Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth; make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.” In my treatment of online social media for social good in previous blog posts, I have touched upon the … Continue reading
Posted in social change, social media, social networking
Tagged Christian, Jesus Culture, music, religious, revival, social change, social good, social media, social networking, spiritual
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The Heart and Soul of Social Networking
Amid our ethical concerns about the downside of computer technology in general and social networking in particular, I celebrate the example that people provide in their charitable work, especially in how that work is helped by leveraging the power of … Continue reading
Posted in social change, social media, social networking
Tagged charity, Katie Meyler, More Than Me Foundation, social media, social networking
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Working memory: recognizing our cognitive limits
Working memory and chunking – without understanding these vital concepts in human terms, we cannot design information systems interfaces that will work with people’s ability to retain only so much at one time in memory. If the interface does not … Continue reading
Posted in cognition, content management, human factors in information systems design, information architecture, instructional design, knowledge management, learner experience, management of information systems and technology, user experience, user-centered design
Tagged chunking, cognition, cognitive limits, content management, George Miller, magic number seven, working memory
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Collaborative reasoning with a social strategy
In my previous posts on the value of mental and physical models, I suggested that it is the dialog that we create between these two types of reasoning that helps us tackle the discovery of what is novel and complex: … Continue reading
Posted in blogs for research, collaborative computing, conducting research online, content management, human factors in information systems design, information ethics, innovation, instructional design, management of information systems and technology, social media, social networking, strategic management of technology innovation, user experience, user-centered design
Tagged collaboration, collaborative learning, collaborative reasoning, collaborative software, content management, design, discovery, mental model, physical model, social media, social networking
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The “How To” of Mental Representations
Isaac Bashevis Singer “Who knows?” Whether it is walking across the street or browsing Web sites on the Internet, we need to know “how” to do something to be able to successfully navigate and perform tasks. Of course, we can … Continue reading
