Category Archives: online learning and teaching

Prospecting and Preparation Strategies for Online Instructors

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Doc

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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Mashups, Maps, and Multimedia

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Doc

In my research on learning styles, a strong preference for the visual presentation of information was revealed. This finding led me to experiment with visual support for what is otherwise a text-dominated informational environment in my online courses. One area … Continue reading →

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Online Presentation Strategies for Visual Learners

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Doc

Greetings, Here is a Web-based version of my ECEL09 conference presentation on the topic: Online Presentation Strategies for Visual Learners http://www.programhouse.com/webpres/phecel09pres1.htm This Web-based PowerPoint presentation (optimized for the Internet Explorer browser) outlines the major points of a (peer-reviewed) paper that … Continue reading →

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how do you use your mobile computing device to support your learning?

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Doc

There is likely to be a wide range of frequency and types of use of mobile devices in support of learning. I wonder how we might be able to accommodate those uses as user needs in the design, development, and … Continue reading →

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what are your thoughts and experiences in mobile learning?

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Doc

Greetings all, Are you using a mobile device to read this blog entry? Do you use a mobile device to access and post in a Web-based LMS or CMS course site? Do you download learning applications to your device? What … Continue reading →

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measuring and applying learning style for online courses

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Doc

Greetings, My take on learning style is that it is a name for an empirical concept (with respect to learners) that we commonly call “preference.” Our experience informs us that there are several components to what we call “individual differences” and … Continue reading →

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to blog or not to blog…

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Doc

… is that the question? Perhaps Shakespeare’s Hamlet poses it better in the affirmative: “To be, or not to be: that is the question” Like Hamlet, I have reflected on existence, but in my case the existence of something I use for online communication, teaching, … Continue reading →

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Palimpsest and the read-write Web

Posted on May 7, 2006 by Doc

In this post and its thread of comments, I invite discussion about the nature of the “palimpsest” as a cognitive artifact as well as the relationship between annotation traditions and the media and technology that support them: from cave walls and manuscripts to wikis, … Continue reading →

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