An exercise in comparing and contrasting Distance Learning and Pornography.
Some comments on having read half of Yong Zhao & Kenneth A. Frank’s paper on an ecological model for technology integration into classrooms.
On “feeling taught”, the ecology of face-to-face learning as rooted in evolution, and “my learning” as sentience similar to “my instincts” or “my love”.
On how being grilled as an employee in a high-pressure work environment has affected my learning ethic, my cynicism about hostile teachers, and why distance learning makes me panic.
Kaltura falls on its face. And I am having a manic obsession with hating on Distance Learning.
A new series of blog posts featuring Kaltura tools.
Here is a system for providing simultaneous views of a lecture and a wide range of view of other content in camera range. The OpenEyA system allows the viewer to select a range of the recorded image, and then focus in close-up to that range to view something like a blackboard or PPT presentation.
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A TED Talk by Beau Lotto. Refers to some cognitive aspects of perception, relative to environment.
A new series of blog posts featuring Kaltura tools.
An interview with Assistive Technologist, Carl Geiger of Tech Abilities inc.
A previous post had referred to some goodies at the MIT Educational Technology Fair, though only within the domain of Virtual Worlds. Here, I will report on some of the other intriguing products.
October 14th, 2009, some pals and I drove to Cambridge, MA to check out this year’s MIT Educational Technology Fair.
I’ve explored an academic research piece on the application of MMVW, or Massively Muliplayer Virtual Worlds, and MMOGs, or Massivle Multiplayer Online Gaming. Second Life is considered to fall into these categories. One of the leading uses of VW is in medical research.
OK, I did it. As the image illustrates, my membership seems to include a babe of some sort, kinda like buying a motorcycle, I guess.
I explored more of the segment leader on this topic: Second Life to see if there were significant educational applications for their operations.
A recent thread on AlumniFutures.com describes the “death of email” and the implications for higher education. The article points to, among other things, implications for retaining the integrity of networks – or more specifically, organized groups within networks – based on the presumption that email addresses sustain relevance as a primary marker for personal network identity (location).
Here’s a video that describes the value of Teen Second Life to a particular student. Teen Second Life is the child of adult Second Life VW, though not intended for educational application.
A previous post pointed to a Chronical interview with S. Craig Watkins where one of the questions asked was whether colleges should look through applicants’ personal online profiles as part of the admissions process. The arguments for and against centered mainly around public/privacy issues, though what had not been mentioned in the discussion was what was brought forth by Whyville’s founder Jim Bower.
Here is a new book by S. Craig Watkins called The Young and the Digital. It includes a chapter on synthetic worlds, among other online forms of connectivity. I will seek it out at the library and report my findings.
I was in Tekserve on 23rd street in NYC when the first plane struck, buying some Apple accessory (I still have the receipt). When the first WTC tower fell, I was at work on East 25th street, “recovering” somewhat from having delivered some 30 TV commercials for my client the day before.