Bummer OSU isn’t going to offer Elluminate as a synchronous communication option to OSU faculty any time soon. They do, however, offer webmeeting. Webmeeting seems to be DimDim lite. In webmeeting only the host and 3 others can communicate via audio. However, the host can pass the mic to other participants. It is possible to [...]
I’ve been teaching EDPL 791 and am really enjoying it. This course perfectly intersects with my role as Director of Instructional Technology for the college. As I prepare for and teach the course I necessarily dig deeper into learning about digital media and technologies that enable me to help my team provide better instructional [...]
I’ve been thinking of what’s out there in terms of Web 2.0ish tools that might hold potential within teaching and learning. So… I made a quick version 1 list. Some of the items are centrally hosted by OSU, at least as a pilot if not completely. The rest are free. This list is by no [...]
The Center for the Study of Teaching and Writing sponsored the Digital Media in a Social World February 20, 2009. I had agreed to participate in a faculty panel on using technology in the classroom. However, just days before the conference, D’Arcy Oaks and I learned that we were the only ones who were actually planning to [...]
I have been trying to teach myself Turkish through online tutorials. Recently, I found an interesting language learning site that i really like http://www.livemocha.com/. The site sets up an infrastructure for building digitally-mediated communities of practice. They have courses in many languages (unfortunately not Turkish). The lessons are “graded” by humans rather than a computer [...]
TELR recently announced that faculty may request an Elluminate vroom for winter 09 and/or spring 09. Form to request Elluminate vRoom:
https://telr.ohio-state.edu/apps/telr_forms/index.cfm?form_id=64&auth=E40
For several years I taught both onsite and online at a small private university. The focus of the first course I taught online was collaboration in cyberspace. Interestingly, at that time the university offered few [...]