I am a User!

It’s Friday afternoon so I want to share a humorous thought for the day:
Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?              ~ Clifford Stoll

When Gabbing on the Phone is Work!

Do you find it awkward to post to your blog using a mic? If so, you might find Gabcast useful. Gabcast allows you to create a blog post using any phone. I found it much more natural to talk into my cell than I do when I use a mic. This [...]

What is the Cost of a MOOC?

If I decide to participate publicly in a class with 2000 students enrolled, a “massively open online course”, what is the price? Supposedly, participation in the course is free. But I am not so sure.
In his TED talks presentation “Predicting the next 5000 days of the web,” Kevin Kelley describes the [...]

What Wendy Sees is What You Get

This is the world I see online and off in random sound bytes.

Scott Leslie on the Future of Online Education

In his post, Scott is talking about how PMOG has helped him visualize networked learning. To date, this quote has best helped me understand the significance of networked learning and hints at where all of this connectedness is taking us.
The web has always had this potential – what are hyperlinks other than people providing [...]

Downtime

Something to keep me out of trouble when I need to back away from the computer: 100 Best Novels.

Why Do I Exist?

Occasionally I struggle with how to answer the question: Why do we need the technology? Someone will say to me some version of “you can teach without technology” or “my students have been learning for weeks, months, decades, … without technology.” Since I have been a learner myself for several decades, I can agree with [...]