http://terence.mybgsuonline.com Experienced e-Learning Specialist, Entrepreneur, Futurist Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:14:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know this vid has been around for a while, but it is pretty funny and worth sharing. Enjoy! http://terence.mybgsuonline.com/2008/08/13/medieval-technology/ A colleague of mine at BGSU, Anthony Fontana, has a great post on his blog about the exciting world of live broadcasting on the web. There is a lot of good information in his post about using this technology for teaching and learning online. He asks, "How can these tools ... http://terence.mybgsuonline.com/2008/08/07/live-broadcasting-on-the-web/ I highly recommend all teachers watch this video of Michael Wesch at the University of Manitoba on the Future of Education. In addition, you should show this to to your students and have some solid discussion about it. If you teach online, simply post it on a discussion forum ... http://terence.mybgsuonline.com/2008/08/06/the-new-learning-landscape-the-future-of-education/ 11 Things You Shouldn’t Leave For School WithoutA simple list to simplify your life. When you first arrive at college you will be introduced to problems that you never knew existed. While no list will ever include a solution to all of your ills, this one hits on some things ... http://terence.mybgsuonline.com/2008/08/04/11-things-you-shouldn%e2%80%99t-leave-for-school-without/ George Siemens and Stephen Downes are going to attempt what some have called a MOOC - Massively Open Online Course - and so far some 1200 participants have signed up. The course will focus on the connectivist theory of learning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectivism_(learning_theory) and in some sense will be an experiment testing ... http://terence.mybgsuonline.com/2008/08/04/take-a-free-online-course-from-george-siemens-and-stephen-downes/ I thought the results for a Google search I performed on "distance learning + gas prices" was pretty interesting. What do you think? Since most subjects can be taught online effectively and driving to class is becoming more $$$ for students and teachers, people are looking for online options. ... http://terence.mybgsuonline.com/2008/07/16/distance-learning-and-gas-prices/ This is an interesting button free environment. Find out how much you like or dislike mouse clicking as part of the navigation experience for websites. The navigation for this site is designed so that one does not need to ever click on the mouse button to get around the ... http://terence.mybgsuonline.com/2008/07/16/dont-click-it/ As the competition heats up in the land of Learning Management Systems (LMS), Blackboard is offering to partner with Syracuse to develop an open source plugin that will send data back and forth between Sakai and Blackboard. Some see this as Blackboard's way of trying to put everything under 1 ... http://terence.mybgsuonline.com/2008/07/15/a-bridge-between-blackboard-and-open-source/ The idea is simple. Search, Contribute, Reward. Search for a topic using the Scour search engine (it searches google, yahoo, and msn), then rate the links with a thumbs up or thumbs down, then accumulate points for your contribution and get rewarded with money. It is an ... http://terence.mybgsuonline.com/2008/07/14/scour-leveraging-the-search-engine-to-empower-and-pay-the-user/ "Here's where we are now" on what makes communities tick online,on mobile, in face-to-face settings, and why understanding this is soimportant for learning"edublogs: Unleashing The Tribe: small passionate communities | View | Upload your own http://terence.mybgsuonline.com/2008/07/11/unleashing-the-tribe-small-passionate-communities/