I was excited to see the Chicago Foundation for Education (CFE) will be moving to the Literacenter this month! Before I founded Designers for Learning, I was a volunteer with the CFE. Coming full circle, Designers for Learning is part of the coworking space within the Literacenter operated by the Chicago Literacy Alliance, a 130+ member organization dedicated to literacy-related initiatives. Welcome to the neighborhood!
One of the struggles with online learning is finding tools to create, publish and share text based media within the online learning environment. Here are just some of the many problems: Creating: Most of the written text that is created by students and teachers is MS Word based. While it is the best known text…
The Network Neutrality debate moved from the blogosphere to prime time TV news – public television prime time, but prime time TV none the less! An Amazon.com lawyer and telecom lobbyist debated the issues tonight on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. A commentator on tonight's Nightly Business Report covers the Net Neutrality issues, as well….
The AECT web site offers a global roundup of academic institutions offering degree programs in educational communications and technology. Search the database for specific types of degrees (Certificates, Masters, PhD, etc) offered both f2f or online. Technorati Tags: instructional design, edtech, educational technology, AECT
Facilitation of group written projects is a challenge for instructional designers working within a distance learning setting. The following provides suggested practices for facilitating such projects using web based collaborative writing technologies. Facilitating Group Written Projects – Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: Facilitating Group Written Projects Facilitating Group Written Projects…
As was predicted, Google announced it’s entrant to the “coversational AI” party with a tool named Bard. I asked ChatGPT, “What does bard mean?” and this is what I got:
Looks like this Net Neutrality debate will be raging on for some time to come. Today, the Senate is beginning its third day of hearings on draft telecom legislation after the House passed a bill last week that largely ignored the Net Neutrality supporters' concerns. Most supporters of the "Net Neutrality" concept want to ensure…