Edublog Roundup

ByJM January 17, 2006November 11, 2026

I’m sure this [post by Josie Fraser|http://fraser.typepad.com/edtechuk/2006/01/james_farmers_d.html] will be making the rounds as it is a nice little summary of the Edublog community.

Design | Uncategorized

Knowledge Management
ByJM May 24, 2008November 11, 2026

I’m already starting week 3 of my summer semester (time flies) and one of my courses is Knowledge Management. We are past the "what is the difference between information and knowledge" stage and moving into "what does instructional design have to do with knowledge management". As usual, all of my thoughts are buried in Blackboard,…

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Design | distance ed | ODU

Distance Education: Centralization vs Decentralization
ByJM August 25, 2010November 11, 2026

We tend to get our undies in a bundle over learner-learner; learner-content; learner-teacher interactions, but this issue of the learner-institution transaction / interaction deserves a lot more attention. Last night at ODU, we had our new student orientation with doctoral students coming into the program this semester (held on Adobe Connect with participants all over…

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Design | funstuff

I’m (almost) famous!
ByJM July 27, 2006November 11, 2026

Not only are there now two subscribers to my blog listed in Bloglines (along with my own subscription – set up when I was my ONLY subscriber), but I got a couple of shout outs from Jeff Lebow at Edtechtalk.com and Worldbridges.net. The first came during EdTechTalk #50 and the other one in my "voicemail"…

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Design | Inspiration

Dr. M. David Merrill
ByJM June 11, 2019November 11, 2026

Dr. M. David Merrill, professor emeritus at Utah State University, sent out a note on LinkedIn that he recently updated his website. As he notes in his post, his new website contains biographical information about his career and is a repository of some of his most important publications, along with links to some online lectures…

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Design | IU IST P540

Evaluation of “Learning Communities” in an Online Master’s Degree Program
ByJM March 18, 2006November 11, 2026

The linked article, Discovering the Meaning of Community in an Online Master's Degree Program, examines an online learning community from the perspective of adult learners in an online master's degree program in instructional design and technology (sound familiar?) at California State University – Fullerton. The paper was prepared by several instructors in the program and…

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Design | IU IST | ODU

Goodbye to IU! Hello to ODU!
ByJM December 4, 2007November 11, 2026

News that I will be heading to the graduation ceremony at Indiana University on Saturday, December 15th and starting the PhD program in Instructional Design and Technology at Old Dominion University a few weeks later in January of ’08. It looks to be a great program with awesome people. The PhD program is offered with…

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