What do you bring to the Table?

  Making the dip, originally uploaded by MonkeyEggplant. Found this pic on Flickr of a someone’s special dip they brought to a potluck. Open Content is kinda like a potluck. You can always count on some people to bring chips to the potluck – they’re fast, cheap, and easy. They don’t require much effort so [...]

Digital Media Literacy

After reading Clive Shepherd‘s post on Media Elements I decided to host a Faculty Learning Community this summer on the topic of Digital Media Literacy.  For a couple of hours each Tuesday our FLC will explore various digital media elements: typography, illustration, photography, animation, audio and video, and consider when, where, and how they might [...]

Extending the Virtual Classroom

The LMS of today is too confining a virtual learning environment. Such closed systems lock out all but those officially enrolled in the course. The emerging LMS needs to accommodate others in addition to students and faculty, allowing learners to benefit from interaction with a broader network and community of practice. Last semester, as part [...]

The “New Normal” for Instructional Technology

Recently, a faculty member asked what I thought about the use of Web 2.0 technologies as opposed to the standard campus solutions for teaching and learning. I was reminded of just how much things have changed since I first began an instructional technologist. Back in the day I would have advised sticking with the campus [...]