Cultural Issues
Last week I was reading about "Cultural differences in teaching and learning" (1986) by Hofstede. It's interesting research that groups countries into a 4-D model by cultural differences. New Zealand...
View ArticleIdentity & Ownership
I listened to the recording of James Farmer's lecture on Indentity and Ownership from last Thursday and came away with the following.Using bulletin boards/forums are useful for individuals to express a...
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An Online Social Presence
Our task is to offer up some light-hearted cartoons/sound bites/jokes in an attempt to help build a 'social presence'. This was fun and far less taxing on the old grey matter but I wondered whether...
View ArticleLearning over the shoulder
I listened to Nancy White's lecture on learning 'over the shoulder' and here are some of my thoughts.Very impressed with Nancy's ability to multi-task between giving presentation and responding to the...
View ArticleCatching Up!
Ok, there are four things I want to catch up with from the last couple of weeks. [Before I go on holiday and have to deal with the backlog of emails/posts/wiki edits that will no doubt build up...
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Middle of Nowhere
During the break my husband and I had a week's holiday in Australia where we drove to what felt like the middle of nowhere - a place called Arkaroola in the Flinders Ranges. Amazing trip. Now back to...
View ArticleCushie Life
Last week a few of us looked at Second Life. I had spent a few hours prior to this playing around and in that time I'd managed to: Set up and name my avatar (CushieBlackadder)Obtain some clothes and...
View ArticleNot for education then?
Ellen Stewart gave us a 10-minute presentation on her experience of Facebook and she pretty much summed up what I thought. It's for friends to keep up with each other, wherever they are. I have...
View ArticleWhat have I learned?
"Learning is a collaborative experience where understandings aredeveloped. Constructing knowledge is not a one-way transmission of informationfrom the instructor to the learner. Constructing knowledge...
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Reflecting on Asynchronous Discussion
My facilitation exercise was an asynchronous discussion which took place over the course of one week. The topic was the ‘pros and cons of blogging for projects’ and the discussion group consisted of...
View ArticleWinter's coming....
I've spent the last few weeks frantically packing up our lives in preparation for our return to the UK. We're heading to the South Island for a whistle-stop tour before a few days in Tokyo and then...
View ArticleEvaluation of eLearning for Best Practice
First blog post of 2008. Happy New Year!It's the first week of a new paper on the Graduate Certificate in Applied eLearning and the participants are going to be blogging about their learning. So this...
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Quick Reflection
I've spent some time this morning updating Google Reader with the sites relevant for this new paper - blogs, wikis etc. I also checked out some of the new blog entries made on sites relevant to the...
View ArticleEvaluation is.......
...a thoughtful consideration of events which can inform future events for the better.In my experience evaluation is...... a department meeting and a rushed report based on empirical observations by...
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eLearning Guidelines for Quality
I have permission to do an evaluation project at a local college. The curriculum covers a wide range of courses from level 1 foundation studies through to level 3 advanced studies (all post-16 age...
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Evaluation Paradigms and Models...and Methods
ParadigmsThe evaluation paradigms set out in our reading were quite tricky to follow and I organised myself a mind-map diagram to try to summarise the main points. However the program I used (freeware...
View ArticleProject Thoughts
Some information about the type of evaluation for my project.ParadigmModelMethodEclectic-Mixed Methods-PragmaticFrom a variety of methods pull together an appreciation of current practice to inform...
View ArticleArticle summary
Learner Experiences of e-Learning: JISCMy article isn't really an article but an evaluation report description. JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) is a UK organisation with a mission to...
View ArticleIdeas for evaluation plan
Some brief notes on my thoughts so far for my evaluation plan - using headings from the template provided (and not completed yet).Background:Moodle is a learning management system (LMS) or virtual...
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Evaluation Plan - Some Feedback
Here is Bronwyn's feedback on my first draft of the evaluation plan. May give you some pointers.Thanks Bronwyn, your comments have clarified some issues for me.[image: adewale_oshineye]
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