Jane Hart, from the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, has compiled a very complete and helpful directory of tools for eLearning. There are currently 3,141 tools catalogued, and 2,381 of those are FREE! You won’t be overwhelmed because the site is well-organized. Even if you are not involved in distance education, you will find [...]
If you like to learn, check out this list of 10 Power Tools for Lifelong learners. For you iPhone users, be sure to check out #10, which points you to an iPhone app called Open Culture that connects you to many of the free resources! HT: Randall Short (@shortNtweet), via Twitter (he also has a [...]
Tim Bulkeley, Tyndale Carey Graduate School, was one of the presenters in the SBL session on Distance Education. His comments about Degrees of Presence are applicable to anyone teaching a distance course. He’s placed on his blog his notes in a few posts, which I’ve linked to below. I’ve also placed the links on my [...]
I’ve updated my SBL 2009 Pedagogy page with the following links from Taylor Halverson: Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University Effective Uses of Discussion Forums for Biblical Studies Courses at a Distance (20 min) Discussion Board Rubric (PDF) Distance Education and the Bible Presentation Outline (Word doc) Effective Uses of Discussion Forums for Biblical Studies (PowerPoint)
Today I was one of the presenters in the following session: 22-201 Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies 11/22/2009 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM Room: Studio 9 – MR Theme: Distance Learning: How to teach traditional topics in a non-traditional format I’ve posted links to some of the resources mentioned in my portion of session below. [...]
It’s been a whirlwind of activity here in Grand Rapids. Our consultation came to an official end this afternoon, and then we had a terrific dinner at the home of one of hosts. We had a Brazilian BBQ (the meat just kept coming) and Brazilian side dishes (that I can’t remember how to pronounce) followed [...]
This is a quiz from 7-year-old Éva. I dictated the names of Hebrew letters and she wrote them down, except for #3, which asked the question, “What sound does בּ make?” She’s doing a terrific job learning Hebrew this year. She can identify all the Hebrew characters by name, tell you what sound they make, [...]
A.K.M. Adam (on his blog AKMA) pointed out the article from Inside Higher Education which reported a study about technology in the classroom. Campus Technology, likewise, has an article discussing the report. Read their summary here. The surprising (really??) result is that faculty think they do a great job and students don’t think their profs [...]
I’d like to get some feedback about (Undergrad/Grad level) Distance Learning. I’d like to hear from both those who have taught distance education classes and those who have taken distance education classes. I hope to get as much information as possible, so please direct folks to this post and ask them to help by leaving [...]
