2nd week of the semester

I always love the second week of the semester because this is when my students start letting me know that stuff isn't working in my course! There is a mad dash the weeks leading up to the start of the semester to get everything in the LMS. It's really easy to miss some things until you actually get in to start facilitating and the students start working through the activities.

I'm teaching two courses this semester. One of them I completely revised, so it's really becoming 'my' course. The other one I'm using another professor's structure,so I really don't feel it's 'mine'. I've taken over so many courses in my life that I've become fairly adept at stepping into someone else's course at the last minute. But I really love tweaking it, revising it, to make it mine.

Intro to Educational/Instructional Technology

Welcome to Fall 2014

I'm teaching Intro to educational technology this semester and the first blog reflection is suppose to be about how I view technology in teaching & learning. Since I first went out on the Internet in 1995 I was hooked. I switched from business to education in order to learn how to create online learning, as I realized the huge potential the Web had for providing access to education for non-traditional students, of which I have always been.

In particular for adult learners who needed to pursue higher education in order to achieve their career goals and/or open new opportunities.

The one question I always come back to when I'm designing courses, whether online or on campus, is "Is this the best technology, program, delivery method, etc. for this content, these students and in this environment". It really helps to cut through the hype that surrounds new technologies to get to the heart of the matter......will this technology be the best for what I'm trying to accomplish.