Category: ED 655

Article Review #5, Bob Heath, Online Pedagogy, ED 655

Original post. Andrew See & Travis Stephen Teetor (2014) Effective e-Training: Using a Course Management System and e-Learning Tools to Train Library Employees, Journal of Access Services, 11:2, 66-90, DOI: 10.1080/15367967.2014.896217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15367967.2014.896217 Therefore, it seems I have found the perfect article for my purposes. Online instruction and e-Learning tools are increasingly being used in the academic setting…


Article Review #4, Bob Heath, Online Pedagogy, ED 655

Original post. Macdonald, J., & Poniatowska, B. (2011). Designing the professional development of staff for teaching online: an OU (UK) case study. Distance Education, 32(1), 119-134. doi:10.1080/01587919.2011.565481 This article caught my attention because it is at the crossroads of several personal interests in thinking about online pedagogy: the workplace, blended learning, near synchronous feedback, and cool and…


Weekly Writing #4, Bob Heath, Online Pedagogy, ED 655

Original post. What theoretical principles support the use of game mechanics in learning? Consider the list you created of ways in which the world has changed, and then reflect on the goals of Partnership for 21st Century Skills. In your writing this week, discuss the ways in which learning must change in the 21st Century…


Article Review #3, Bob Heath, Online Pedagogy, ED 655

Original post. Reeder, Kenneth; Macfadyen, Leah P.; Chase, Mackie; Roche, Jörg, (2004 June) Falling Through the Cultural Gaps? Intercultural communication challenges in cyberspace. Proceedings, Cultural Attitudes to technology and Communication, Karlstad, Sweden. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1329 Working backwards from their conclusions we first learn about a concern for cultural sensitivity from all participants.  Something as simple as how…


Weekly Reading #3, Bob Heath, Online Pedagogy, ED 655

Original post. In my article review this week I ended up at a place calling for a blended approach to learning. In my comment celebrating augmented reality I ended up at a place calling for blended learning. Accordingly, I gravitated to the “Blended Compared With Pure Online Learning” section in: U.S. Department of Education, Office…


Article 2 Review, Bob Heath, Online Pedagogy, ED 655

Original post. Several co-learners in this course have raised the matter of cultural diversity in online learning “environments” — particularly in Alaska. I am intrigued with this issue and so it inspired me to some greater investigation. This review will focus on a single article: Xiaojing Liu, S. L., Seung-hee Lee, Magjuka, Richard J. (October,…


The LMS as an aspect of the post-modern turn, Online Pedagogy, ED 655

Original post. Use one of the following questions as your writing prompt for this week. Compose a thoughtful and complete opinion piece to post. Recall a learning experience that you found personally effective and identify the underlying methodology. Describe ways in which behaviorist, cognitivist, or constructivist techniques were employed. My “moment” was in a Metaphysics…


Article Review 1, Bob Heath, Online Pedagogy ED 655

Original post site. Abrahmov, S. L., & Ronen, M. (2008). Double blending: online theory with on-campus practice in photography instruction. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 45(1), 3-14. doi: 10.1080/14703290701757385 The authors through using the online presentation to augment their classroom performance were able to add learning objectives that previously were too much for the…