Current Topic Seven, ED 650

Facebook as an LMS Miron, E., & Ravid, G. (2015). Facebook groups as an academic teaching aid: case study and recommendations for educators. Educational Technology & Society, (4), 371. The first point the authors develop is the difference between open online education and, what they call, walled garden solutions the standard learning management systems, BlackBoard,…


Final Project, ED 650

Distance Delivery of Student Services Executive Summary: Bristol Bay Campus, in fulfillment of Title III grant objectives, is charged with delivering Student Services to the four main hubs in the Bristol Bay region. This proposal is for the purchase, setup, distribution, and usage of iPads in two remote villages: New Stuyahok and Togiak. They will…


Current Topic Six, ED 650

In turn, this Current Topic is aimed at doing a quick dive into a literature review for my project proposal. I am again interested in very recent research. This is not meant to be an exhaustive literature review. Rather it is a survey too quickly take the pulse. Fortunately, Ally et al. in their essay…


Current Topic Five, ED 650

In effect, I wanted to write a similar essay as my Current Topic 4, except I changed the source material. Previously, I conducted an open Google Search. For this piece, I searched Rasmusson Library article database. I limited to conference proceedings in the advanced search. My thought being that this would be as current as the popular…


Current Topic Four, ED 650

I am intrigued to read survey articles that discuss this year’s trends in education, or business. Mostly I am left feeling disappointed. I feel disappointed in several ways usually, first, is that the obvious is frequently stated, second, the nerdiest and intriguing topics avoided, and finally, little is said about a mindset that visions a…


ED 659, Screencasting Assignment

Jon B. a case study, a YouTube, content creator. Blog posts where I write about Jon B. The (Creative) Commons Theoretical run-up on Elements of Digital Storytelling Initial Exploration of Structures and Boundaries in Creating a Web Presence I am not in love with what I have produced here. I tried to use Screencastify and just…


Project Proposal, ED 650

iPad Distance Delivery of Student Services Executive Summary: Bristol Bay Campus in fulfillment of Title III grant objectives is charged with delivering Student Services to the four main hubs in the Bristol Bay region. This proposal is for the purchase, setup, distribution, and usage of iPads in Dillingham, King Salmon, New Stuyahok, and Togiak. The…


Screen Capture, ED 659

In this document, I drafted and illustrated directions for using GIMP to edit images. The same tasks I described doing with Photoshop in the photography unit for this course. Screen Capture Assignment To create this screen capture, I went old school and used the Print Screen key, Paint, and MS Publisher to layout the document….


Current Topic Three, ED 650

Chapter 6 Indeed, for a moment the bedlam of “learning styles” chatter caught my attention. However, I did struggle with the exclusiveness of some of the categorizations. Also, that I am not a teacher allowed me some distance from the theorizing. I find our author’s suspicion and criticism of learning styles to be refreshing. “Moreover,…


Three Videos, ED 659

So, I think this first video is most in the spirit of the assignment, that is creating an instructional video.  Don, previewed it and made some suggestions about timing the narration a little better and a couple of other fiddly details. And I appreciate that feedback. I have not made those changes mostly to show…