An Interesting Tool

I just had my first Yugma session with Glen. It runs through SKYPE and allows the users to create a session where you can see what the other is doing on their desktop. It is easy to use once you get it set up. One possible advantage to this is that if [...]

3:10 to Yugma

Sorry for the bad movie pun. I am set up and ready to go on Yugma.

Wacky Wikis

Well I just set up my first wiki! I am so proud, just like a father whose son learned how to open a door before trying to walk through. If you get a chance please visit my wiki and leave a comment or feel free to add to the different lists.

Podcasting for Sushi

I just created a short podcast to see how the bells and whistles work.  It is tricky to play in this case.  If you just click the highlighted text, it will only play for about 5 seconds.  But if you move your mouse over the link, a window will pop up, then if you press [...]

Saturday Nights alright for……..learning!

Just a little takeoff on the popular song. Just finished with the SKYPE conference…what a wonderful tool to get together and to talk and discuss the concepts and tools used in the course. After a few problems at the beginning getting everyone into the conference call, things smoothed out and went tickettyboo. [...]

Feeding Frenzy

Cool, I just added the RSS feed widgets to my blog….hopefully that makes it easier for anyone who wants to subscribe to my blog.

One of the best…..

I had forgotten about this web site…..it is one of the best sites for free software. Take a look and tell me what you think. Giveaway of the day

Smile For The Camera

Well I bought a web cam today….I had wanted one for a long time and this course was a good excuse to pick one up. Don’t worry I did not buy the Hello Kitty one. It is set up and running. I took a nice little pic and changed my avatar for [...]

Del.icio.us is making me hungry!

I have been using delicious for a while now but with Glen’s help I finally have the widget set up on my blog.  I have set up a tag for 07:598 which allows me to tag web sites that are interesting and then with the widgets help pulls them onto my blog for everyone to [...]

Online Learning

The Question: How do we encourage/support/facilitate/reward participation and collaboration in an online learning community?
I was reading online about courses that are administered through the Internet. British Columbia seems to be way ahead of the curve when it comes to online education. Many online courses use the Bates (1995) methodology, ACTIONS – access, costs, teaching [...]