Except this one really made me laugh quite loudly. I was trying to create a new Google account so there would be a webmaster email address for the BYU PSST research group’s website. As I went about happily filling out information for this new account, I suddenly hit a wall when Google wanted me to [...]
While the social climate for a policy of openness at BYU is currently in its nascent and humble stages, it is quickly gaining momentum. Despite the lack of an official university-wide “open” policy at BYU, a number of open activities are already well under way. To date, a growing number of OERs and OER-like resources [...]
Article Findings Dalsgaard, C., & Mathiasen, H. (2008). Self-organized learning environments and university students’ use of social software: A systems theoretical perspective. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 5(2). Retrieved January 12, 2009, from http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Feb_08/article01.htm. Finding: “The study of the two project groups suggests that a conference system offering asynchronous discussion forums and [...]
Aaron’s Rogue Quest 1 “Carefully review the following sites that publish open educational resources, noting the types of media predominantly used by each site and any site characteristics that seem unique. Pay close attention to the quality of reusability exhibited by the media from each site. Be certain to review a sufficient sample of courses [...]
So, here is a brief synthesis of the theoretical foundations from the 10 articles I chose. Constructivist Also, Garrison was quoted a number of times in the context of “communities of inquiry.” Several of the papers didn’t really boast of anything that could be considered a theoretical foundation. Or if they did, they sure didn’t [...]
This post originally started out as a comment reply to a comment from Charles in reply to this post. (Sorry, couldn’t think of a better way to write that.) It eventually became long enough to become a post of its own, and thus worth more points for my Distance Ed class. (YEAH!) “In my view [...]
