A Lesson from Orson Welles

05.21.10 Posted in Social Media by Shelley

In 1974, Orson Welles wrote and directed

Practical Experience

02.20.10 Posted in elearning by Shelley

I am feeling better…finally. I’ve mentioned before that I do contract work for a company in Tampa. I mentioned it in this post. In any case, I thought my job was over, and then they called and offered me a new contract to help them implement asynchronous elearning in addition to the synchronous stuff I [...]

Does Online Education Work?

10.23.09 Posted in education, elearning by Shelley

An article published yesterday by Inside Higher Ed. cited a survey that indicated many universities do not know if their online education programs are profitable or as effective as face-to-face classes. Well, no doubt! Rhetoric about online education has incited a panic at Universities and created a flurry of new distance programs and online course [...]

Schools as Credential Mills?

10.20.09 Posted in Social Media, education by Shelley

I came across a video interview of Mark Prensky from PBS. I typically agree with Prensky, and have even defended his “digital natives” distinction a number of times. But some of his statements in this video I find problematic. 1. Schools are not the place where learning happens. Ok, I love the internet and the [...]

Taxing Education

02.23.09 Posted in elearning by Shelley

An article this morning on Inside Higher Ed discusses a new policy suggested by New York that would require tax be paid on a particular distance education course. Their contention is that there is limited instructor-student interaction, and therefore the product is actually more like a piece of software than an educational experience, even though [...]

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