XKCD Isolation comic (#1601) by Randall Munroe retrieved Sep 6, 2020 from https://xkcd.com/1601/ I found this XKCD comic well before taking LRNT 523 at RRU, and I think it summarizes that while the specific technologies might change, namely books, newspapers, magazines, televisions, walkmans, and smartphones; the perceptions and opinions regarding them remain fairly constant, in this case social isolation. This applies for technology...
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As mentioned in the book 25 Years of Ed Tech by Martin Weller, it is hard to define the start of Education Technology. Ideas and concepts often predate the invention and popularity of technology. I found this to be the case as well when investigating the roots of mobile learning (often referred to as m-learning) while studying conceptual frameworks for my course LRNT 522. Although not well known, m-learning is often attributed to...
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For our course, LRNT 522, we watched a recording called “In the Great Wide Open” with content on open learning resources and creative commons licensing. The presenter, Clint Lalonde (2020), talked about how to properly attribute external sources such as images, video and audio. I wanted to use this post as a way to summarize what Clint (2020) taught regarding creative commons and proper attributions, and to have a chance...
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On July 29th, 2020, George Veletsianos hosted an online discussion for academic research related questions. Although I was not able to attend, I was fortunate to be able to listen to the session as it was recorded on BlueJeans. George Veletsianos is a Professor in the School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads University. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning and Technology and the Commonwealth of Learning...
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As you might have already noticed I like acronyms, but, I found another acronym, just like S.M.A.R.T., that I really like for describing good research questions. F.I.N.E.R.: F. Feasible. I. Interesting. N. Novel. E. Ethical. R. Relevant. I noticed from many of my MALAT classmates’ posts that a few of these points show up. Feasible – points to many of the same themes as the S.M.A.R.T. acronym does. Many other students...
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