It’s All Relative; and It’s All Good, All the Time

One of the things I love about this conference is that it keeps me challenged. I’ve learned about technologies, or the applications of technologies, that I’ve never heard of, or imagined. I’ve had wonderful conversations with people who know a whole heck of a lot more about technology than I do. Part of the reason is that I’m a faculty member…we are in the minority here (my first conference where this is the case). And, I’m finding that a lot of the faculty here are new media faculty…they teach websites, digital …

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Among other things, I’m a theory Whore

My partner in scholarly crime, SKM-C, and I always talk about the need to critically engage, even theorize, the use of technology in teaching (or other scholarly acts). However, we recognize that we rarely see someone move beyond…I did this cool thing while teaching with XXX techno-gadget. And don’t get me wrong, I greatly appreciate people sharing what they have done; however, I want to know why they did it that way? How doe sit support their teaching philosophy? Their understanding of teaching and learning? Course outcomes? Etc.

Yesterday …

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Feeling at Home @ NMC

I love fate…my posting about that faculty member banning laptops is so timely as I attend this conference. In all the sessions I’ve attended, I’ve found myself surrounded by people with their laptops flipped open working away on…whatever. Personally, I’ve been emailing, grading the online courses I’m currently teaching, googling information being presented, adding authors and their texts to my amazon wish list based on who people are talking about in their presentations, blogging, etc. I’m sitting in a session about educational gaming as I type this blog.

Are …

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NMC…first evening

I am attending the New Media Consortium conference for the first time. And technically the conference hasn’t started for me; all I did today was arrive, register, and attend the opening night social. But it’s been an interesting day so far.

First, you know it is a posh hotel when the shower stall is separate from the bath tub. And I’m seriously considering pulling a super-girly move and taking a bath. But enough of that…

Second, the hotel is connected to the local hospital and a research …

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