It has been a lot of fun posting to the blog for this course. It has been a long time since I have had a class in which writing down overall thoughts for the week was part of the course. It is interesting the thoughts you gain when you just sit and ponder something. As I was thinking about this I came to the conclusion that this may be the largest advantage of a blog in an educational setting; it is fun and it may result in thoughts that were otherwise not there. So that is my final comment, blogs have an excellent educational purpose in thought generation (in a non-challenging, non-exam, non-paper format).
Good luck everyone, it was fun.
Dan
Monday, November 26, 2007
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
Games
I don't think there is anyone who doesn't like games. I have spent in my past on games than I wish to recount. I like to think I learned something from all of them. In a lot of cases I learned how unlike real life a game can be. (You get to start over when ever you wish.) Anyway, I agree that the prevalence of simulations, games and simulation games should only increase. It is human nature, we all like to win.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Any possible negatives
I was wondering this week if there are any large negatives to the expanse of LO oriented design and delivery? I am not sure why, but if something seems to be a great idea, there must be some negatives attached. The one think that I have come up with and am nervous about is whether or not new information will be incorporated as quickly as it should be. The idea is that a LO is swapped for a different LO if / when necessary. However, what if only part of the LO needs to be updated? Is there a decrease in thought and design if it is all there for me to pick and choose. I am still pondering this.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Instant Messaging for Education
I am not sure I have gained substantially from the instant message exercise, at least from an educational perspective. I have become a little more proficient in the use of the newer software, but the few discussions I have had have not necessarily been over and above the topics discussed on the class site. In terms of instant messaging itself, I have used it for years, mostly as a cheap way to communicate with distant family.
Current results may be largely due to my lack of time this quarter however, as I have used instant messaging to setup group projects in other courses with excellent results. It does what it is suppose to do, bring multiple people together to communicate in real-time.
Current results may be largely due to my lack of time this quarter however, as I have used instant messaging to setup group projects in other courses with excellent results. It does what it is suppose to do, bring multiple people together to communicate in real-time.
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