J. Ignacio Bermejo Larrea

J. Ignacio Bermejo Larrea, Spain, Media Studies, General Culture, Psycholinguistics, Adult, Tertiary, Further, Secondary

I worked as a teacher at Escuela Oficial de Idiomas nº 1, Zaragoza for 36 years. My current interests include media literacy, vocabulary, fluency, cultural studies, cinema, music, art, history, libraries, second language acquisition and attrition, psycholinguistics and the world at large.

English, News and Culture
English, News and Culture is a blog for advanced learners of English who want to expand their vocabulary by reading and listening extensively from the media. Eventually, this will help them to build up their general culture, which is essential to hold more animated conversations and to improve fluency (if they can find a speaking partner). 

The blog also includes comprehensive lists of media outlets around the world, interesting ELT blogs, songs and some lesson plans to use in the classroom.

Theme: english, news, culture, esl, efl, elt, tesol, vocabulary, listening, reading, media, digital literacy, media literacy, digital media, current events, adult education, continuing education, higher education, tertiary education, university education, distance learning, lesson plans

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Melissa Metzger

Melissa Metzger, USA, Higher, Adult

I'm an Educational Administrator at a major research university with a unique perspective on education. I possess a decade of teaching experience, ten years project and education management, more than seven years eLearning development, ten years in instructional design and curriculum development, and more than seventeen years as a graphic and web designer.

My commitment is to superior learner outcomes, using traditional ISD and technology-enhanced methodologies. My experiences and educational research provide a wealth of topics for my site and my blog.

MelissaMetzger.com - currently offline
Educational design, instruction, development and research topics.

Theme: instructional design, distance learning, education research, eLearning, educational technology

Giuseppe Alfredo Ruggi

Giuseppe Alfredo Ruggi, Italy, Scuola Secondaria di II Grado, Lab. di Cucina e Ristorazione in un Istituto Professionale Statale

Sono un docente di Cucina e di Ristorazione in un istituto alberghiero. Ho realizzato questo spazio per scambiare con i miei alunni (e non solo) esperienze gastronomiche, ricette, tecniche corrette, e notizie varie nel e dall'infinito mondo della Ristorazione.

Tutto il piacere del saper cucinare e soprattutto assaporare.... da condividere con tutti! Inoltre utilizzo questo blog a scopo didattico inserendo periodicamente lezioni sia di cucina che di Ristorazione: in classe con l'ausilio di nuove tecnologie come la L.I.M. (lavagna interattiva multimediale) e a distanza come valido strumenti di e-learning.

Utilizzando nuove metodologie della didattica 2.0 e consolidando quelle già esistenti grazie a schemi, mappe concettuali, cruciverba e podcast, riesco ad approcciarmi in maniera totalmente nuova ed interessante stimolando e catturando l'attenzione de ragazzi...

Ristorazione con Ruggi
Cucina, argomenti inerenti alla programmazione della mia materia.

Theme: cooking, restaurant, hotel management, recipes, elearning 2.0, distance learning

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John Millner

John Millner, UK, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, eLearning

I work at the BBC in London, UK, managing the planning and production of online content for school students and teachers.

I’m also enrolled on the Open University’s MA in Online and Distance Education – currently studying module H800: Technology Enhanced Learning – Practices and Debates.

JohnsBlog
John Millner's MAODE blog.

Theme: eLearning, technology enhanced learning, masters degree, distance learning, Open University, teaching and learning

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Leodis Scott

Leodis Scott, USA, Adult, Continuing Education

Leodis Scott is cofounder and research scholar at LearnLong Institute for Education and Learning Research, an educational think-tank in adult, higher, and continuing education. Leodis received his doctorate in education from Teachers College-Columbia University. His interests includes learning cities, lifelong learning, and academic analytics.

LearnLong Blog
To advance the discussion of continuing education and lifelong learning across the world.

Theme: adult learning, blended learning, continuing education, costs & loans, distance learning, hobbies, how-to, lifelong learning, non-traditional students, online learning, professional organizations, research, self-directed learning, traditional students, workplace learning

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Mark Brown

Mark Brown, New Zealand, Tertiary, Higher Education, Blended Learning

Mark is the Director, Blended and Distance Education at Massey University, New Zealand. He has specific responsibility for policy and strategic direction in the area of Technology-enhanced Learning (TEL).

Mark has 20 years experience in the university sector. He has a strong interest in Education across all sectors and supervisors research from Early Years to Higher Education.

Pass the SOLT - currently offline
In this blog Mark reflects on new developments in blended and distance learning within the tradition of the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoLT). Mark invites comments and feedback as he passes on his thinking about the potential of technology-enhanced learning to transform the higher education landscape - for better and worse.

Theme: blended learning, distance education, technology enhanced learning, higher education, scholarship of learning and teaching, university

Renee L. Robbins

Renee L. Robbins, USA, Adult, Social Learning Theory

Renee L Robbins is a learning professional from Chicago, IL. She graduated with a degree in adult learning theory from DePaul University and most recently managed the internal education program at Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America.

She has a passion for social media and is committed to exploring ways to leverage emerging technologies to enhance the learner experience.

Learning Putty - currently offline
How do you fill a learning gap? With learning putty!
This blog addresses how you can use the tools of social media to enhance the effectiveness of your training and development programming. Primarily for adult education but the theories can be applied to other age groups as appropriate.

Theme: social learning, social media, training, learning, development, corporate learning, social learning theory, distance learning, online learning

Elizabeth Sheppard

Elizabeth Sheppard, USA, Secondary, Further, Adult, Continuing, High School, Non-Traditional Students, Continuing Education

I am a writer, and artist, and own my own business, Betsy's CGC (Collectibles, Graphics, and Consulting). I am also an advocate for nontraditional students, who are going back to school after a break.

The Nontraditional Student Blog
This blog helps non-traditional students, who are going back to school or going back to college after a break. Featured here are links, other great blogs, articles, and support for all non-traditional students.

I have several other blogs and websites too. Here are just a few:
The Non-Traditional Student
The Betsyanne Site - my personal site
The Teacher Tree -a new free educational directory.

Theme: non-traditional students, nontraditional students, non traditional students, return to school, back to school, going back to school after a break, continuing education, distance learning, older college students, study skills for mature students, support for older students, scholarships for nontraditional students

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Sanjaya Mishra

Sanjaya Mishra, India, Tertiary, ICT in Education

Sanjaya Mishra holds a PhD in Library and Information Science in the area of library networks. He has been a teacher of communication technology to distance educators and involved in successful implementation of many multimedia and Internet based courses.

With professional training in distance education, television production and multimedia, he is actively involved in collaboration at international level. At present, he is Associate Professor of Distance Education at the Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.

TeachKnowLogist
This is a personal Blog of Dr. Sanjaya Mishra to reflect, share and discuss developments related to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education, Open and Distance Learning, and Training Technologies, in general and India in particular.

Theme: ICT, education, learning, instructional design, training, distance educaiton, distance learning, open learning, media

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Sascha Kaiser

Sascha Kaiser, Germany, All Sectors

E-Learning - Blended Learning - Distance Learning - Podcast - Web 2.0 Weiterbildung - Webvideo - Uni - Fachhoch schule Medien pädagogik -Medien wissenschaft

lernenzweinull
Lernenzweinull ist ein Blog für Studierende, Lehrende und Wissensarbeiter, Menschen, die täglich der Herausforderung gegenüber stehen, eine Flut von Informationen nach relevanten Daten zu filtern und daraus Wissen zu generieren.

Theme: e-learning, blended learning, distance learning, podcast, web 2.0, weiterbildung, web video, uni, fachhochschule, medien pädagogik, medien wissenschaft

Alfredo Calderon-Serrano

Alfredo Calderon-Serrano, Secondary, Higher, Puerto Rico, Education

Consultor en aprendizaje a distancia y la incorporación de la tecnología en ambientes educativos. He realizado proyectos de diseño instruccional para varias instituciones de educación superior.

Poseo una maestría en Sistemas de Instrucción y Tecnología Educativa de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. Además una maestría en Currículo y Enseñanza de la Pontifica Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico.

Tengo estudios subgraduados y graduados en Química de la Universidad de Puerto - Mayaguez. Certificado como Diseñador Instruccional y Adiestrador en el manejo de Blackboard.

Aprendizaje a Distancia
En este espacio espero leer sus reacciones a las ideas o reflexiones que vaya plasmando sobre conceptos de aprendizaje a distancia y sus diferentes modalidades. Además de que espero escuchar de ustedes, los que tienen experiencias interactuando con algunas de las estrategias que estaré comentando.

Procuraré recoger información sobre eventos, recursos y lugares en el Web que puedan ser de utilidad.

Theme: distance learning, instructional design

Geoff Cain

Geoff Cain, USA, Post Secondary, College, Education

I am an instructional designer and occasional community college English teacher and I am now the director of instructional design at College of the Redwoods.

I have taught developmental English, composition and literature. I also have taught health information management focusing on information management in the web 2.0 world. I have presented on the connected classroom, concept maps, podcasting, new media, social networking, and other related topics.

Brainstorm in Progress
Geoff Cain's blog for exploring pedagogy, instructional design, technology, online learning, web 2.0, and MUVEs.

At the heart of my teaching philosophy is my absolute belief in my student’s ability to learn. It is my goal as an instructor to create an environment and classroom community that facilitates those abilities.

Different students from different backgrounds, cultures, and abilities all have their have a contribution to make to this learning community. Both as a teacher and an instructional designer, it is important to create learning experiences that enables everyone’s ability to participate.

Theme: education, elearning, connectivism, constructivism, cognitivism, semantic web, second life, elearning, online learning, new media, social networking, web2.0, distance learning, OER, opensource, digital literacy, instructional design, concept mapping, concept maps, mindmaping, mindmaps, collaboration, cognitive science, GTD, writing, meditation, buddhism, psychology, cognitive science, web3.0, virtual worlds, MUVES, collaborative learning, pedagogy, secondlife

Howard Vickers

Howard Vickers, Bolivia, Adult, Foreign Languages

Director and founder of Avatar Languages - Online language school offering 1-to-1 lessons in English, Spanish and other languages. We use web 2.0 tools for the online classroom, such as Google Docs, whiteboards, Skype and virtual worlds.

Avatar Languages Blog
Language learning blog: innovative ideas for teachers and students of foreign languages.

Theme: languages, online, interactive, web2.0, foreign languages, esl, efl, elt, tefl, teaching, eteaching, elearning, distance learning, google docs, skype, virtual worlds, second life, online whiteboards

Vorasuang Duangchinda

Vorasuang Duangchinda (Michael Charng), Bangkok, Thailand, Tertiary, Public & Corporate Training, Business Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Computing, Google

Born and raised in Thailand, but have also lived in Brisbane, Australia for nearly 13 years. I have background in IT, and right now teach IT subjects for students at Sripatum University, Bangkok, Thailand. I also work for International Relations Office of the University.

My interests include e-Learning, m-Learning, u-Learning, Edutainment, and Internationalization. I am also the Coordinator of APEC Learning Community Builders (ALCoB) Thailand. My teaching blog is in Thai language (sorry for non-Thai readers)

Edutainment by Aj. Charng: Edutainologist
Edutainment blog for teaching and training provided to students at University level and public in Thailand.

Theme: business information systems, bis, mis, management information systems, IT, IS, information technology, information system, innovation, fun, e-Learning, m-Learning, u-Learning, ubiquitous, education, distance learning, Edutainment, Edutainologist, SPU, Sripatum University, University, Thai Google

Deborah W. Proctor

Deborah W. Proctor, Ph.D., USA, Higher Education, Leadership, Education Technology

Proctor's background is in Education with a specialization in education technology. A frequent presenter at regional, state, and international conferences, some of her recent projects at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities include quality of online learning, online curriculum initiatives, learning objects exchange, accessibility, and priorities and issues of online students.

Her research interests include the integration of technology into curriculum, access issues, and accommodation and accessibility for students with disabilities in higher education. She started blogging about 18 months ago as an action project to find other women bloggers posting on issues of leadership, education technology, and higher education.

ProEd Portal
Doors and entrances are called portals. The term portal has also been used to define a web page starting point. ProEd Portal is a starting point for exploration of and reflections on women's issues related to education technology, higher education, and leadership.

Theme: education technology, women leaders in technology, higher education, where are the women, blogs, technology and media, efolios, distance learning, online learning

Scott Merrick

Scott Merrick, USA, Elementary, Technology

I consider myself a learner and an educator and everything I do springs from those two habits of mind. I'm a perennial presenter at NECC, ISTE's annual meet-up of educational technologists, teachers, and administrators, and I teach K-4 technology at University School of Nashville and work one day a week at the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach as Teacher-in-residence.

My personal/professional web involvement has been active since 1995 and there is a trail of evidence in cyberspace to support that claim. I started blogging to report out a professional speaking trip to Japan in 2002 and since then blogging has become an integral part of my life, so much so that I created and maintain the Blogger's Hut in Second Life's ISTE Island, a little virtual building dedicated to educational blogs and blogging.

My primary blog redirects from http://scottmerrick.net/ and all the rest can be accessed from there. Four of my most educationally themed blogs are:

scottmerrick
The personal/professional shareshare from a K12 educator in Nashville, Tennessee


Themes: teaching, learning, K12, K-4, videoconferencing, web20, web 2.0, NECC, ISTE, blogging, blog, podcasting, second life, virtual worlds, technology, distance learning

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John Goldsmith

John Goldsmith, Canada, Secondary, Technology

Online teacher with a K-12 Distance Education school in British Columbia.

DE Tools of the Trade - currently offline
Round-up of new and interesting tools, resources, information and web sites of interest to other distance education teachers.

Theme: distance education, online education, k12, education technology, edtech

Michael Offerman

Michael Offerman, USA, Adult, Higher Education

Michael J. Offerman is vice chairman, external university initiatives, for Capella University, a fully online, accredited university with more than 20,000 students. He formerly served as president of Capella University and senior vice president of Capella Education Company from 2001–2007. He has an extensive background in adult and distance learning and is a frequent speaker at national conferences on these topics.

He also is a member of the Presidents’ Forum, a consortium of regionally accredited, adult-serving higher education institutions, and led the working group that developed the Forum’s groundbreaking Transparency By Design initiative.

The Other 85 Percent
Welcome to The Other 85 Percent. So what does “the other 85 percent” refer to? Research has shown that only about 15 percent of higher education students still fit the traditional definition of young adults age 18 to 22 who live on campus and go to school full time. Many today are working adults, often with families, who want to advance in their careers.

As the face of the typical student has changed, so must the institution of higher education itself. In this blog I will address issues such as educational accessibility, outcomes and accountability as they relate to the working adult. I encourage your comments and dialogue on these critical issues related to the future of higher education.

Theme: higher education, distance learning, college, elearning, online education