Aleksandra Arsik, Macedonia, All Sectors, e-Learning, Online Education
My educational background is in social sciences. I have B.A. in English Language and Literature, Faculty of Philology and MSc Communication, ISPII, both within the University Sts Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia.
The constant interest in new media, social studies, methodology of social researches, public relations, globalization and communication, public opinion, computer communication and cyber culture, communication theories, management in media and cultural institutions, education, literature and English language development trends have helped me develop OnlineCultus
OnlineCultus
Online place, for popular and relevant sources on online educational. Place where everyone who wants to learn something new, to improve skills, to obtain educational degree or is interested in online education development, can find comprehensive sources from all variety of sources available online.
The knowledge from the ancient civilizations, up to current new technological developments is equally represented and available.
Valeria Palladino, Canada, Adult, English as a Second or Additional Language
Valeria Palladino is long time long-life learner. A second language teacher by trade, with ESL, Italian and Spanish as a second language backgrounds, she taught at all levels of K-12 schools on two separate continents and is currently involved in teaching and curriculum design at NorQuest college, with English in the workplace courses.
She holds a BA in Foreign Languages, a BEd in secondary education and an MEd in secondary education. She is also completing her Masters of Arts in Communication Technologies at the University of Alberta.
She has worked under consultant, resource manager and coordinator roles with two key education stakeholders: Alberta Education, in the public school system, with a focus on developing digital learning objects, and with the International and Heritage Languages Association (IHLA) as a coordinator, working with community-based language learning schools, assisting with the development of curricula, professional development opportunities for school instructors and learning resources of various nature. For NorQuest College she has been working as an instructor and a curriculum designer as well as an instructional designer for online learning opportunities.
Her professional development activities and presentations of workshops and sessions bring Valeria all over north America. She has recently presented at the ACTFL Conference in Boston, offered local and provincial sessions in Alberta for teachers of second languages, and will be speaking at two national conferences in 2011: The TESL Conference in Halifax, April 2011 and the CASLT conference in Montreal, April 2011.
Valeria has also been a member of the Alberta Association for Multicultural Education (AAME) on behalf of IHLA since 2004. She has worked as a sessional instructor for University of Alberta, teaching methodologies and curriculum courses for pre-service teachers, in second language and cultures.
At home Valeria enjoys the privilege of raising two young boys, Michele and Marco, and taking part in community oriented activities, especially in the Italian community of Edmonton. She travels often and makes a point of remaining closely tied to her home in Rome, Italy. On her spare time she writes travel blogs, teaching ideas blogs and publishes readers for young second language students.
ESL Adaptations Readings
Reading Reviews for ideas on Adaptation Challenges and Benefits of ESL F2F Curricula into Online Environments. A portion of the readings reviews in this blog has been funded by Alberta Employment and Immigration for a project at NorQuest College. However this remains a personal blog.
I am a language educator with a passion for technology and online learning. All my teaching and information blogs are available at my home blog: Valeria Palladino
Theme: ESL, language education, research, technology, online learning
Emily Starr, USA, Primary, Interactive Technologies
I started integrating online interactive content in my classroom instruction six years ago, and teaching with technology has been my passion ever since.
I left my fourth grade teaching position in 2005 to found StarrMatica Learning Systems. StarrMatica has grown to be a leading provider of interactive reading and math content and professional development for schools implementing interactive whiteboard technologies.
I share interactive content integration information with fellow educators at state ed-tech conferences and workshops, through online articles, and via two blogs.
StarrMatica Blog
Interactive whiteboard insights shares information about interactive content and interactive whiteboards in education with the goal of making technology integration easy and effective for all teachers and helping teachers bridge the gap between knowing how to operate hardware and actually integrating technology into daily instruction in exciting effective ways that motivate students.
My dear wife, Jan, and I live in Brattleboro Vermont. I'm in my third career - I am an Episcopal priest, and in the parish for ten years. Then, I was an engineering/construction professional for twenty-three years.
Now, I teach technology and do technology integration at Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield Massachusetts.
Dawn has over 10 years of experience in the high-tech sector both in the US and Europe. At Xyleme, Dawn successfully built the company’s financial services market working with global investment banks such as JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank in the areas of equity research, derivatives, and risk management. She is the author of several white papers and trade articles focusing on the topics of XML integration, as well as storage, search, and business intelligence.
Before Xyleme, Dawn was working in Silicon Valley as Director of Business Development at web content management vendor Wego Systems Inc. which was successfully acquired by Astoria Software. Prior to Wego, Dawn worked in the network mediation / billing space for Narus Inc. where she was responsible for delivering WorldCom as the company’s first Marquee customer, resulting in the company securing $26mn in financing.
Dawn also held strategic positions at SGI and began her career as a financial analyst at Procter & Gamble where she received a company award for excellence within only two years of employment. Dawn Poulos holds an undergraduate degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Dawn of Learning
The Xyleme Insider blog is all about the role of Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) technologies in helping corporate training organizations leverage their valuable content to meet each learner’s moment of need.
It’s full of facts, commentaries, use cases, and yes, lots of opinions from leading subject matter experts about how to best apply the concepts of reusability that have proven so successful in other industries to corporate training.
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
I am an Assistant Headteacher at Twynham School. Addicted to technology and leading online learning at school with SharePoint and developing web 2.0.
SharePoint in Education - currently offline
SharePoint in Education is devoted to telling the story of our development of a Learning Platform in education. The author is Mike Herrity, Assistant Headteacher at Twynham School in Christchurch, Dorset.
Twynham has been working with SharePoint as a Learning Platform to support learning since 2000 under the stewardship of Dave Coleman, Network Manager. We have recently won the BECTA ICT Excellence Award for Learning Beyond the Classroom.
Justin Hardman is the High School Educational Technology Coordinator at Hong Kong International School (HKIS). He was born in New Zealand but raised in Hong Kong and educated in Australia.
Although his educational background is not in education (or technology), his professional passion is working with faculty and students in how to effectively implement technology for learning.
His major project is a learning platform developed at HKIS called myDragonNet which is designed for articulation of the curriculum, collaborating in classes and other groups and personal portfolios.
Blueprint - currently offline
The world that teachers and students inhabit has changed; our schools must change as well. An ongoing discussion about education and how technology can be used to make learning more engaging, authentic and relevant to students.
Mr. D, Canada, Middle school, Grade 7 & 8, Language Arts, History, Geography
I've been teaching for 10 years in a variety of subject areas and grades. I was born in Lisbon, Portugal but have been living in Toronto for most of my life. I try and visit as often as I can, but really enjoy travelling as often as I can.
Full House Eights
A place for my students to share their educational experiences with other students around the world. For myself it's a place to meet other educators and share in best practices in ICT use in the classroom.
Tim Wang, Vancouver, Canada, Further Education, Adult Education
Tim Wang leads a technical development team in Arts ISIT at the University of British Columbia. With a personal interest of new media, Tim and his professional team members have implemented several web based application platforms which are widely adopted by universities and colleges across the world. The recent developments include: Pachyderm, Ancient Spaces and Learning Tools.
Tim Wang’s eLearning Blog - currently offline
From blackboard learning to online education - my eLearning journey from west to east.
I work for an education directory that is trying to provide more resources to prospective online students. Our goal with the blog is to provide students thinking about beginning the online learning process with a source of information.
Guide To Online Schools Blog - currently offline
The blog hopes to cover recent changes in policy and technology that influence the online learning experience. As well as providing tips and advice about how to navigate the online learning process.
Theme: online learning, learning technology, e-learning blog
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
I am an Instructional Designer in Higher Education with a concentration in health related programs and online learning.
Rose Colored Glasses - currently offline
"But if we believe what we profess concerning the worth of the individual, then the idea of individual development within a framework of ethical purpose must become our deepest concern, our national preoccupation, our passion, our obsession. We must think of education as relevant for everyone everywhere — at all ages and in all conditions of life." ~ John William Gardner
This quote prompted me to develop my blog and the associated "Hitchhikers Guide to Course Development" as resources for educators and developers.
My hope is that others will create additional teaching and learning tools that can be accessed by everyone everywhere.
Theme: learning 2.0, online learning, eLearning, return to college, go back to college, non traditional students, adult education, higher education, university, college
Stephen Downes, Canada, All Sectors, Education, Media, Internet, Philosophy
Stephen Downes works for the National Research Council of Canada as a researcher in the field of online learning and related internet technologies. A writer on a wide range of topics, Stephen is perhaps best known for his daily research newsletter, OLDaily (short for Online Learning Daily), which reaches thousands of readers across Canada and around the world.
His work also includes the development of educational content syndication systems such as Edu_RSS. Stephen is also frequently to be found the road giving seminars and lectures on the field of online learning.
OLDaily
OLDaily - published every weekday, offers a collection of news and information links on education technology and related subjects.
Half an Hour
Half an Hour - published occasionally, offers longer posts reflecting on news, education, media, philosophy, and related subjects.
Themes: downes, rss, e-learning, media, internet, online learning, web 2.0
Rodd Lucier, Canada, Elementary, Secondary, K-12, All Subjects
As a teacher who has used media and other communications technologies to engage learners for more than 20 years, I'm looking for opportunities to to engage in meaningful conversations with teachers who see themselves as learners.
The Clever Sheep
The Clever Sheep aims to assist teachers in harnessing evolving e-learning tools, internet sites, and Web 2.0 technologies to engage 21st century student learners. If you're an educator who is ready to learn about established and evolving technologies like blogs, wikis, podcasts and more, this may be the best place to start!
'Teacher 2.0'
The clever sheep isn't likely to follow the flock and is more likely to take risks. This podcast is intended to engage educators in discussion about how various communications technologies can be harnessed to engage learners of all types. The show runs many times each week, usually from 4-7 minutes and is available on iTunes or by RSS subscription.
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