Anne McKinney

Anne McKinney, USA, Graduate, Adult, Online Learning, Library & Information Science

Anne McKinney is the Visiting Coordinator of Instructional Design for the WISE Consortium. Her goal is to help educators in the field of Library & Information Science develop effective practices for teaching online.

WISE Pedagogy - currently offline
WISE Pedagogy is devoted to helping Library & Information Science educators develop effective practices for teaching online. This blog is updated 3-4 times a week with new information about pedagogical practices, teaching technology, and other information of interest to LIS instructors.

Theme: elearning, pedagogy, online learning, online teaching, library, information science, LIS, WISE, technology, epedagogy, adult education, andragogy, instruction, open source, graduate instruction, effective practices

Alex Yu

Alex Yu, China, Tertiary, Edtech

Graduate Student, Educational Technology, Social Learn, Elearning, Co-founder of Sociallearnlab.

Alex Yu's Blog - currently offline
Something about life, study.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/onmyway
Bookmark: http://del.icio.us/ybadn http://www.diigo.com/user/ybcamp
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexrun

Theme: life, edtech, education, sociallearn, web2.0, elearning, PKM, PLE, open source, free software, GNU, linux

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

Katherine Pisana

Katherine Pisana, California, USA, Continuing, Higher, Adult, Educational Technology

I’m what Gilly Salmon (2002) calls the ‘Nomadict e-Moderator’: “E-moderators are as mobile as their students. Many are portfolio e-moderators, working for several educational institutions and providers, all over the world, at any one time. They work for institutions that provide them with the best support for their mobile working lives.

They have not only a highly developed awareness of the ways in which traditions of learning and expectations vary in different cultures but also the ability to work across discipline and levels of education… They can relate well to students without needing to meet with them. They focus on promoting the concepts of ownership of the learning process, active learning, independence… self-motivation and a level of autonomy.”

But, to put it more simply, I’m a teacher. I’m also a student. The only way I think we can be good teachers is to always be students. To consciously to be part of the audience so that we can remember why we’re here in the first place. To observe the world, to watch others’ journeys and vicariously learn through them, to digest and process information, turn it into knowledge… and eventually manifest wisdom.

Virtually Scholastic
In 2004 I fell into the world of educational technology while working for a university in the UK. This blog is a collection of my observations and a documentation of my evolution since that journey began. I’ll share discoveries with you of tools that I find interesting and relevant to my work.

I’ll provide feedback on how technologies add value (or not!) from a personal level as well as from a professional standpoint. I’ll also include the occasional story meant to ease the hearts of those in similar shoes (you’re not the only one!!).

Perhaps I’ll also inject an anecdote or two to stimulate the minds of those who are interested, and… of course, to inspire myself through the art of reflection.

Further Information: LinkedIn

Theme: elearning, accessibility of education, budget, economy, employment, case study, community, connection, eModerator, learning, technologist, librarian, mentor, teacher, tutor, learning object, multimedia, open source, lesson plan, curriculum, RLO, repository, tools, training, video

Patrick Koning

Patrick Koning, The Netherlands, Further Education, IT and Education

Senior teacher and trainer at ICT-Academie en Center for Teaching and Learning of ROC Koning Willem I College in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.

Innovatie in ICT en Onderwijs
Weblog about IT and Education.

Theme: apple, backup, behaviorism, beta's, beveiliging, bookmarking, CGO, coaching, connectivism, constructivism, e-learning, efodl, gaming, handicap, hardware, hersenonderzoek, hyperlinks, iPod, kennisnet, leerstijlen, linux, matchpoint, ICT, microblogging, microsoft, mindmap, mobile, learning netbook, netwerken, NGT, open source, OS, partitioneren, podcasting, rss, screencast, screencasting, security, social networking, social news, standaarden, ubuntu, vodcasting, web 2.0, weblogging, wordpress

Joss Winn

Joss Winn, UK, Higher Education, University, All Subjects

I work in the Centre for Educational Research & Development at the University of Lincoln. I focus on how technology is used in Higher Education; working with both staff and students on the use of technology for research, teaching and learning (and fun!).

Currently, my time is spent developing the Learning Lab as a useful set of web applications (blogs, wikis, forums, mashups) that are valued by the university's community of staff and students, are a pleasure to use and integrate well with social networking and other web services outside the university. I am also developing Lincoln Academic Commons, a hub for open source and open access related projects and information.

Previously, I worked for Amnesty International and the British Film Institute and am a qualified Film Archivist.

../learninglab/joss
An edublog with a particular emphasis on open source, open access and the academic commons.

Theme: academic commons, IPR, open access, open source, repositories, standards, technology, education, web 2.0

Laura Dewis

Laura Dewis, UK, Higher Education, Open Educational Resources

Laura works on the OpenLearn website, which gives free access to open educational resources from The Open University. She has responsibility for online communications, events management, media relations and partnership liaison.

With an MSc in Electronic Publishing, she has worked in communications, publishing, online production and technology research for the BBC, The McGraw-Hill Companies, University of Sussex, City University, Nissan, Unilever, BA and Intercontinental.

Open Air< - currently offline
The Open Air blog focuses on open educational resources, online innovation and Web 2.0 technologies in education and communications.

Theme: oer, Web 2.0, digital marketing, innovation, informal learning communities, OpenLearn, social networking, The Open University, open source, intellectual property, new business models, communications

Iris Amalia Fernández

Iris Amalia Fernández, Argentina, Tertiary, Informática Educativa

Soy una educadora que trabaja en capacitación docente a distancia y generando contenidos de software para proyectos educativos.

Trabajé como maestra de grado, como docente de informática y ahora capacitando docentes, pero estoy muy interesada en proyectos de software libre y de accesibilidad web.

BETA (Bytes sobre Educación y Tecnología en Argentina) - currently offline
Blog argentino sobre educación, tecnología, accesibilidad web, software libre.

Theme: accesibilidad, open source, software libre, educación, tecnología

Julian Ridden

Julian Ridden, Australia, All Sectors, All Subjects

Julian is an ICT Integrator/Manager from a large independent college in Sydney. Listed as a Moodle developer he has created themes and third party plugins to increase the core functionalities of Moodle. He also serves as a Moodle consultant and trainer for Moodle.com.au.

The Moodleman Blog - currently offline
The Moodleman blog is dedicated to increasing the possibilities of a standard Moodle through the use of third party additions such as filters, modules, themes and blocks. The blog will show new code as well as highlight many of the exciting new Web2.0 technologies that can augment your virtual classrooms.

Theme: moodle, elearning, web2.0, opensource

Carl Anderson

Carl Anderson, Minnesota, USA, K-12, Technology

After 7 years as a classroom art teacher I now am a Technology Curriculum Integration Specialist for Goodhue Public Schools and an adjuct art and technology teacher with Minnesota Connections Academy.

I am also a visual artist and regularly show my work in gallery and museum exhibits around the country. I am passionate about the visual arts, web 2.0, open source software, school change, and the alternative education.

Techno Constructivist
Technology Integration, 21st Century Pedagogy, and School Change

Theme: education technology, technology integration, art, pedagogy, open source, curriculum

Graham Attwell

Graham Attwell, Wales, UK, All Sectors, All Subjects

Graham Attwell is an educational technologist working for the Wales based independent research organisation, Pontydysgu. Research interests include the use of new technology for knowledge development and sharing, e-Portoflios, Personal Learning Environments, informal learning, open source and social software and Open Educational Resources and digital identities.

Wales Wide Web
An edublog including comments, opinion and research on the use of new technology for knowledge development and sharing, e-Portoflios, Personal Learning Environments, informal learning, open source and social software and Open Educational Resources and digital identities (and Werder Bremen football team).

Theme: knowledge development, knowledge sharing, e-Portoflios, Personal Learning Environments, informal learning, open source software, social software, Open Educational Resources, digital identities, teaching, learning, elearning, Small and Medium Enterprises, Web 2.0, elearning 2.0, podcasting, webcasting

Richard Guenther

Richard Guenther, USA, Secondary, Public

Born in a family of teachers, I combined my love for computers with education and now teach math and computer science at the high school level.

Absorb All Knowledge
These are simply the philosophical musings of one guy with an inherent love of learning how things work.

Cold Front Blog - old blog
I talk about open source software, Ubuntu Linux, video games, old computers, public education, and whatever else is going through my head.

Theme: open-source, computers, programming, ubuntu, linux, maths

Kelly Tenkely

Kelly Tenkely, USA, Primary, Secondary, Technology, Teacher Resources

I am a k-5 technology specialist/teacher who loves all things Mac.

iLearn Technology
An edublog for teachers about integrating technology into the classroom. I give an idea a day for how to use technology in theclassroom simply and for free.

Theme: technology, maths, literacy, phonics, history, geography, art, blogs, teacher resources, web 2.0, apple, open source, games, websites

Narinder Bhatia

Narinder Bhatia, India, All Sectors, Educational Technology

Currenlty, managing CII-Shiksha, a non-profit operating in India and helping schools integrate technology into their teaching-learning process. I am a strong supporter of using Open Source in Education and have been professing the same in our Programme. A strong believer in the cause of 'Teachers' Empowerment' to help teachers perceive technology as a useful aid for their teaching-learning and not just a fad.

I have worked on various 'Technology in Education' projects in the past seven years and have understood to a large extent the bottlenecks of technology integration in schools. My mission is to 'simplify technology for education' so that more and more teachers adopt it and harness it properly.

Open Source and Web 2.0 has opened so many avenues that any passionate teacher could transform the teaching-learning process and be able to provide an enhanced experience for the learners.

I am happy to help teachers make a transition from 'classroom teacher to an e-teacher'. I am always working on ideas to make technology simplified for teachers so that they adopt it.

Educational Technology Insights
Deals with issues and solutions about the process of technology integration in schools (in context of teachers)

Windows to Open Source
A resource house about various useful free/open source tools.

Theme: technology integration, open source in education

Vaughn Branom

Vaughn Branom, Houston, Texas, USA, Elementary, Secondary, All Subjects

Public school librarian with experience ranging from traditional to 21st century! Serve as District Library Information Specialist where I support 39 campus librarians and anyone else who asks!

A Library By Any Other Name
Share thoughts and information about and for school libraries, librarians, teachers, and anyone else who is interested in what I find about online resources, 2.0 anything, children's & YA books and reading interests.

Try to share all types of curriculum interests and needs, technology integration ideas, plus stuff that just interests me on the chance it might interest someone else.

Theme: authors, books, curriculum, libraries, librarians, web 2.0, library 2.0, collaboration, blogs, blogging, staff development

Lily Pad Playground
My Library2Play 23 Things blog where I share my fun and frustrations with regards to the 23 Things staff development event we are doing with district librarians & teachers, library school students, and librarians from around Texas.

Theme: 23 things, image generators, google, search engines, blogs, blogging, wikis, open source resources

Alec Couros

Alec Couros, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, K-12, Higher Education, Adult, All Subjects

Dr. Alec Couros is a professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina.

Open Thinking and Digital Pedagogy
Web 2.0, Free and Open Tools for Teaching and Learning.

Theme: open source, open thinking, pedagogy, technology, edtech, educational technology, instructional design, tools, resources, teaching, education

Patricia Donaghy

Patricia Donaghy, Ireland, Further, ICT

I teach ICT to a wide range of students at Inchicore College of Further Education in Dublin, Ireland. In addition, I am the ICT co-ordinator in the college. This means that I am also the Network, VLE and Website Administrator. Recently joined the blogsphere in July 2007. I strongly support the use of quality open source and free software in education.

Using ICT in Further Education
This blog focuses on open source and free resources that are available on the Internet and which may be used in education. The blog concentrates on resources which will run on PCs using Microsoft Windows. However, many of the resources referenced have also been developed to run in other environments (Mac, Linux etc). There are also many online resources which run on any platform.

Free Resources for Education
This blog provides a 'database' of useful free resources that can be used at all levels of education.

Theme: free resources, free software, open source, ict

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