E-Learn day three dawned, as conference closing days generally do, with a mingled mix of sadness and excitement. The sadness comes from the idea that the event is soon to be over. The excitement comes from thinking about … Read more
E-Learn day two dawned bright and early. A quick stop at the morning snack station revealed bagels were the snack du jour. This healthy turn was a somewhat disappointing switch from the first-day beignets. Still, on the positive … Read more
New Orleans is a city whose history is filled with cultural diversity. It was passed from France to Spain to France and finally to American with the Louisiana purchase in 1803. Each culture left its mark. The city … Read more
The month of October can often feel a little flat in the educational calendar. The energy and excitement of the first days of school are over, and the promise of a holiday break is still over a month … Read more
Imagine you want to learn a new skill. This skill can be as pedestrian as how to correctly poach eggs or as complex as how to play a Bach oboe concerto. If you are anything like one-third of … Read more
Picture a website you enjoy visiting. It can be for news, shopping, video viewing, etc. How do you feel as you work your way through content? Do you naturally know where to click, how to navigate, and how … Read more
Picture a science lab in your mind; now picture a lecture hall; finally, picture a piano studio. Most likely, each space that you imagined looked very different. Just as the setup of a physical classroom implies a particular … Read more
In the past, higher education pedagogy has been built largely on the framework of a single knowledgeably expert speaking while others quietly listen and learn. Listening and silence are seen as positive in brick and mortar education, signaling … Read more
The learning journey, with its mission of moving students from a place of unknowing to a place of mastery, is inherently challenging. When undertaken in a fully online environment, often alongside full-time work and family responsibilities, it takes … Read more
In April of this year, the 2019 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report came out, archived here in LearnTechLib. For the uninitiated, the Horizon Report profiles what an expert panel of international leaders from across higher education identify as six key … Read more