Using #lrnchat as an example of the benefits of an online social group
Discussion Task for Online Course: select one effective moderating principle that you feel most comfortable with OR most challenged by, briefly explain why. I feel most comfortable with the principle of “Moderating Takes Place in Both a Professional and Social Context” because of the numerous social online communities I am currently involved in. The first […]
How I Created Help Tutorials for My LMS
Since I had so few people come out to my drop-in sessions about the new LMS I was completely unable to train the 2700+ staff on how to use the system. I do think that we were able to configure it and create labels that make it fairly self-explanatory. Also, although it looks nothing like […]
Blog Action Day 2009 is October 15th
This year’s Blog Action Day topic is Climate Change. I hope you will consider participating this year by donating one post on your blog to this topic. Take a look at the site to register your blog. There are currently 700+ registered reaching over 4 million readers. “First and last, the purpose of Blog Action […]
LMS Launched with a Successful Whisper
Well I was pleasantly happy to finally get the LMS I’ve been working on for the last 2 years up and running for the organization. Unfortunately the organization did not seem to share my enthusiasm for the event. My wonderful idea of having open drop in sessions all day long (30 minutes in length) for […]
LMS Launch Happens in 11 More Sleeps
Wow, I really can’t believe that the day has finally come. It’s been delayed countless times since Fall 2007 for one reason or another and now in 7 short business days (including today) it will be here in all it’s glory. (image retrieved from: Nasa http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts121/launch/index.html, Sept 10, 2009) I speak of our (MY) LMS. […]