Exploration Web 2.0

I asked 15 people at my work about these terms:             Innovation • creativity • art • design • design thinking   We talked about what each word meant. Every single person had a different understanding of these terms. Some wanted to combine terms. One colleague suggested, “innovation and creativity is the same thing.” Others wanted “art” off the list. Stating, “art had nothing to do with the other terms.” One person removed “design” from the list because “all design uses design thinking.” Once they felt comfortable with the terms and the associations between them I asked my colleges to categorize the terms with one word. They came up with these: ·       Excellent product / product ·       Design thinking ·       Unique skill set / modern skill set / professional skills ·       Vision ·   ...

I really enjoyed the professor’s consideration of ethics in her upcoming book. As someone who creates content for the internet one thing we are always exploring is how to design for people with disabilities. When displaying “text within images and videos” it is important to think about having an alternate way to display this content so that it is accessible for everyone. I think incorporating design that considers the more extreme ends of individual’s capabilities will create a learning environment for everyone. Which is the way it should be done in the first place. I can’t stand when ADA compliances are an afterthought. I make sure that a script or closed captioning is included when presenting content as a video. Providing multiple ways for individuals to consume content is better for accessibility anyways.       The processor’s other article we looked at this week, Technology Transience and learning data, Shifting Notions of Privacy in Inline Learning takes a ...

Not as many new tools to talk about this week but the ones I listed below are some really good ones. I went back and looked at my Edmodo, Wikispaces, and Parascope accounts. I still use Feedly to keep up with classmate’s blogs. I’m a heavy google apps user and like sites like Nuzzle and VoiceThread that alert me to activities through email. The reminders help me to keep up with all these web tools. Some to which I used once and haven’t had the time to get back to. You can find me mostly on Twitter bouncing back and forth between class blogs and blackboard. Below are some web tools I discovered this week that I think are perfect for the Instructional Designer’s toolbox. Diigo – I finally got into Diigo! It’s a Google Chrome extension that lets you bookmark and tag websites, highlight text, add sticky notes, and share information with friends. Looks like it’s available for all browsers. It’s a pretty slick extension that gives users the ability to organize the materials the...

As the people on earth prepare for what the future might bring we often look to space travel to give us a glimpse into the future. In the article “ Tweet me, message me, like me: using social media to facilitate pedagogical change within an emerging community of practice” By Victoria Goodyear we look not to space but current times to see what the future might hold. We all know how Facebook has changed the world and communication forever but did you know that “Facebook on May 2013 reported 665 million active daily users.” (Goodyear 2014) It’s a phenomenon not to take lightly. People enjoy social media because it allows people to free themselves of time and financial restraints. People are more likely to do things on their terms and when with this option available we can see the excitement at which it is used. It’s getting to the point with mobile technologies that teachers no longer have to worry about technical limitations. Accessing computers is becoming less expensive and...

In space things get far away, connections get interrupted, and transitions are lost. Khhhh khhhh Huston, we have a problem. This week we had several options of articles that considered the different possible uses of social media in foreign countries. I looked at Woohym Yoo’s article, “ The effects of SNS communication: How expressing and receiving information predict MERS-preventive behavioral intentions in South Korea” to see if there was anything that I could use for improving my communication on the web and possibly out into space. The web offers a place where un-filtered and up to date information is presented that just can’t be found anywhere else. In the article, they talk about SNS (social network systems) as “web based services that let individuals build knowledge and disseminate information within a system.” (Yoo 2016) In this format people don’t have to wait for the government or the local news to broadcast current information. In fact, people can turn to friends, witn...