LDSC08: Blogs as Portfolios

Posted on September 2, 2008 
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This past summer ETS was lucky to have Dr. Carla Zembal-Saul as a resident Faculty Fellow. Her work centered around the blogs at Penn State as a platform to power student ePortfolios. She worked closely with Brad Kozlek, Chris Stubbs, Erin Long, and myself to come up with new ways to think about how a publishing platform could change the way portfolios are thought about. Her work has far reaching potential on our campus and beyond. The video below is her session from the 2008 Learning Design Summer Camp held at University Park in August. Please take the time to watch and if you have any thoughts, leave us a comment.

BuzzLion for the Week of August 24

Posted on August 29, 2008 
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It’s not quite the Labor Day weekend yet, but a busy week at ETS is finally winding down.

Elizabeth Pyatt, ETS instructional designer, runs a plagiarism site (well, more like an ANTI-plagiarism site). She blogs about her experiences dealing with plagiarism as an instructor, and how plagiarism often does not offer the benefits students expect.

Elizabeth also issued a request for PowerPoint tips to add to a list she is compiling for Penn State faculty.

Keeping with the students-being-naughty theme, Cole Camplese, ETS director, blogged this week about the Penn State Copyright site. He talks about the work that went into the project, pulled together in just a few months, and shows off the results, including a very cool video.

Tim Perry, ETS advanced learning projects coordinator, recently posted the latest statistics of the Podcasts at Penn State project. Take a look, and marvel at how this program has grown in a few years.

Allan Gyorke, ETS information technology manager, posted recently about using wiki history as data. Allan may have found a new use for wikis here.

Brett Bixler, ETS lead instructional designer, normally talks about the cognitive benefits of video games on the Educational Gaming Commons. But what about the physical education benefits?

Jeff Swain, ETS instructional designer, is working with others on the ANGEL Innovative Quiz Tool Initiative. Jeff talks about it and offers a link to keep updated on the project.

That is all for BuzzLion for this week - have a great Labor Day Weekend.

TLT CoffeeRead: Cell Phones Make Headway in Education

Posted on August 29, 2008 
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Cell Phones Make Headway in Education

Very interesting and complete look at what schools are thinking regarding using mobile devices in class.

TLT CoffeeRead: “Web 2.0 University” to launch in Australia, New Zealand

Posted on August 28, 2008 
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“Web 2.0 University” to launch in Australia, New Zealand

Web 2.0 awareness in the enterprise world continues to grow.

TLT CoffeeRead: AT&T to deliver mobile student response system

Posted on August 27, 2008 
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AT&T to Deliver Mobile Student Response Solution, Enhancing Higher Education Classroom Experience

Is Penn State doing anything with this, and if so, what?

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