Hi all,

I created a new forum specifically for discussion on PSU ID Professional Development at

http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/learningdesign/forum

Read the basic charge and initial post, then start adding your thoughts! Let's keep the momentum up in this area.

Hi everyone!

Just passing along this really interesting take on Bloom's Taxonomy for the digital age if you haven't seen it already - I think it is really great and helps us articulate new learning outcomes to include Web 2.0! 

Pdf available at  http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/bloom%27s+Digital+taxonomy+v2.12.pdf

Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
http://jolt.merlot.org/

More and more educators may wish to get involved with online teaching
initiatives, but they may not be sure where to start. That's where the
Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) steps in to provide a bit of
assistance. JOLT is published four times a year, and its objectives are to
enable faculty to use technology effectively in teaching and learning and
also to enable academic programs to design and deploy academic technology.

I found this article while doing a lit review on whiteboards. What insights are "new" or different in it?

Re-evaluating a model of learning design
Philip Barker. Innovations in Education and Teaching International. London: May 2008. Vol. 45, Iss. 2; pg. 127, 15 pgs

Hi all,

In the past, we've always met in August for some professional development. I started several months ago to ask you for some ideas for a possible event this year, but response to date is pretty slim. So, let's work together to try a new approach.

Allan Gyorke (former Hazelton IDS) and I have created a Wiki document to plan an event for August. We've run this by several others, but really need your input to make it a great event. The Wiki doc is located at

http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/wiki/Main_Page

Look for the Learning Design Summer Camp link on that page.

I got this last night from a colleague at Purdue to the CIC Learning Technologies committee ... if anyone is using this can you leave a comment here so I can get back to him? Thanks much!

Is anyone licensing SoftChalk LessonBuilder, Travantis Lectora or some other SCORM-based educational content authoring tool? We are seriously considering getting LessonBuilder, primarily for its ease-of-use, cross-platform support, and support for Blackboard, SCORM and other LMSs. I also like Lectora, but I feel that most of its extra functionality would go unused and get in the way of the simple learning content authoring needs that I am trying to facilitate at UIC; besides, Lectora is lot pricier. I guess, I am giving up on the idea of having instructors use Dreamweaver or their favorite HTML tool, I don't want them to distribute their class materials as MS-Word files, and I don't want them to type compound documents directly into Blackboard sites. LessonBuilder would nicely complement PowerPoint lectures distributed as accessible presentations via the Illinois Web Accessibility Wizard for Microsoft Office, or as narrated PowerPoint presentations delivered through Impatica or PointeCast Publisher (Flash). How well are these easy-to-use SCORM authoring tools working out at your institutions?

If you look at the left side bar, you'll see that some "Instructional Design Guides" have been posted. You'll see that many of them have been moved from other ETS sites, but a few like Web 2.0 Glossary (http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/learningdesign/web20glossary) are new.

We hope to use the group input for the information architecture (as well as tagging) to organize resources even more.

Hi all,

I'm kicking around the idea of having a Fall 08 meeting for us. I'd like to have an entire day, and can probably swing a provided lunch and afternoon snack. In the past we've focused on specific tools, etc. as part of the training for the day. I'd like to get away from that and into more pedagogical discussions, community building activities, and joint projects we all benefit from.