tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79589844081919498482024-02-19T06:35:47.101+00:00E tudo vai mudando...nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-6989273464955472312010-12-30T08:56:00.001+00:002010-12-30T08:56:13.774+00:00Secret of managementThe secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from those who are still undecided.nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-29216567240064783162010-09-18T08:42:00.000+01:002010-09-18T08:42:55.266+01:00we can't be just trying to create better googlersnsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-22918569250506485192010-09-18T00:00:00.000+01:002010-09-18T00:00:01.287+01:00LMS: a space to throw content at studentsnsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-3931305927738129152010-06-20T19:50:00.000+01:002010-06-20T19:50:39.133+01:00Assessment, school and payment'Só me pagam para avaliar trabalhos e dar notas, porque tudo o resto eu gosto de fazer.'nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-76697747332632171882010-04-29T02:29:00.002+01:002010-04-29T02:29:45.216+01:00Increasing teacher ICT value senseResearch tends to show that teachers’ opinions do not reveal total consensus in over time gains using ICT (Gooler, Kautzer & Knuth, 2000; Underwood, 2006; Woodbrige, 2004). It is quite common to find results that numerically express teachers complain about the lack of time to explore technology and integrate ICT in classrooms. In fact, in some countries there is a substantial number of nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-47198647517772466822010-04-17T22:10:00.001+01:002010-04-17T22:11:24.422+01:00"if we know what we were doing it wouldn't be called Research"It doesn't mean that research is developed without any clue of what people are looking for, otherwise that would meant that if they found it they weren't able to see it.
But it does mean that there are some parts of the way that you might not be absolutely sure about it, and sometime don't even have the slightous idea.
Reserach should ends and also begins with discovery. And discovering is nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-14152274946683636322010-04-17T13:28:00.001+01:002010-04-20T08:36:03.356+01:00Island Vulcano : stuck in VancouverI was supposed to flight from Victoria to Vancouver and from there to Frankfurt and from there to Lisbon today, but... There is a Volcano spreading an ash could over Europe. All airports are closed. BIG CRISIES!
When my plain arrived at the Vancouver Airports I try to find Lufthansa Airlines Office, that I know from their Website that was only open from 12h00 to 16h00, but this was what I found.
nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-11129463720845915362010-04-06T04:46:00.000+01:002010-04-06T04:46:18.110+01:00e-learning: found out what the 'e' is forThe 'e' in elearning was from electronic. Not a great discovery...
But today the concept of electronic learning doesn't seemed quite right. As the technology evolved the idea of electronic was abandoned and replaced by concepts as digital or virtual.
So e-learning presents to be a old-fashion concept.
Today I find a different word for the 'e', is enhanced. E-learning is for Enhanced Learning.
nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-81906862626375246502010-03-11T19:33:00.000+00:002010-03-11T19:33:51.296+00:00The end of theoretical modelsOnly models, from cosmological equations to theories of human behavior, seemed to be able to consistently, if imperfectly, explain the world around us. Until now. Today companies like Google, which have grown up in an era of massively abundant data, don’t have to settle for wrong models. Indeed, they don’t have to settle for models at all…
http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/894nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-47611730326498863342010-03-05T22:28:00.000+00:002010-03-05T22:28:12.058+00:00Because we are always learning... another assessment tool for online presentationsFor very interesting presentation, explore Prezi.
Here is an example of my present research interests.
.prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; }areas de investiga� on Prezinsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-8950768819113458962010-02-28T15:58:00.003+00:002010-04-20T08:32:12.906+01:00E-assessment course: Final ProjectThe final project was develop on Wikispace and can be seen directly on http://e-learningcourse-fde-ieul.wikispaces.com/
It was a very interesting project to develop not only for the need to think about a course structure to function online but also for having to defined the students activities and the respective assessment tool to be used. The need for logic and coherence between learning nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-45743083158131824602010-02-20T06:49:00.000+00:002010-02-19T16:55:25.045+00:00Pre-course surveyDeveloped on zoomerang this survey aims to collect some relevant information about students previous experiences and expectations about E-learning: theoretical perspectives and practical methods course.All the information is totaly anonymous and confidencial.Click Here to take surveynsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-23263133782294804792010-02-20T00:41:00.000+00:002010-02-19T01:00:16.088+00:00Cyber-coaching model: powerfull ideias to use on an online courseCoaching can be defined as a tutorial function of monitoring student progress inorder to provide feedback for improvement. It is materialized on the process of giving feedback in order to develop performance, confidence and awareness of the learning processes (Peterson, 2005).Cybercoaching techniques focus on students’ continuous personal success and promoted the development of not only nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-20775392079892715572010-02-19T00:39:00.001+00:002010-02-19T00:40:58.926+00:00Analyzing Khalsa & Casey CoursesFocusing on activities the main differences between the 2 courses:. Khalsa’ course is more focused on Continual Feedback about students’ progress and Personal reflection. The two concepts present to be 2 key-words in cyber-coaching process. In Khalsa’ course structure feedback and reflection are clearly enunciated as the keys element. Those are promoted in the Journaling activities. If we look atnsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-67786941038443087172010-02-18T00:19:00.000+00:002010-02-19T00:30:23.137+00:00If Bloom was still aliveWhen we look to the work of a truly historical-relevant author, as Piaget, Bruner, Dewey or Bloom, we can find a lot of articles, books about the revision, evolution, up-dating of their work because times goes by and they couldn't be able to still be with us and analyze todays' reality with their clear eyes and brilliant minds.Well I think that if Bloom was still alive today he would be very nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-39460327581987428832010-02-14T19:37:00.000+00:002010-02-15T10:42:06.982+00:00PlagiarismWhat is it?Plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward. It is related to:. to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own . to use (another's production) without crediting the source . to commit literary theft . to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.[Plagiarism.org]About nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-84328198148421328302010-02-14T17:10:00.004+00:002010-02-14T17:17:14.995+00:00Critical Education Vs Doutrination“Are students unaware or are they simply brainwashed by a conservative government that is quietly but systematically taking away the rights of American citizens under the guise of protecting people from terrorism? Is the government selling the idea of protecting people by taking away rights to which students do not even realize they are entitled?” (Christine Casey)This is stepping into a very nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-68309619139283222122010-02-14T17:10:00.001+00:002010-02-14T17:10:26.207+00:00If Casey’s Class went online: 2 ideasJust like in F2F classroom, in online learning environments, when you go late on your tasks you get advantage of having the opportunity of seeing everyone good ideas but the demanding for still being creative increases dramatically.Most of you have given very good ideas for transforming the Caseys’ Journalism Course into an interesting online course. I loved the idea of using online discussion nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-62557515083046294222010-02-12T11:54:00.001+00:002010-02-12T11:54:50.508+00:00The power of ICT“In the short term, we always overstate the effects of new technologies. But in the long run, we always understate them. (Veen & Vrakking, 2006)nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-68361656433891568682010-02-12T08:36:00.000+00:002010-02-14T17:18:05.928+00:00Blooms' TaxonomyApplying Blooms' taxonomy to Christine Casey's Journalism Coursensphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-14105642931950890922010-02-07T23:32:00.000+00:002010-02-19T00:34:13.322+00:00Group 1: Assessment toolsAlthough we were only 2, we were able to collect a good quantity of tools.See them here: http://newassessmentapproaches.wikispaces.com/ nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-56632434161048505322010-02-07T23:30:00.000+00:002010-02-08T10:36:24.979+00:00Reflecting about incertantyLooking for all that online surveys systems and exams-building software made me think about the urgence of change and the incertanty of the future.Today the space of learning is here, anywhere, and the time to learn is today and always. Technological changes are becoming more and more fast and full of opportunities but also unpredictable and full of uncertainties.The future learning environments nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-52156579018809495722010-02-07T21:18:00.002+00:002010-02-07T21:20:56.373+00:00Diverse tools = systemic assessment approachesTodays’ reality requires a shifting in assessment paradigms. Schools and employment have being gaining the notion that academic knowledge and performance based tests don’t necessarily give the best evidence about learners’ skills and competences to act in real-world situations. Simultaneously, the internet was been presenting different software and web-based tools that can be used to support nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-73856752969854619332010-02-02T19:01:00.000+00:002010-02-02T19:02:07.963+00:00Concept maps: lesson-learnedMost valuable information learned about Concept maps:They are not only relevant to young children; there are very relevant examples of how it can be useful for higher education students. Mostly for activities related to planning and organizing complex information or tasks. The graphical representation is one of the most powerful features of concept maps; it is very enlightful.How to use the nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958984408191949848.post-42976573425822073662010-02-02T18:57:00.002+00:002010-02-02T19:00:54.788+00:00Reflecting about concept mapsConcept maps appear as personal tools for organizing information in a meaningful, valid and useful way for its author. The information is organized in concepts, some more central and other more peripheral. These concepts are put in a hierarchical relation with each other through expressions or ideas (connecters).Concept maps are graphical diagrams that can be used to organize knowledge in nsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09260716787588728929noreply@blogger.com1