My column on Empowering Learners in the Reader/Writer Nature of the Digital Informational Space was just published in Volume 58, Issue 2 of JAAL. In this column I make the case that educators have the opportunity to empower learners as not only readers, but writers of online information. To do this we need to move…
My column on Empowering Learners in the Reader/Writer Nature of the Digital Informational Space was just published in Volume 58, Issue 2 of JAAL. In this column I make the case that educators have the opportunity to empower learners as not only readers, but writers of online information. To do this we need to move…
My column on Empowering Learners in the Reader/Writer Nature of the Digital Informational Space was just published in Volume 58, Issue 2 of JAAL. In this column I make the case that educators have the opportunity to empower learners as not only readers, but writers of online information. To do this we need to move…
My column on Empowering Learners in the Reader/Writer Nature of the Digital Informational Space was just published in Volume 58, Issue 2 of JAAL. In this column I make the case that educators have the opportunity to empower learners as not only readers, but writers of online information. To do this we need to move…
This afternoon I have the privilege of attending and presenting at the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat. According to their website, Treasure Mountain is a group of school library researchers and practitioners that initially met in conjunction with the AASL National Conference in 1989. In a round-table session today I’ll be presenting on the work that…
Next week we will begin beta testing of the ORMS MOOC. This journey has been a long one that I’ve documented the various developmental changes here on this blog. The beta testing will be conducted by about a dozen educators globally. The purpose of the beta testing is to identify potential issues and errors in…
TL;DR Version: In this blog post I share the strategies I use to conduct research on personal, health, and academic topics using online tools. I promote the use of online virtual library connections, Internet searches, and Google Scholar to conduct research. During classes in secondary classrooms or higher education courses many times you will need to…
In presentations I often make the statement that “the Internet is the dominant text for our students.” For classroom teachers this often begs the question about exactly how we should do this. One of the best ways to start doing this is to examine online informational texts with varying perspectives and examine the argumentative techniques…
TL;DR version: Documentation of the graphics, design choices, and rationale of iterations of the open badge initiative we’re completing for use in the Online Research & Media Skills learning community. As I have documented through a series of blog posts, we’ve been working on developing an open badge initiative. The badges will connect with completion and serve as…
As we have detailed several times in this blog, I’ve been hard at work researching, developing, and (hopefully) soon will be implementing an open badge initiative. To tell the truth, I’ve got a crack team of great graduate students that have been researching and pushing my thinking about badges…but I get to take the credit…