Category Archives: News

Google Wave: The Future of Online Collaboration

By Michael Edwards | Published: May 29, 2009
This is cutting edge, breaking news in web products. Google announced Wave yesterday. General information http://wave.google.com/help/wave/about.html In a way, it’s a combination of several familiar forms of communication, including: Email Discussion Boards Wiki Instant Messaging Text Document Image sharing, files, etc. You can have interactive conversations, threaded discussion, and “living documents” all at once. It’s a mashup of email, discussions, wiki, blogging, everything in real [...]
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Attending: Sloan-C Workshop on Blended Learning

By Michael Edwards | Published: April 24, 2009
I will be attending the Sloan-C Workshop on Blended Learning and Higher Education this weekend hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago in Lisle, Illinois. You can find more information on the conference page, but during the event I will be: Blogging from this elearning blog. Tweeting from my twitter account, http://twitter.com/medwardsrhodes. Recording video on my Flip Mino [...]
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Attending LLT 2009

By Michael Edwards | Published: February 20, 2009
I’ll be attending OLN’s Learning, Libraries, & Technology conference in a couple of weeks along with a few others from Rhodes. I’m excited to see some of these presentations. I’d like to offer a shout out to friend and former colleague, Terence Armentano of BGSU, who is presenting Monday at 1PM on the following topic: University [...]
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NY Times: High Cost of Driving Ignites Online Classes Boom

By Michael Edwards | Published: July 11, 2008
From the New York Times: Although some four-year institutions with large online programs — like the University of Massachusetts and Villanova — have experienced these increases, the greatest surges have been registered at two-year community colleges, where most students are commuters, many support families and few can absorb large new expenditures for fuel. At Bristol Community College [...]
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  • About Me

    Michael Edwards is an Instructional Designer for the Center for Distance Education at Rhodes State College.

    This blog contains his thoughts on various elearning resources, pedagogy, technology, and web 2.0 as well as feeds from some of his favorite resources.