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Stepping out of the box: Using Parody and Humor to engage students /OETC2010

By Michael Edwards | Published: February 2, 2010
Daniel Hoppe and Garrick Ducat of Mercy College presented on the use of humor for engaging students. Benefits to laughing in the classroom Garrick began the presentation by noting that there isn’t a lot of research out there about using humor to support learning. The biggest problem facing students is high anxiety. Humor helps diminish that. Humor also [...]
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Collaboration 101: 21st Century Learning Management /OETC2010

By Michael Edwards | Published: February 2, 2010
Kimberly Brueck (Instructional Technologist), Cindy Brown (Associate Principle), and Craig McKendry (Math Teacher) from Green High School presented on using blended learning to encourage professional development and innovative teaching. Although geared towards K-12 I decided to attend anyway in hopes of more universally helpful principles and tips. (Unfortunately the presentation was much more of a tour [...]
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Thinking Historically /OETC2010

By Michael Edwards | Published: February 2, 2010
For my first session at OETC2010 I am attending “Thinking Historically: Building a Primary Source Exhibit and Online Teaching Module with Omeka.” (There was an earlier session, but I was unable to remain in it…) Presenters Gail Greenberg and Nadine Grimm discussed their digital exhibits project for encouraging students to higher-order thinking. Utilizing the free and [...]
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Got Kicked Out of a Session /OETC2010

By Michael Edwards | Published: February 2, 2010
I suffered through Columbus traffic with fellow traveler Rick Woodfield to finally reach the Ohio Etech Conference 2010. We finally get to the conference at about 9AM and after registration we split up to go our separate ways. I stopped in the main hallway to get my bearings and choose a 10AM session to attend. I [...]
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Angel FAQ

By Michael Edwards | Published: December 9, 2008
I have posted the beginnings of an Angel FAQ for Rhodes on a wiki using Google Sites. It is available here: Angel FAQ Of all the free hosted wiki solutions I’ve played around with, Google Sites is my favorite. It’s not necessarily the most extensive solution, but it’s so clean, fast, and easy to use that it’s [...]
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    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.