Instructional Design in a Connected World

George Siemens comments on how Geoff Cain (Tacoma CC) helps us think more broadly (and I would argue - more appropriately) about "Learning Design" - not "Instructional Design."

The Social Media Classroom: A New Web 2.0 Platform For Education

Read / Write Web Article:

The Social Media Classroom (SMC) is a new project started by Howard Rheingold which offers an open-source Drupal-based web service to teachers and students for the purpose of introducing social media into the classroom. The service includes tools like forums, blogs, wikis, chat, social bookmarking, RSS, microblogging, widgets, video conferencing, and more. The SMC is more than just a collection of new media tools repurposed for educational use, though. The end goal of the service is to move education away from being a unidirectional delivery of knowledge to become a more collaborative learning process.

eLearning Faculty Training Coordinator: Employment Opportunity

The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges is filling a vacant position on its eLearning team to provide direct professional development support for system faculty.

If you know of anyone who might be interested in this position, please pass it on. We hope to attract some great candidates!

Thanks very much,

Cable Green
eLearning Director
State Board
360-704-4334