Multi-tasking Revisited

Found an interesting and entertaining article on multitasking today by way of George Siemens’ blog . I’ve been thinking about multi-tasking for a while now and I’ve come to the opinion that we have trapped ourselves in the illusion that we can do more in less time and that all we need are more [...]

Learners Owning Learning

Who owns learning? The simple answer to that question is “learners do.” Yet, to realize the level of ownership talked about at the recent ELI Annual Meeting, learners also need to be able to evaluate and assess and demonstrate their learning. And not only the learning that is valued by the Faculty, but learning that [...]

Privacy Policies and Social Software

We know that students are using a variety of social software tools in their daily lives: Facebook, Del.icio.us and IM to name a few. Faculty are beginning to experiment with many of these tools in their courses. In OLT, we work with Faculty and students to help them understand the various applications of some of [...]