"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books." (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Whether or not the above quote is true, it sometimes seems true. Sometimes, for instance, all you've been doing is staring at some text for 5 hours and you've re-read the same paragraph 3 times already and it's not sinking in. Then you go, and voice your frustrations to a person, maybe a colleague or a peer, and all of a sudden everything becomes transparent. All we need, sometimes, is a little light and experience from others around us. It is the people around us that help us explore different concepts and theories, and it is to these people that this page is dedicated.
Photos and media
All banner photos are from my own journeys and belong to me. And, if you ask nicely, to you.
Photo collages and buttons are created out of my own personal photos or from photos on the public domain, using photo editing software like Pixlr and Prisma.
Media and video are linked back to original sources.
Academic References
Highlighted papers have reference lists at the end.
Key resources used: Bates, A.W. & Sangrà, A. (2011). Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Bolter, Jay David. (2001). Writing space: Computers, hypertext, and the remediation of print [2nd edition]. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Dreyfus, H. L. (2001). On the internet. London: Routledge. Fosnot, C. T. (2013). Constructivism: Theory, perspectives, and practice [2nd edition]. Teachers College Press. Gergen, K. (2002). The challenge of absent presence. In J. Katz & M. Aakhus (Eds.), Perpetual Contact: Mobile Communication, Private Talk, Public Performance, 227-241. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Pritchard, D. (2014). What is this thing called knowledge? [3rd Edition]. Routledge. Selwyn, N. (2012). Making sense of young people, education and digital technology: the role of sociological theory. Oxford Review Of Education, 38(1), 81-96. Turkle, S. (2011). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Choice Reviews Online,48(12). von Glasersfeld, E. (1995). Radical Constructivism: A way of learning. Falmer Press. Willinsky, J. (2002). Democracy and education: The missing link may be ours. Harvard Educational Review, 72(3), 367-392.
MET collaborators
Mitchel, Mary, and Troy (ETEC 510) Laura and Elisabeth (ETEC 512) Josephine (ETEC 531) Darren, John, and Terry (ETEC 532) Graduating cohort and Franc Feng (ETEC 590)