Purpose

Research Question:
How can the College's Graduate/Professional Studies programs be enhanced or reconfigured in order to meet the changing needs in Northeast Ohio?

This is an attempt to capture my research process and to share my research findings with as many people as possible. My project goal is to research workforce needs and economic development projections in Northeast Ohio in order to provide recommendations for program enhancement, particularly in Graduate and Professional Studies.

I chose to conduct my project in this public manner in order to explore one aspect of the type of technologically integrated learning for which I am advocating. I have not blogged before, so bear with me.

Early posts merely reflect information gathered. As I progress, my later posts will be more analytical and synthetic. I invite any and all comments, thoughts, musings, questions, and connections. The more personal input I receive, the more meaningful my recommendations will become.

If I have learned anything in the past few weeks, it is certainly that there are many important things that I just don't know, so help me out if you see the need.

Please click on the links that are in (almost) every post to get detailed information from the source itself.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Recently launched site offers support for instructors

The Social Media Classroom site offers helpful information for looking at

  • specific classroom tools that we should be looking into: integrated forum, blog, comment, wiki, chat, social bookmarking, RSS, microblogging, widgets , and video commenting
  • how the use of these tools can enhance learning and help to reposition the student's experience from receiver of information to participatory seeker and creator of information
  • how Web 2.0 tools are a rich extension of the best elements of traditional classroom methods, particularly those that are valued here: collaboration and self-expression

In order to access the repository of resources for educators, one needs a login ID and password.

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