Social media has been embraced by the majority of conferences and events happening in education, blogging, and technology. Social media has become both a resources for networking with peers and a source of backchannel communication to hear more, see more, …

Social Media, Networking, and Conferences: It’s a New Ballgame Read more »

As an instructional designer and professor that has designed, developed, and taught both online and traditional face to face courses discussions are an important factor to building community. Learning through discussions is an important strategy for students, in either mode. Both …

Online Discussions versus Classroom Discussions Read more »

Orlando Startup Weekend EDU is coming  soon and I’ll be joining in on the fun as a mentor! This is my second Startup Weekend as a mentor but it’s the first Education-Focused Startup Weekend  and it’s the first anywhere in the …

Orlando Startup Weekend EDU is coming in August: First in the Southeast Read more »

Part 5 in the Series: Social Media in Education Social Media can be embedded into a number of different courses and it’s always good to find unique research and actually case studies available to help you develop a plan. It’s …

Social Media in Education: Twitter being used in Arts and Sciences Courses Read more »

Part 4 in the Series: Social Media in Education There has been much attention given in the media recently to the use of social media tools, especially Facebook in education. Much of that discussion is around K-12 public education and …

Social Media in Education: Privacy and Friending Read more »

Part 3 in the Series: Social Media in Education Last fall, I played a major part in developing, designing, and teaching the first course dealing with social media at Valencia College. This course was geared to faculty interested learning about …

Teaching and Learning with Social Media: Social Media 101 for Faculty Read more »