Jason Rhode » Presentations http://www.jasonrhode.com online home of Jason Rhode Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:29:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Webinar: Texting with Students in Higher Ed http://www.jasonrhode.com/smswebinar http://www.jasonrhode.com/smswebinar#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:55:22 +0000 Jason Rhode :: @jrhode http://www.jasonrhode.com/?p=607 I was invited by Barry Dahl to be a panelist along with Todd McCann and Brett Kopf in a webinar on 1/17/12 titled “Text Messaging with Your Students While Maintaining Privacy” that explored the reasons and tools for safely communicating with students via sms.

The link to the complete webinar archive is here and more details regarding the webinar, including slides shared, are here.

]]> http://www.jasonrhode.com/smswebinar/feed 0 Role of the Teacher in Online Education http://www.jasonrhode.com/role-of-the-teacher-in-online-education http://www.jasonrhode.com/role-of-the-teacher-in-online-education#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:21:39 +0000 Jason Rhode :: @jrhode http://www.jasonrhode.com/?p=558 Stephen Downes, respected thought-leader in online education, recently gave a talk titled, We don’t need no educator: The role of the teacher in today’s online education at the Norwegian Association for Distance Education (NADE) in which he discussed the rapidly changing role of the educator in online learning and made the case for why instead of the traditional “expert” role, online educators serve in a host of roles, including:

…as Learner

  • Collector
  • Connector
  • Curator
  • Artist
  • Sharer
  • Scientist

…as Designer

  • Programmer
  • Alchemist
  • Convener

…as Coach

  • Salesperson
  • Agitator
  • Mentor
  • Coordinator
  • Facilitator
  • Conversationalist
  • Tech Support

…as Expert

  • Lecturer
  • Moderator
  • Demonstrator
  • Broadcaster
  • Theorizer
  • Evaluator
  • Bureaucrat

Stephen makes some enlightening points in his talk and I recommend it for anyone interested in the potential for online learning and in particular, the dynamics of learning in a massive open online course. If you find online learning interesting, you’ll enjoy Stephen’s talk. NADE has kindly recorded the talk and made available both part 1 and part 2 and I’m also embedding them below.

Do you agree with the points Stephen has made? What roles did he exclude that you’d suggest be added? Leave a comment with your thoughts!

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On September 16, 2011, I led a 4 hour hands-on workshop for faculty at Chicago State University titled, “Teaching with iPads: Tips and Techniques” where I shared tips and techniques for teaching with iPads. Faculty brought their own iPad and Google Account to participate! They were also asked to install the following free apps: Evernote, Google, Dropbox, ShowMe, iBooks, Qrafter, Audioboo.

The interactive online handout and resource site prepared for the session is available at j.mp/CSUiPads11

]]> http://www.jasonrhode.com/teachipads/feed 0 LMS Upgrade: Roadmap for Successful Implementation http://www.jasonrhode.com/niulms http://www.jasonrhode.com/niulms#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:04:18 +0000 Jason Rhode :: @jrhode http://www.jasonrhode.com/?p=499 Panel Discussion
The most recent upgrade to Blackboard 9.1 at Northern Illinois University has proven to be very successful and has been receiving a lot of positive feedback from faculty and teaching staff. This panel discussion led by NIU Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center staff at SLATE 2011 explored the strategies and practices that made the upgrade a success. We shared the logistics of the support plan, implementation timeline, and the publicity plan. Additionally, we discussed the testing strategies, approach to documentation and the training support offered to NIU faculty, staff and teaching assistants.

Those planning an upgrade for the own institutions can download copies of the upgrade documents from j.mp/NIULMS to customize and adopt them for their own needs.

]]> http://www.jasonrhode.com/niulms/feed 0 Using Twitter for Teaching, Learning and Professional Development in Higher Education http://www.jasonrhode.com/using-twitter-for-teaching-learning http://www.jasonrhode.com/using-twitter-for-teaching-learning#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:23:14 +0000 Jason Rhode :: @jrhode http://www.jasonrhode.com/?p=329 Have you wondered what Twitter is and what if any practical applications there are for teaching and learning? Perhaps you are among the 30% of faculty who now use Twitter in some capacity and you would like to learn some tips and tricks for better utilizing Twitter in education context. Join us for this FREE online session sponsored by the Northwest eLearning Community where we’ll explore best practices for using Twitter in teaching, learning and professional development.

Session details:

Date / Time:

Thursday, January 27, 2011, 2PM Pacific (4PM Central)

Presenters:

Details and resources can be found at: http://bit.ly/twitterinedu

]]> http://www.jasonrhode.com/using-twitter-for-teaching-learning/feed 0 Advanced Twitter Tips, Tricks and Tools http://www.jasonrhode.com/fsi2010twitter2 http://www.jasonrhode.com/fsi2010twitter2#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 20:28:46 +0000 Jason Rhode :: @jrhode http://www.jasonrhode.com/?p=314 Have you gotten started with Twitter but now wondering what else is possible? What are hashtags? What are Twitter lists and how do get started using them? How can you easily post photos, videos, and links? What additional online tools and 3rd party apps can be integrated with Twitter to streamline posting of resources? I led this advanced hands-session at Faculty Summer Institute 2010 exploring the answers to these questions. The interactive online handout, resource links, and video archive are available. I also offered an introductory Twitter workshop at FSI with basic steps for getting started.

]]> http://www.jasonrhode.com/fsi2010twitter2/feed 0 Keep it Short and Tweet: Intro to Microblogging Using Twitter http://www.jasonrhode.com/fsi2010twitter http://www.jasonrhode.com/fsi2010twitter#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 20:21:06 +0000 Jason Rhode :: @jrhode http://www.jasonrhode.com/?p=308 Twitter is an online application that is part blog, part social networking site, and part cell phone/IM tool. It is designed to let users describe that they are doing or thinking at a given moment, in 140 characters or less. I led this hands-on session at Faculty Summer Institute 2010 introducing the Twitter microblogging tool and discussing its mobile collaboration potential in the learning environment. The interactive online handout, resource links, and video archive are available. I also offered an advanced Twitter workshop at FSI with more tips and tricks.

]]> http://www.jasonrhode.com/fsi2010twitter/feed 0 Social Bookmarking 2.0: Research, Share and Collaborate Using Diigo http://www.jasonrhode.com/fsi2010diigo http://www.jasonrhode.com/fsi2010diigo#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 20:09:03 +0000 Jason Rhode :: @jrhode http://www.jasonrhode.com/?p=297 Do you struggle to keep track of all your favorite Web sites and other online resources? Would you like to share the links to your favorite online resources with your colleagues or students? Using Diigo, you can both easily bookmark your favorite online resources in the cloud and annotate, share, and collaborate in new ways! I gave this hands-on session at Faculty Summer Institute 2010 introducing the Diigo collaborative research tool and explore several practical applications for implementing collaborative resource sharing in the classroom. Interactive online handout, resource links, video archive, and sandbox Diigo group are available.


Great Diigo edu resources – check it out: RT~@jrhode: : “Social Bookmarking 2.0: Research…using Diigo” at http://tiny.cc/fsi2010diigoless than a minute ago via webDiigo
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]]> http://www.jasonrhode.com/fsi2010diigo/feed 0 Podcasting Online Faculty Development Programs http://www.jasonrhode.com/wimba2010 http://www.jasonrhode.com/wimba2010#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 10:04:05 +0000 Jason Rhode :: @jrhode http://www.jasonrhode.com/?p=292 I gave this online talk along with Ann Morgan as a Wimba Distinguished Lecture on 4/30/2010 sharing Northern Illinois University’s journey offering live online faculty development workshops using Wimba Classroom as well as making online workshop archives available for on-demand viewing either online, in iTunes, or on a mobile device. Emphasis was placed on NIU’s step-by-step workflow for using the MP4 archive download capabilities in Wimba Classroom 6.0 to deliver archived online faculty development programs in podcast form. The presentation included considerations for hosting archives outside Wimba Classroom as well as the steps necessary to create a podcast RSS feed, submit to the iTunes store, and update the necessary files when a new MP4 archive from Wimba Classroom is available. Slides are available for download at jasonrho.de/wimba2010. Video archive, full online presentation archive in Wimba, and podcast via iTunes formats are available.

Podcasting Online Faculty Development Programs from Jason Rhode on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.jasonrhode.com/wimba2010/feed 0 Tips for Teaching with Blogs http://www.jasonrhode.com/tips-for-teaching-with-blogs http://www.jasonrhode.com/tips-for-teaching-with-blogs#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:34:31 +0000 Jason Rhode :: @jrhode http://www.jasonrhode.com/?p=285 I recently gave a talk at the UIC e-Teaching Symposium sharing practical tips for teaching with blogs. Here’s the video from the session recorded on a Flip HD pocket video camera along with the interactive handout in the form of a blog at uicblogs.blogspot.com. The Flip HD automatically stopped recording after 1 hour, so unfortunately the archive is missing the final 30 mins. of the talk

Teaching with Blogs: Tips and Best Practices from the Trenches from Jason Rhode on Vimeo.

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