Trends & Issues in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, and Learning Sciences
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Episode 8: Review of Trends & Issues in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, and Learning Sciences for February 3-16
We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks of February 3-16, 2014. We discuss two trends we saw as we flipped resources into our Flipboard magazine (http://bit.ly/trendsandissues). The two trends were wearable devices and the Internet o
Episode 7: A Review of Trends & Issues in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, and Learning Sciences for January 19-February 2, 2014
We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks of January 19-February 2, 2014. We discuss four trends we saw as we flipped articles into our Flipboard magazine (http://bit.ly/trendsandissues). The four trends were Net Neutrality/Access, art
Episode 6: Special Podcast Presentation on Defining the Terms: Issues, Trends, & Fads
In this special podcast presentation, we define the terms issues, trends, and fads. We discuss our approach to how we use these terms to examine our field. A book we recommended in the episode for gaining a broad perspective on the seminal issues in our
Episode 5: A Review of Trends & Issues in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, and Learning Sciences for January 6-19, 2014
We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks of January 6-19, 2014. We discuss four trends we saw as we flipped articles into our Flipboard magazine (http://bit.ly/trendsandissues). The four trends were Net Neutrality, 3-D printing, table
Episode 4: A Review of Trends & Issues in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, and Learning Sciences for December 22, 2013 - January 5, 2014
We discuss the trends and issues we observed during the weeks of December 22 through January 5. Understandably, several of the resources we flipped into our Flipboard magazine (http://bit.ly/trendsandissues) were reflections or "look-backs" on what took p
Episode 3: An Insider’s View of the National Technology Leadership Summit, 2013
Abbie took part in the National Technology Leadership Summit held in Washington, DC in October 2013. The National Technology Leadership Coalition holds an annual summit meeting to discuss issues related to Teacher Education, Educational Technology and Tec
Episode 2: A Quick AECT Wrap Up
We provide a quick summary of the latest (October 2013) annual conference of the Association for Educational and Communication Technology. Next year's conference will be held in Jacksonville, Florida. The call for proposals recently went out. You can fin
Episode 1: We’re Starting a Podcast!
We've decided to produce a podcast that will be put out every two weeks. The podcasts will focus on a summary of the top three trends and issues we've seen over the two week span prior to when we produce a podcast episode. We are keeping the podcast episo