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2009 VSS Annual Spring Conference – Learning: Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere Innovations in Online Learning: What’s Working in BC and Beyond Call for Proposals The Call for Proposals for concurrent sessions in the K-12 Public School stream for the 2009 Conference has been posted on the LNBC website. Please note the submission deadline of December 15, 2008. Click here to [...]

As a follow-up to my entry K-12 Online Learning And E-Learn, more presentations about K-12 online learning at e-Learn that I either missed on the first pass or are going on after I’m leaving. Course Management System Study: Integrating E-Learning into the High School Biology Classroom ID: 23711 Type: Roundtable Topic: Instructional Design Room: 12 Tue, Nov. 18 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Authors: Marguerite [...]

Well, it is Wednesday and day two (and the final day) of the conference for me.  Right now I’m sitting in the following session. Teaching Online: Meeting the Challenge with Emerging Strategies for Effective Professional Development ID: 23507 Type: Best Practices Session Topic: Implementation Examples & Issues Room: 4 Wed, Nov. 19 11:15 AM-11:35 AM Authors: Kerry Rice, Boise [...]

Well, it is Wednesday and day two (and the final day) of the conference for me.  Right now I’m sitting in the following session. Teaching Online: Meeting the Challenge with Emerging Strategies for Effective Professional Development ID: 23507 Type: Best Practices Session Topic: Implementation Examples & Issues Room: 4 Wed, Nov. 19 11:15 AM-11:35 AM Authors: Kerry Rice, Boise [...]

Okay, so I only made it to the last five to eight minutes of this presentation, most of which was the question and answers… High school online courses: Student motivation and the need for dedicated mentors. ID: 24060 Type: Best Practices Session Topic: Implementation Examples & Issues Room: 14 Tue, Nov. 18 1:30 PM-1:50 PM Authors: Scott Robison, Ohio University - College [...]

Okay, I’m at the e-Learn conference this week (actually started today, so I am late getting this up).  Based upon what I have been able to find, here are the K-12 online learning sessions. High school online courses: Student motivation and the need for dedicated mentors. ID: 24060 Type: Best Practices Session Topic: Implementation Examples & Issues Room: 14 Tue, [...]

Title:  K-12 Videoconference Program Development:  Another Resource in a Teacher’s Toolkit Gordon Booth 19 November 2008 at 1:00 P.M. (Eastern) Mode:  Elluminate Live! URL:  http://elluminate.nait.ca/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1224108049424 .  Please enter your name in the User ID box, and leave the Password box empty. ******** ABSTRACT ******** This session will present one K-12 school division’s approach to the use of videoconference technology to enhance classroom [...]

SoftChalk Innovators in Online Learning Series Hello Michael, Innovators webinars highlight extraordinary work done by SoftChalk clients.  They are about the pedagogy, not the technology. This Wednesday see how one school system is creating lessons for the 21st Century Framework using SoftChalk. Click here for details. In January see the work of our youngest teacher, 10 year old Adora [...]

Day sixteen in the 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger series was yesterday and asked us to look at Day 16: Your Greatest Hits. Essentially, we were asked to create some links on our blog that would link to entries that resemble the following descriptions: Posts of yours that have received the most comments A [...]

Day fifteen in the 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger series was yesterday and asked us to look at Day 15: Find Thyself. Essentially, we were asked to search ourselves on Technorati, Google Blog Search, and Google. Beginning with Technorati, interestingly when you search “Michael Barbour” (with the quotation marks) you find four of [...]

Day fourteen in the 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger series was yesterday and asked us to look at Day 14: Leave a Message at the Beep. Essentially, we were asked if it was easy for someone to contact us via our blog. I’ll admit that it there isn’t a specific way to get [...]

Okay, I’v been traveling to or around Nevada for a conference that begins this coming week, so I’ve fallen behind a bit.  I’ll see if I can catch up today though. Day thirteen in the 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger series was yesterday and asked us to look at Day 13: Declutter Your Sidebar [...]

Beginning with the eSchool News. These traits make online teachers successful What are the qualities that help instructors succeed when teaching online? That was the focus of a lively discussion at the 14th annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning Nov. 6. | Read More Also from the ASCD SmartBrief. Online teachers need top communications skills In addition to the [...]

Another series from Darren, over at Teaching and Developing Online. And appropriate that it falls on a Friday, as this is a humourous one Registrar tech … question one Registrar tech Question 2 Registrar tech Question 3 Registrar Tech Question 4 Registrar Tech Question 5 Registrar Tech Question 6 Registrar Tech Question 6 (yes, there are two 6s) Registrar Tech Question 8 (yes, [...]

As usual, the Friday Funnies feature courtesy of Darren over at Teaching and Developing Online. Techies love it when … 20 Techies love it when … 21 Techies love it when … 22 Techies love it when … 23 Techies love it when … 24 Until next week…    Tagged: cartoons, comics, cyber school, education, high school, virtual school    [...]

This showed up in my inbox.  If you are in the area, might be worthwhile to attend… How do you get your high school diploma if you are afraid to go to school? Hard to believe, but that is the reality for many students, including youth in Watts, CA. Insight Schools of California, a tuition-free online [...]

2009 VSS Annual Spring Conference – Learning: Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere (April 21-23, 2009) Innovations in Online Learning: What’s Working in BC and Beyond Pre-Conference Session The VSS, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, as the major funder, is holding a pre-conference session which has been a highlight for many since it began a few years ago. [...]

Again, continuing the guest blogger feature…  This third entry is from a recent colleague that I met this past August while I was in Wellington at the Distance Education Association of New Zealand’s conference. The Virtual Learning Network is ending its 5 year at the end of 2008. Another successful year with our focus this year [...]

Day twelve in the 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger series was yesterday and asked us to look at Day 12: Declutter Your Sidebar Part I - Blogroll Audit. Essentially, we were asked to size up our Blogroll and figure out if they were all still valid or useful or thematic. This is actually [...]

As I mentioned in Day Ten - Thirty Days To A Better Blog a couple of days ago, I’m in the office now so I can add some Windows-based views of my blog. As a reminder, day ten in the 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger series asked us to look at Day 10: Do [...]