Here's what was to have been the background for my video contribution to our term project for CTL1922H. Was all set to go and my laptop died--broke my heart--and along with it my ability to make a video from Saxe Point



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Work on our model continues. There is still some work to be done, but we're certainly getting there.

Visit Multimedia Technology and Online Collaboration in Education to see the latest version of our project.

Visit this page for a "look behind the scences" at the development of our model.

NOTE: when revisiting either page, press F5 (Refresh) to ensure you're seeing the latest version

We welcome any comment or suggestion you'd care to make.

One of the longer lags between entries for this blog. For those of you who've phoned to complain, sorry for the lack of posts and thanks for your interest.

It's been a busy nearly three-weeks.... School continues to keep me busy. I'm ecstatic about the fact we're using SMART Ideas(R)software to collaborate on our group project this semester at OISE/UT. I'm really enjoying working with Lori and Hafeeza on our project and Ideas continues to be a great collaborative tool for us.

Ideas has fit the bill for our collaboration because it acts as a respository for any attachments we care to add. Our due date is next Saturday (03 April 04) and we are getting close in terms of the model itself. SMART Ideas(R) has allowed each of use to put our stamp on the project, and we're now working out details in terms of formatting and presentation of our content.

We certainly hope to be able to include more multimedia files, for instance, between now that next Saturday.

Visit Multimedia Technology and Online Collaboration in Education to see the latest.
NOTE: if you're revisiting the page press F5 (Refresh) to ensure you're seeing the latest version

Here's an email I got today from the executive of my "CTL Students-Association" at OISE/UT. Our project team in CTL1922 (Hafeeza, Lori and me) is working on video-conferencing as a collaborative learning tool and it's too bad Friday's session--see below--isn't going to be 'cast to an online audience.

I know I'd benefit from being able to follow along from my office on the Island.

Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:09 PM -0500

From: CTL Students-Association

Subject: Important Information - Please Read!
To: @oise.utoronto.ca

Bcc: Doug Symington

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS FROM THE CURRICULUM, TEACHING AND LEARNING
STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION (CTLSA):

Dear Students,

This is a reminder about the faculty and student development workshop that
will take place this Friday, March 12th from 10am - 12pm. in room 11-164.
The workshop this week will include information on the following:

Developing an MRP and thesis study.

The distinction between the MRP, QRP and thesis.

The ethical review process.

Thesis writing and strategies for productive committee work, including a
successful defense.

CTLSA urges all students to attend this workshop. The information that
was given out last Friday at a similar workshop was extremely helpful and
important information on how to make your way successfully through OISE/UT.

Last week at the workshop, a packet of important information and forms was
given out to both faculty and students. The packet contains information
on supervision responsibilites for faculty and students, time lines for
the completion of degrees, and the forms needed to move through the
program. CTLSA has copies of this packet in our office (room 10-269).
Please stop by and pick one up!

Lastly, a message was sent out earlier this week about the Graduate
Students' Association conference fund. To clarify: the forms for this
conference fund can be found in the GSA office (room 8-105) or on their
website: http://www1.oise.utoronto.ca/gsa/.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the
CTLSA by email (ctlsa@oise.utoronto.ca), phone (416-923-6641 ext 2433) or
in person (room 10-269).

Sincerely,

The CTLSA Executive Officers


*****************************
The Executive Officers
of CTLSA
(Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Students' Association)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
252 Bloor St. West. Toronto ON M5S 1V6
Ph: 416-923-6641 x2433 Office: 10 - 269

Quick post with a reference to an article by Patricia Duebel I highly recommend for anyone who'd like to know more about Instructional Design (ID) for online-based learning environments.

An Investigation of Behaviorist and Cognitive Approaches to Instructional Multimedia Design
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia v. 12 no. 1 (2003) p. 63 90

Thanks to Chris Teplovs for including this reading in this semester's section of CTL1922 at OISE/UT.

The paper FULL of great research and offers practical design and implementation "scaffolds" and examples.