Some comments on having read half of Yong Zhao & Kenneth A. Frank’s paper on an ecological model for technology integration into classrooms.
On “feeling taught”, the ecology of face-to-face learning as rooted in evolution, and “my learning” as sentience similar to “my instincts” or “my love”.
On how being grilled as an employee in a high-pressure work environment has affected my learning ethic, my cynicism about hostile teachers, and why distance learning makes me panic.
Kaltura falls on its face. And I am having a manic obsession with hating on Distance Learning.
A new series of blog posts featuring Kaltura tools.
Here is a system for providing simultaneous views of a lecture and a wide range of view of other content in camera range. The OpenEyA system allows the viewer to select a range of the recorded image, and then focus in close-up to that range to view something like a blackboard or PPT presentation.
The uses [...]
A TED Talk by Beau Lotto. Refers to some cognitive aspects of perception, relative to environment.