Thinking Beyond the Bandwagon

Thinking Outside the Bandwagon One instructor’s perspective on managing innovation Robert Runt é University of Lethbridge

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life cycle of innovative teaching technologies a cautionary tale….

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At UofL, David Brown experiments with on-line forums ,[object Object],[object Object]

on-line discussion forums become complete disaster ,[object Object]

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blogs in the classroom on-line student journal

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blog as … a (public) reading log

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encountered podcasting… ,[object Object],[object Object]

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8 Advantages of Podcasting ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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solution: make lectures optional ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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September-December, 2005 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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April 2008...still no podcasts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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