Friday, September 12, 2008

Activity 1.2 - Introduction

Hi everyone

About me? I've been working with computers in education for about 20 years now. Originally began by overseeing a community based project that was designed to promote computer literacy for both children and adults in a Library / Art Gallery (Canada). Then it was off to work in an EFL - CALL lab in a Persian Gulf based institute.. That morphed into work as an EFL instructor in a fully networked learning environment where all students have laptops . Only recently I've moved to becoming an Educational Technology Specialist in the same institution. This is a significant change for me because my role is now to promote more effective teaching and learning methods amongst my previous peers ..and not help undergrad students realize clearly defined "language outcomes". The expectation is that much of this improved effectiveness will be realized through the use of ICT.

About elearning? In general, I really enjoy the ability to connect with people of really varying backgrounds but who all demonstrate a similar keen / common interest in "mastering" an indepth understanding of elearning. Sucessful completion of the course should help me realize the last 30 credit hour course I need to complete my MAODE degree.

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