Jason Rhode, Ph.D.

During Module 1 as we are considering what comprises “good design” here are clip of a few attempts at defining design…it’s a bit more difficult than one might originally expect…

Here’s another short clip of the process often encountered when seeking a good design…

So, what is your definition of design?

Here’s a collection of the profile photos from those who have chosen to share a photo. WordPress has a handy photo gallery feature that I used to compile and post these photos.

For anyone who still has not shared a photo but would like to do so, feel free to email your photo to me and I will add it.

Thank you to everyone who expressed your preferences for group assignments. Taking your preferences into consideration, I’ve finalized the group assignments for our course as follows:

Group 1
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Kelly Ankenbrand
Megan Thomas
Alissa Cohorst
Sandra Crowe
Teresa Carrillo

Group 2
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Bruce Bird
Shari Carpenter
Jaquenette Belka
Mary Schultz
Liz Wannemacher

Group 3
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Lisa Brooks
Drew Nishioka
Zachary Treadway
Robert Johnson

You’ll be working in these groups for the duration of the course for the various group activities. As always, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to let me know.

~ Dr. J

Google Reader is a fabulous free tool for subscribing to and reading any RSS content. I personally subscribe to each student’s blog in my Google Reader account so that I don’t need to manually visit each blog to view the latest contributions. You should subscribe to my blog as well as the blogs of all the other students in our course.

If you’ve never heard of Google Reader before, watch this brief video that explains Google Reader in Plain English.

Wondering what exactly a blog is? Watch this 3 minute video that explains Blogs in Plain English

The power of blogging can be found in the ability to easily syndicate and subscribe to content through the wonderful technology called “RSS”. Watch this 3 minute video that explains what RSS is and why you should use a RSS reader to read blogs.

Welcome to my Global Campus blog. If you found this posting, please leave a comment. I already post the following blogs and Twitter accounts extensively and you can find me in these locations:

• jasonrhodephd.com
• twitter.com/jrhode
• twitter.com/rhodestuff

I’ll be devoting this blog specifically to the HRE courses I lead. I’ll be including links to the various blogs of students in my courses.

The next section of HRE 472 that I’m leading officially begins November 4, 2009. For those of you who have found my blog and are students in the course, welcome! We’ll be using blogs extensively throughout the course and you’ll want to bookmark my blog as well as the blogs of your fellow classmates. Again, please leave a comment here to say hello. More details to come!

I’m looking forward to leading a new section of HRE 472: Learning Technologies beginning November 4, 2009. In preparation for this new cohort, I’ve recycled my blog here as well as the course twitter feed and will be reusing both with the new course. Current students are required to subscribe to this blog as well as strongly encouraged

If you are a former student who is still subscribed to my blog, if you don’t want to continue receiving HRE 472 course blog updates from me, you may want to unsubscribed from this blog feed and in exchange subscribe to my personal blog at http://jasonrhodephd.com to continue receiving educational technology resources, tips, and news from me.

Also, you can find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jrhode and links to resources at http://twitter.com/rhodestuff

~ Dr. J

“An April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project shows that 56% of adult Americans have accessed the Internet by wireless means, such as using a laptop, mobile device, game console, or MP3 player. The most prevalent way people get online using a wireless network is with a laptop computer; 39% of adults have done this.”

“The report also finds rising levels of Americans using the internet on a mobile handset. One-third of Americans (32%) have used a cell phone or Smartphone to access the Internet for emailing, instant-messaging, or information-seeking. This level of mobile internet is up by one-third since December 2007, when 24% of Americans had ever used the internet on a mobile device. On the typical day, nearly one-fifth (19%) of Americans use the Internet on a mobile device, up substantially from the 11% level recorded in December 2007. That’s a growth of 73% in the 16 month interval between surveys.” . . .

Wireless internet access using other devices, though much less common than with laptops or handhelds, has a foothold among some Americans. The April 2009 survey found that:

• 45% of adults have iPods or MP3 players and 5% of all adults have used such a device to go online.
• 41% of adults have game consoles and 9% of adults have used it to access the Internet.
• 14% of adults have a personal digital assistant (PDA), and 7% of adults have used it for online access.
• 2% of adults have an e-book (i.e., a Kindle or Sony reader) and 1% of adults have used it to get online.

The complete study is available at http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx

What opportunities does an increased access to the Internet on mobile devices afford teaching and learning in your profession? Leave a comment with your ideas!