For all you Luke Skywalkers and Princess Leias in e-learning, this article provides a good summary of Curtis Bonk’s R2D2 instructional design model for web-based learning. Curtis is one of the good guys in e-learning. (Me, I’m with Darth Vader.)

Curtis J. [...]]]> Bonk, C. (2009) R2D2: A model for using technology in education eSchool News, December 11

For all you Luke Skywalkers and Princess Leias in e-learning, this article provides a good summary of Curtis Bonk’s R2D2 instructional design model for web-based learning. Curtis is one of the good guys in e-learning. (Me, I’m with Darth Vader.)

Curtis J. Bonk is Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. He has a popular blog called TravelinEdMan

Bonk, C. J. (July 2009). The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint. (Book home page: http://worldisopen.com/)

Bonk, C. J., & Zhang, K. (2008). Empowering Online Learning: 100+ Activities for Reading, Reflecting, Displaying, and Doing.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Interesting article on use of Twitter and Hotseat for providing backchat during lecture classes at Purdue University. Also includes a digital video interview with one of the professors using Twitter.

Again, an excellent example of using new technology to [...]]]> Young, J. (2009) Teaching with Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart Chronicle of Higher Education, November 22

Interesting article on use of Twitter and Hotseat for providing backchat during lecture classes at Purdue University. Also includes a digital video interview with one of the professors using Twitter.

Again, an excellent example of using new technology to re-inforce traditional teaching rather than looking at new delivery methods.

See also:

McCrea, B. (2009) Purdue U brings social networking to the classroom Campus Technology, November 18

Miners, Z. (2009) Twitter goes to college US News, June 2

A report on how Purdue University enables students to tweet their lecturers in class, as well as comment to other students, while the instructor is teaching.

I have absolutely no comment on this – at least for the moment.

“Twitter @ College: Tools & Tips To Utilize Tweets for Your Campus” Wednesday, July 8, 2009  1:00 – 2:00 PM (ET)

http://www.HigherEdHero.com/F6/0/2/p2H861c/p2YT99Z4i/p0e

More and more colleges are creating Twitter accounts for admissions, athletics, alumni, departments & colleges, PR, news, general institution information and much, much more.  So how can you harness the [...]]]> There will be a live, 60-minute Webinar:

“Twitter @ College: Tools & Tips To Utilize Tweets for Your Campus”
Wednesday, July 8, 2009  1:00 – 2:00 PM (ET)

http://www.HigherEdHero.com/F6/0/2/p2H861c/p2YT99Z4i/p0e

More and more colleges are creating Twitter accounts for admissions, athletics, alumni, departments & colleges, PR, news, general institution information and much, much more.  So how can you harness the power of this up and coming social media giant- with only 140 characters?  In this 60-minute webinar you and your colleagues
will discover:

**   What are you doing? How to utilize Twitter on your campus
**   Twitter Crash Course: Set up & effectively use your Twitter account
**   The Top Twitter Tools- Why, how, & what they can do for you
**   To Tweet or not to Tweet- The potential cons of Twitter use on campus

Paul Levinson is the Professor of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City and was listed in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Top 10  Academic Twitterers” in 2009.

Examples of how instructors are using Twitter for teaching – nothing earth-shaking, but still useful for actual examples.