Tonia A. Dousay
Scholar | Educator | Leader
Category Archives: Events
Patience and Humility
So, last fall, I submitted a speaker proposal for the eLearning Guild’s Annual Gathering out in Orlando (actually going on this week). As I watched their speaker list being updated over the period of a week or so, I saw a name and presentation pop up that sounded almost identical to mine. What are the…
Twitter-pated and other collaboration
Here it is day three of TxDLA2008. The conference has been interesting, at least. I don’t think I’ll walk away with anything groundbreaking, but I have made some connections to help further market our eLearning efforts as well as confirm that we’re on the right path. Somewhere around here, my boss has been in and…
Live from Galveston…it’s TxDLA 2008
Well, I found out the hard way that the wireless connection at Moody Gardens, in a word, sucks. I thought I might try and blog the conference a la IIL07. Instead, I’ve managed to all but drain my Blackberry battery tweeting my way through TxDLA08. Until now, I managed to avoid even signing up for…
Did you know…a vision of students today
When it first began to traverse the pipeline, I saw the original Did You Know. However, I was pleased to see that they revamped the presentation a year later. Most interesting to me are the questions at the end of it all; Did You Know 2.0… Yesterday, I attended a session of the Texas A&M…
And now for something completely different
We learn by curiosity. We learn by being inquisitive. We learn by working with other people. We learn through experimentation. Through much of Jay’s improv, he said the one thing that still resonates with me from Monday…It’s not about the technology. It is a tool. It should not dictate the way we do things. It…
Learning Gets a Second Life
The Digital Native – 12.5h/week playing games and only 9.8h/week watching television. As the gaming levels off, 66% of trendsetters have their own networking page. Why are people in Second Life? Make friends, make money, make love. Race cars, fly airplanes, hold meetings, exchange ideas, engage in combat, attend live concerts, and more. — It…
Simulations for Instructor Led Training
WebEx has taken the simulation and married it to instructor-led training. The Problem: Previous problems resulted in only one or few learners experiencing practical exercises. The Solution: Host a simulation on a website and use “Share Web Content” feature for all users to interact with inside the web conferencing software. When designing these simulations, consider…
Cell Casting
Cell phones have become an essential piece of equipment to most people. mLearning is many things to many people, though. Pure Learning (questionable) Data Collection (probable) Performance Support (probable) Reinforcement (probable) Reference (likely) Possibilities (decreasing down the list in complexity and cost): Rich Media (Flash lite, Pod/Vodcasts & streaming video)* Courseware (learning + interactive assessments)^…
Wal*Mart University
Initial thought: The Wal*Mart cheer is quite scary. As a former Wal*Mart employee I laughed. As the daughter of a current Wal*Mart employee, I feel sorry for my mother. I’m sure she’s a really nice person, but she comes across as the “crazy cat lady” who’s living in a different reality from the rest of…
Changing the Way We Design Courses
Roger Mundel is with udutu. The presentation is online. Trends Are you leading or following? Where is learning headed? Will “eLearing” just be “learning”? How soon could that happen? Thinking back five years, technology has come a long way in terms of accessibility. These advancements have changed the way we go about learning and communicating. Thinking…