by Chris Richter | Mar 9, 2016 | Education, Uncategorised
Question Why do people study online? Why do we use Google? Because we want to find out an answer to a problem. Simple, you have a question, you Google it and you have your answer. Answer Not so simple. Is the answer you found correct? How do I know that it suits my...
by Chris Richter | Mar 8, 2016 | Education, University Blog
As you know, I started my degree in Education Technology. And you know I am experimenting to see if I can complete my degree using mobile devices. As you also know, technology doesn’t always play nicely. My first task in one of my units was to complete some questions...
by Chris Richter | Feb 21, 2016 | Education
FAIL = First Attempt In Learning. I think of myself as a conservative person, not a big risk taker and not game to try things that seem a bit too risky. When there is a decision to make, I draw pictures, diagrams and create pros and cons lists to help make a decision....
by Chris Richter | Feb 8, 2016 | Education
I notice from many blogs that the trend of thinking from many educators seems to be that people want to study online so that they can learn at their own pace, when they want and how they want (at least that’s how it is advertised). But talking to many students,...
by Chris Richter | Jan 29, 2016 | Education
One simple observation: If an educator finds it difficult or time consuming to use a technology to deliver education then logically the student will suffer a similar experience in receiving the education experience. Sometimes things seem to move very slowly in...
by Chris Richter | May 28, 2015 | Education
There it was – the perfect LMS (Learning Management System). At first I thought I was dreaming, but then the sun reflected off the corner of the browser and I knew I had found the perfect solution. Not only did it work in all browsers, including mobile devices,...