Archive for June, 2009

Notes on eLearning DevCon 2009

Jun 19, 2009 at 2:19 pm, Jared Stein

I attended the 3-day eLearning DevCon 2009 in Salt Lake City this past week, and have compiled some brief notes based on the experience. I summarize the conference as having an enticing depth and knowledge of topics, good “presence” and information from most of the presenters, primarily for corporate e-learning developers (which was a refreshing change), not at all a bargain, and awkwardly spread out across Fort Douglas, though I must admit it was a joy to walk outside in late spring weather (more…)

Limerick Introducing Chris Lott's TTIX Keynote

Jun 5, 2009 at 9:49 pm, Jared Stein

I’ve had a few people ask me to post the limerick that introduce Chris’s closing keynote at TTIX 2009. Here you go!

Deconstructing entrenchments of the fallen aesthete

The future will give us robots
endlessly yielding Great Thoughts
   exceeding Bill Gates
   or the "famous" Socrates
Yes, their brains will be based on Chris Lott's.

If you didn’t see Chris’s talk live, be sure to check out the archive on Ustream.

Geared Up for TTIX this Week

Jun 1, 2009 at 4:47 pm, Jared Stein

Anyone who knows me knows about the Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange, aka TTIX, a small, free conference dedicated to the open exchange of ideas and best practices in distance learning and technology-enhanced education. If I’m not soliciting proposals, I’m soliciting keynotes, or I’m soliciting sponsors, or I’m soliciting participants–and really, the participants are the most important ingredient for a successful idea exchange! (more…)