I just received a link to a new issue brief from Governor Bob Wise (former governor of West Virginia) for the Alliance for Excellence in Education. (Thank you Susan Patrick of iNACOL for the post.) The brief is titled: The Online Learning Imperative: A Solution to Three Looming Crises in Education (http://www.all4ed.org/files/OnlineLearning.pdf). The article provides … Continue reading New Issue Brief from Alliance for Excellence in Education
Edtech Talk
I was browsing through my old emails (trying to clean out my inbox) and came across an email by colleague Cheri Toledo with a link to her Women of Web 3.0 webcast. Not only did I locate an excellent webcast, but also a terrific webcasting collaborative called Edtech Talk, self-described as: EdTechTalk is a community … Continue reading Edtech Talk
Loss of funding for Idaho Digital Learning Academy – what are they thinking?
Recently, in my very progressive (in terms of educating its students) state of Idaho, our online state supplemental program, Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA) has come under attack with a proposal from Governor Butch Otter to phase out its funding. IDLA is in a precarious position in that it is in essence a political entity … Continue reading Loss of funding for Idaho Digital Learning Academy – what are they thinking?
The cost of education
I received an email from a doc student asking me to comment on the cost of education. This really started me thinking about how we measure "cost" so thought I would share my response here. I've included his email and my response below. Email... Professor Rice, I enjoyed reading your article published in “Educational Technology … Continue reading The cost of education
ePortfolios
Sitting in a session with Helen Barrett, THE ePortfolio expert (http://electronicportfolios.com/). This has been a most productive conversation and training - both programmatically and individually. Lots of new ideas and clarification on mistaken perceptions surrounding portfolios.
VSS 2009
I have returned from yet another iNACOL Virtual School Symposium and find that I can't begin to say enough about the quality of the conference - including the outstanding presentations, sessions, food, and definitely the extensive level of networking with colleagues from around the globe. I don't know if it's just a result of our … Continue reading VSS 2009
Boise – Poland Connection
I had an opportunity to visit the University of Szczecin (Poland) in October as part of an International Committee attending the II Zachodniopmomorski Kongres Edukacy JNY (Westpomeranian Conference on Education). Our goal was to brainstorm ways in which we could collaborate on activities centered on exploration and examination of school reform. In my case within … Continue reading Boise – Poland Connection
Creating Linkages
Our task this week in the Connectivism course was to begin developing a concept map to visually represent the relationship between ideas. Although I'm still considering how to complete this daunting task, I thought I might begin with an examination of relationships from a more linear perspective - time. To me, this perspective is imperative … Continue reading Creating Linkages
Begin at the beginning
My participation in CCK09 (http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/connectivism/) got me thinking about this notion of shared personal learning environments (PLE's). I decided to begin a blog (finally, I know) with high hopes that I may actually find a tool that can help me centralize and share my ideas, thoughts, resources and artifacts. I've had a personal/professional web site … Continue reading Begin at the beginning
Kerry Rice, Ed. D. 