Moodle Accounts

Below is your Moodle account information. Please visit http://smoodle.cee.nau.edu/and log on. You can use ETC677 Moodle Sandbox (ETC677Moodle) to evaluate Moodle system. Feel free to upload, create any content or instructions in the sandbox. By accessing Moodle would allow you evaluating Moodle to prepare your Assignment 2. Our course shares the same student Moodle account, please do not change the password or username etc.

If you decide to apply Moodle as a CMS for your final unit project, you can contact me to obtain a course shell to develop your unit instructions and content later in the semester.

 

Username (all lowercase): etc677moodle

Password: cmsfor677

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me.

EduTools Compare (archive): New link

http://web.archive.org/web/20100420080804/http://www.edutools.info/static.jsp?pj=8&page=HOWTO#compare

Two iPads for checking out

Would you like to use iPad to access course instructions & content? There are two iPads available for ETC677 students to check out to participate in mobile learning research. If you have your own iPad original, iPad 2, iPod Touch, or iPhone, you can use your own devices to participate in this research activity.  

 

Goals: To learn new mobile learning environment.

Length: Now-the End of Spring semester.

Activities: You can use Apple’s mobile devices to access ETC677 course instructions and content, such as iTune, iTune U, ETC677’s eCourse materials etc.  More information will be shared if you participate in this study. At the end of the semester, participate in surveys, and 30-40 minutes interview via conferencing systems.

Time commitment:  Similar to the time you invest in online course materials.

 

If you are interested in participate in this study, e-mail me at Chih.Tu@Nau.edu by 1/29, Sunday to indicated you will use your own mobile devices or you would like to check out one.  If we have more than two people need to check out iPads, we will draw two to participate.  Don’t miss this opportunity to learn advanced mobile learning research.

 

Tonight: Elluminate 1-1 with Chih, 01/25, Wednesday, 8-9 pm (Optional)

Need any support from the instructor?  Please come to Elluminate with Chih session. Please do sign-up to ensure we have enough time to help you.

Sign up at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak2hmofyxKPkdG5wTUwxN0hocVRmZ2p4VDU2LWFSRnc&hl=en_US#gid=0

Elluminate at: http://elm.elluminate.com/NAU-Institution/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1247974819584

 

A1 grades & feedback posted

See BBLearn E-mail & gradebook fro the details. Questions? Contact me within 2 days.

College Career Counselor

I am looking for a college career counselor to work at our school. It would carry a small English teaching load. The length of contract is initially 2 years. There is a relocation allowance, rent subsidy, medical insurance, end of contract completion bonus and other benefits. For details, kindly send interested parties my way.

 

Thank you,

 

Steve

 

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Stephen Rothkopf M.Ed.

Secondary School Principal

 

K. International School Tokyo

1-5-15 Shirakawa

Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0021

www.kist.ed.jp

Phone 03-3642-9993

Fax 03-3642-9994

 

Orientation Activity Checklist

• Complete Assignment 1
•  Post your self introduction
• Join a group;
• Start communicating with your group members;
• Finish Lesson 1 readings.

First 2 chapters for textbook

Some our classmates have not received the textbook yet.  If you could help to post first two chapters to BBLearn, it will help the class a lot.

Q: Will have more Elluminate session in the future?

A: Yes, we will host the Elluminate sessions more often in the beginning of the semester to support your onlinelearning.  It is optional.  Be sure to check our course announcements for the upcoming Elluminate sessions.  Be sure to sign up for the session so we can ensure we have enough to help you.  The Elluminate and the sign up pages always locate at these URLs.  You can bookmark them on your Delicious.

Sign up at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak2hmofyxKPkdG5wTUwxN0hocVRmZ2p4VDU2LWFSRnc&hl=en_US#gid=0
Elluminate at: http://elm.elluminate.com/NAU-Institution/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1247974819584 

Q: What are we supposed to do for the lesson moderation?

A: Moderate the lesson discussion.  If you are in Group 3, your group will moderate Lesson 3.  Moderators' responsibilities are to facilitate the discussions, ensure all classmates participate the lesson discussion actively, and keep the discussion interactive.  I will e-mail more instructions to your group when it is your group's turn.

Q: What are we supposed to do with two areas, BBLearn & course wiki?

A: When you need to participate the lesson discussions, visit BBLearn.  When you need to access course information and instructions, visit the course wiki. For e-mail, you can visit BBLearn or your NAU e-mail. Visit your iGoogle to monitor course instructions, such as announcements on Twitter, calendar, Gmail etc.

Q: What should we complete for the orientation week?

A:

·      Complete Assignment 1: PLE Setup;

·      Post your self introduction (BBLearn);

·      Join a group;

·      Start communicating with your group members;

·      Finish Lesson 1 readings.

Q: What is the required textbook?

A: The required textbook is: Dabbagh, N. and Bannan-Ritland, B. (2005) /Online learning: Concepts, strategies, and application./ Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. 0-13-032546-5. You can view the textbook information on the course syllabus at: http://etc677nau.wetpaint.com/page/Syllabus

Elluminate with Chih, 01/15, Wednesday, 8-9 pm (Optional)

Need any support from the instructor?  Please come to Elluminate with Chih session.

Sign up at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak2hmofyxKPkdG5wTUwxN0hocVRmZ2p4VDU2LWFSRnc&hl=en_US#gid=0

Elluminate at: http://elm.elluminate.com/NAU-Institution/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1247974819584

Interate eTextbook & iTuneU for your courses

Watch: http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1201oihbafvpihboijhpihbasdouhbasv/event/index.html

 

 

Apple brings textbooks to iPad

Check out this article that I saw in USA TODAY's iPhone application.

Apple brings textbooks to iPad
http://usat.ly/wI24Ix

To view the story, click the link or paste it into your browser.

To learn more about USA TODAY for iPhone and download, visit: http://usatoday.com/iphone/

Sent from my iPhone 4

Don't miss these course presentations/overview!

• An Overview on Course Learning Goals
  • Length: 4:03
    
• An Overview on Course Navigation
  • Length: 4:19
    

• An Overview on Course Structures
  • Length: 5:00

Elluminate with Chih, 01/19, Thursday, 8-9 pm

Need any support from the instructor?  Please come to Elluminate with Chih session.

Sign up at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak2hmofyxKPkdG5wTUwxN0hocVRmZ2p4VDU2LWFSRnc&hl=en_US#gid=0
Elluminate at: http://elm.elluminate.com/NAU-Institution/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1247974819584 

Welcome to ETC677 Spring 2012

Please start the orientation instructions ASAP.

Recommended Page on Campus Technology

Dear ETC647 Students:

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Students To Test Drive Cloud-Based E-Book Platform

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College and university students will test drive Thuze, a new e-textbook platform, at CES this week

To view the complete page, please go to: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/01/11/students-to-test-drive-cloudbased-ebook-platform.aspx

Chih Tu

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