http://tts-global.com/blog Knowledge Factory Global Collaboration Fri, 01 May 2009 16:18:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Constructivist Theory applied to Instruction: the continuing debate. Alexander Romiszowski (Educational Technology 48/1, January-February 2008, pp62-63) Why bring this topic up again? I am currently back in Brazil, after a nine month long stay in Africa, where I was working on several projects related to distance education and the use of ICT for ... http://tts-global.com/blog/2008/01/10/constructivist-theory-applied-to-instruction-the-continuing-debate/ Learning Management in a Historical Perspective. Alex Romiszowski. (Educational Technology 47/6, November-December 2007, pp60-61) Project PLAN – was it an early form of LMS?   The year was 1967. As a young researcher, working in the UK in the newly emerging field of Educational Technology, I arranged a 3-month study tour of centers of ... http://tts-global.com/blog/2007/12/01/learning-management-in-a-historical-perspective/ Instructional Design, Learning Objects and SCORM revisited Alexander Romiszowski (Educational Technology 47/4, July-August 2007, pp61-63) The ID+SCORM conference. As I write this column, in April of 2007, the third ID+SCORM Symposium has just taken place at Brigham Young University, in Provo Utah. Shortly before the event, I accessed the conference description and call for ... http://tts-global.com/blog/2007/07/01/instructional-design-learning-objects-and-scorm-revisited/ MOBILE PHONES IN AFRICA: TRANSFORMING SOCIETY AND (MAYBE) EDUCATION Alexander Romiszowski (Educational Technology 47/3, May-June 2007, pp60-61 An African Scenario from 2003 The country is Mozambique. The year is 2003. I was contracted to perform a baseline study and evaluate progress on the planning and implementation of an “Open School” pilot project. This was in ... http://tts-global.com/blog/2007/05/01/mobile-phones-in-africa-transforming-society-and-maybe-education/ Dare We Practice What We Preach? Alexander Romiszowski. (Educational Technology 47/2, March-April 2007, pp61-64) WHY DID I MISS WRITING A COLUMN FOR THE PREVIOUS ISSUE? This column follows four months after the previous one that was published in the September/October 2006 issue of the magazine. I had to skip an issue due to other ... http://tts-global.com/blog/2007/04/01/dare-we-practice-what-we-preach/ First Principles of Instructional Design: the recurring issue of knowledge vs. skill. Alexander J. Romiszowski. (Educational Technology 46/6, November-December 2006, pp67-71) Forward into the Breach? Or Back to First Principles? The first of this series of “Topics for Debate” columns focused on the issues surrounding the promotion and assurance of Quality in Distance, Flexible and ... http://tts-global.com/blog/2006/11/01/first-principles-of-instructional-design-the-recurring-issue-of-knowledge-vs-skill/ Constructivism Revisited: progress in ever decreasing circles Alexander Romiszowski (Educational Technology 46/5, September-October 2006, pp61-63) Are post-objectivist educators on the wrong track(s)? About two years ago, this magazine published an animated exchange, instigated by Clifton Chadwick’s somewhat provocative article, entitled “Why I am not a Constructivist”.  I read this article and the series of ... http://tts-global.com/blog/2006/10/24/constructivism-revisited-progress-in-ever-decreasing-circles/ This article is the first of a planned series of “topics for debate” that will be a regular column within the pages of Educational Technology. The objective is to focus on issues within the general field covered by the magazine that either are highly topical and already being hotly debated, ... http://tts-global.com/blog/2006/07/17/quality-assurance-in-distance-learning/ Quality Assurance in Distance Learning: some micro, macro and mega issues. Alexander Romiszowski (Educational Technology 46/4, July-August 2006, pp57-59) Promoting Quality in Distance, Flexible and ICT-based Education. This rather lengthy title is the theme of the next ICDE World Conference on Distance Education, to be held September 3-6, 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... http://tts-global.com/blog/2006/07/01/quality-assurance-in-distance-learning-some-micro-macro-and-mega-issues/