Recently in Interviews Category

I interviewed Albert Simon, the Director of Instructional Technology for the College of Education at Marshall University, about his impressions of the conference and what he hopes to take back to his group. Albert and I attended many of the same sessions over the two days so I was really interested in his perspective.

Interview with Albert Simon.

I interviewed Ed Evans, the interim Director of Teaching and Learning with Technology at Purdue, about their annual Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference. In this brief interview we discuss the evolution of the conference over the past decade as well as the theme of this year's theme, "Enhancing the Student Experience."

Interview with Ed Evans

Purdue has a FIT program designed to engage faculty with new technologies. FIT is based on PSU Hot Teams and community hubs as well as EDUCAUSE "7 Things You Need to Know" concepts. FIT looks at things from the perspective of pedagogy, technology, scalability, adaptability, and usability.

One of the first social software tools the FIT team looked at was microblogging defined by Word Spy as "Posting short thoughts and ideas to a personal blog, particularly by using instant messaging software or a cell phone." Below is a link to an interview I did with the presenters, Ed, Kimberly, and Kevin.

Get Fit with Microblogging