The text is clear, the figures and tables are simple yet profound. I recommend that this text book be used again! More importantly, chapter 6 reinforced the message that one of the important purposes of the lit review is to set the stage. One other comment today I am finding the class presentations interesting and helpful as I think through the lit review and the ultimate research. All the examples of statistical.

Les Potter on Education and Instructional Technology. Exploring the history, philosophy, and practice of Instructional Technology. June 13, 2010 in Uncategorized. I started this blog on education topics as part of my doctoral work in Instructional Technology. Now that I am finished with my doctoral course work and will be taking comprehensive exams and working on my dissertation, this blog will go dark for a while. I invite you to join me at my main blog, More With Les.

I want to be out in the garden. I think this lit review is all about progress, is it not? March 10, 2010. My search this week brought me a bit closer to some reference that are in my field of study.

Structure and Refine My Literature Review. Since the topic for the online review journal these two weeks are structure and refine my literature review, I will organize my literature review as below. An introduction of the general trend of educational reform worldwide and how MUVE fits in the trend.

The Need to Get Organized. I also benefitted from Dr. Songs suggestion to review the abstracts of all of the articles obtained from a search. This will definitely help narrow down articles that are most appropriate for the topic that I am considering. I will proceed as the book suggested and keep track of all of the searches that I do in some organized fashion from this point forward. The advantage of Design Research is t.

I am working on learning new tools. What does the term mean? I am not certain what it means for others, but this semester, for me, it means that I will NOT approach a topic or a lesson in the same way I have before. It requires creativity and additional preparation but mostly it requires courage. On Wednesday I had my students come to class prepared to discuss an article by Prensky. But I LISTENED to their dis.