Tuesday and Wednesday of this week I attended the CAP (Commission for Accelerated Programs) Accelerated Online and Blended Learning Workshop in Denver. I used the opportunity to test a new gadget I had picked up – the Livescribe Pulse. The pulse is a ‘smart pen.” One of those devices that digitizes and stores what you write. The pulse also manages to record audio and link these recordings to what you have written or doodled on paper.
Tapping text with your pen on paper plays back what was recorded at that specific time. The technology is pretty impressive. Unfortunately the Mac client for the Pulse is not out just yet but development seems to be taking place and there is the promise of rich third-party applications (OCR would be nice). Anyway, I used the Pulse to record everything. I have started to upload and share (with permission). Moving forward I think this will change how I make notes in meetings and presentations.
Plenary Presentation | From R2D2 to the Matrix: A Galaxy of Online Learning Style, Motivational, Blended Learning, and
Learner-Centered Examples | Curt Bonk
Professor of Instructional Systems Technology in the School of Education & Adjunct in the School of Informatics,
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
President of CourseShare and SurveyShareNOTE: Other/older presentations can be found here | Concurrent Small Group Session | Best Practices of Blended Learning: Situations, Solutions, and Several Surprises! | Curt Bonk | Faculty Training and Development for Online/Hybrid Courses and Programs | Lisa M. Bunkowski
Assistant Professor, Online Evaluator & Mentor, Park University | Transitioning Ground-based Curriculum to Online/Hybrid Curriculum - Best Practices in Quality,
Innovation, and Assessment | Deborah O’Reilly
Assistant Professor & Department Chair, National-Louis University | Student Panel | Student Expectations when Taking Online/Hybrid Courses | | Plenary Presentation | Active Learning with Technology: Myths, Magic, and Mucho Motivation | Curt Bonk | Concurrent Small Group Session | Student Learning in Online/Hybrid Accelerated Courses and Programs - Data Sharing & Research | Carrie E. Buri
Center Director, School of Adult Education, Concordia University, Madison, WI | Administrative and Technical Considerations, Recommendations, and Innovation when Implementing an
Online/Hybrid Accelerated Course or Program | Ellen Waterman
Associate Dean, Distance Education, Regis University College for Professional Studies, Denver, CO | Online/Hybrid Accelerated Courses: Examples that Work | Marti Garlett
Vice President for Academic Programs and Professional Licensure, Division of Institutional Oversight and
Academic Integrity at the Laureate Higher Education Group, Los Angeles, CA | Interactive Full Group Session | Bridging the Skill Set Gap Among Online Start-Up
Faculty: Perspectives from A Course Designer and
Facilitator | Adam Samhouri
Associate Director for Partnership Services, Course
Designer, New Ventures of Regis University, Denver, CO |
The manufacturer of the Pulse have indicated that they will allow users to print their own “smart paper” – this opens up the option of creating Pulse-enabled handouts for lectures. That would be pretty interesting… Labels: CAP, livescribe, online learning, pulse |