About Me

I am at Florida State College Jacksonville in the Office of Learning Services. I lead the custom learning solutions for our new small business unit Global Education Learning Solutions GLS. I enjoy presenting at various conferences on my work and research interests. Currently I am very interested in mobile e-books, immersive exploratory learning objects, offline synchronizing LMS technologies, and situated cognition. Additionally, I am experimenting with ways immersive virtual environments such as Second Life may be used to support teaching and learning. One fascinating book I recommend for those interested in virtual worlds is Synthetic Worlds by Edward Castronova. Last year I completed a multiple case study exploring student learning experiences with mobile e-books, with a particular focus on situated learning and am interested in the learning applications of social media.....

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Spring EME2040 Jeffkiss Getting Started

Hey Everybody,

Welcome to our 12 week long educational technology course! I am excited you all have decided to further your education and knowledge in this field. I love working with teachers and faculty to help them find techniques and tools that may ultimately help them foster more powerful student learning and even makes their lives easier. In this course we will be exploring a host of issues and modern pedagogical concepts. These include: social networking, mobile learning, and even how video game elements can foster high level, interactive learning. These are some good suggested topics for papers as well, so start searching the online library and Google scholar on them now. Make sure to engage in the weekly discussions often, posting at least 5 times to your classmates, and lets have some fun as we all embark on this enriching learning experience....

-Jeff