Since I am updating a blog it seems only appropriate to discuss how blogging is being used in the education field.
According to Michael Petrilli, blogging is popular but education blogging is not widespread yet. Why is this so? There could be a number of reasons including: unfamiliarity with the technology or a failure to understand how it can be applied appropriately.
Whatever the reason, blogging is part of Web 2.0 so come on people and get going!!!
Linky Love, Snark Attacks, and Fiece Debates about Teach Quality?
Michael J. Petrilli
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Red vs. Blue
As I mentioned in my last post, I spent some time flying this past week. Where? Idaho Falls, ID. Aside from the over abundance of beer and wine, Idaho Falls is also home to the Idaho National Labs control system training center.
I spent three very intense days learning about cyber security and how it applies to industrial control systems (e.g. chemical plants). On the fourth day, I had the rare opportunity to take part in a "Red vs. Blue" exercise to put into use the knowledge I had acquired. Essentially, all the training participants were split into two teams: one representing a group of contractors hired to protect a company's network (blue) and one representing a group of hackers bent on stealing and otherwise destroying the blue team (red). What made the simulation so interesting was the level of authenticity weaved into it. From a fake Internet to an organization chart for the fictious company, even the smallest details were covered. What all the time and effort amounted to was a simulation in which the particpants could immerse themselves.
What does this training have to do with the topic of this blog? Everything. It was a perfect example of how technology can be used in adult education. Instead of just listening to instructors, technology was leveraged to create a "hands-on" learning environment.Malcolm Knowles would be proud.
I spent three very intense days learning about cyber security and how it applies to industrial control systems (e.g. chemical plants). On the fourth day, I had the rare opportunity to take part in a "Red vs. Blue" exercise to put into use the knowledge I had acquired. Essentially, all the training participants were split into two teams: one representing a group of contractors hired to protect a company's network (blue) and one representing a group of hackers bent on stealing and otherwise destroying the blue team (red). What made the simulation so interesting was the level of authenticity weaved into it. From a fake Internet to an organization chart for the fictious company, even the smallest details were covered. What all the time and effort amounted to was a simulation in which the particpants could immerse themselves.
What does this training have to do with the topic of this blog? Everything. It was a perfect example of how technology can be used in adult education. Instead of just listening to instructors, technology was leveraged to create a "hands-on" learning environment.Malcolm Knowles would be proud.
Finished reading "Groundswell: winning in a world tranformed by social technologies"
Unlike when I am riding in a car, I am able to read while flying. This worked out well for me last week as I had an opportunity to finish reading a book for my other class, CSM568.
Normally, reading about technology in books can be a hit-or-miss situation as many times, the material is outdated by the time the book is in print. While, I am sure that this is the case with a lot of the facts in the Groundswell book, the overall point is not lost. Essentially, companies need to embrace the web and especially Web 2.0. (Here is a link to a classmate's site on Web 2.0 and human resources http://martybrack.blogspot.com/) There is too much to even remotely cover here but suffice it to say it was an easy but insightful read. Anyone who is sceptical about the Internet and the role it plays in commerce would do well to read and understand it.
Groundswell: winning in a world transformed by social technologies
Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff
Harvard Business Press
Normally, reading about technology in books can be a hit-or-miss situation as many times, the material is outdated by the time the book is in print. While, I am sure that this is the case with a lot of the facts in the Groundswell book, the overall point is not lost. Essentially, companies need to embrace the web and especially Web 2.0. (Here is a link to a classmate's site on Web 2.0 and human resources http://martybrack.blogspot.com/) There is too much to even remotely cover here but suffice it to say it was an easy but insightful read. Anyone who is sceptical about the Internet and the role it plays in commerce would do well to read and understand it.
Groundswell: winning in a world transformed by social technologies
Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff
Harvard Business Press
Up and running (finally)
The blog site is a requirement of a non-thesis research class (CSM582) at the University of Alabama. This blog will discuss adult education and how technology is being applied or could be applied. Postings will begin September 21, 2009 and run for one month.
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