"It is our dream that students will ...experience their classrooms as invigorating, even inspiring environments - places they look forward to going to and places they hate to leave. It is our dream that they will come to know themselves as masters of various crafts...It is our dreams that ...they will come to love the process of learning itself... by making it their own." ~ Paideia Schools

Welcome to the Frontpage

Have we prepared our students?

JoAnn Gonzalez-Major 25 August 2010 PDF Print E-mail

The Environment

The following video provides a interesting look in to the progression of technology enabled information sources and the changing media landscape.

  • What impact do you think this will have on the way that we educate?
  • What skillsets will tomorrows graduates need to have?

Based on research conducted by Karl Fisch, Director of Technology at Arapahoe High School, Centennial, Colorado, and Scott McLeod, Associate Professor, Iowa State University

A Few Ideas...

In the following video the New Brunswick, Canada Department of Education system provides a vision of how we can change the educational landscape the keep students engaged and prepare them for the work environments that they will be entering.

Can these ideas be implemented in higher education? If so, how?

Last Updated on 25 August 2010  

About the Site

JoAnn Gonzalez-Major 28 July 2010 PDF Print E-mail

This site contains a number of tutorials and software quick-start guides developed to support faculty in the integration of technology into learning environments. You must create an account in order to view many of the resources.

This site replaces our Hitchhikers Guide to Course Development and Instructional Design Resource Center. We hope that you find this new format pleasing and easy to navigate.

Last Updated on 03 August 2010