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Cathy Anderson

How do we harness the energy of information? Through Education!!

Archive for November, 2010

Some best practices in instruction notes

By Cathy Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

In general best practices in teaching and learning present the following as identified by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson (assisted by, among others, A. Astin, C. M. Boyer, K. P. Cross, R. Edgerton, and J. Gaff) in their 1987 article: They identified the following as good practices in undergraduate education: 1. Encourages contact between students [...]

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Virtual Worlds Musings

By Cathy Posted in Second Life, Virtual Worlds | No Comments »

What follows is journey through some of the websites for the various virtual worlds that are available to user and those interested in virtual worlds.  I did a general google search for virtual worlds and found the the Green Book for Business in Virtual Worlds  and the Blue Book A Consumer Guide to Virtual Worlds [...]

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