PADLA Meeting

I recently attended the Pennsylvania Distance Learning Association meeting at Drexel University as the topic resounded with what we have been doing in class "Distance/e-learning Challenges". The program was well run and comprised of 4 people coming to the group with thier challenges with e-learning. This was relatively ironic as we had just (in our first class) discussed the to 10 challenges of on line learning, and our class had elequently described challenges that 3 weeks later were being discussed by industry and educational professionals. It's always good to see what we are learning has direct and immediate application to our lives! Anyway, I'm convinced that the more we share during classes and can learn from each other, the greater this experience will be. This case based learning was truly enjoyable and I found myself talking about Wiki's and Blogs as though I was an expert (which you all know I'm not, just fully embrase the technology and know I have a ton to learn). My background in simulated learning using cognitive recall models and cyclical learning in a virtual role-play environment had allowed me to offer some valuable solutions to the folks, however there is still much to learn.