Patrick Lowenthal
@plowenthal
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Professor @BoiseState interested in Online Learning, Social Presence, & the Human Condition. Lover of good beer, college football, & alt-country. GA to CO to ID
Boise, ID, U.S.
Joined April 2008
While all the Districts pay extra for groceries and everyday goods, the White House is excited to announce that the Capitol is creating a grand ballroom for opulent parties! May the odds be ever in your favor!!!
White House announces $200 million “State Ballroom” addition with construction slated to start next month. 90,000 square feet will fit 650 people. Renovations will also take place in the East Wing.
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Before Science Talk 25, I was honored to receive the Karen J. Swan OLJ Outstanding Research Achievement Award in Digital Learning from the OLC. I want to take this moment to encourage everyone to read the work of Karen Swan. She was an amazing scholar. https://t.co/USZ7U0GOxf
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New publication! "Accessible and inclusive online learning in higher education: a review of the literature"
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Journal of Computing in Higher Education - Disabled students are increasingly choosing to attend higher education. Online learning has the potential to meet the needs of disabled students in unique...
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There is still time to apply for this one-- Assistant or Associate Professor - Educational Research & Technology (ELRT) https://t.co/SP3tV7KCgT
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Boise State University is now accepting applications for a Department Head position in the newly formed Department of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology (ELRT). More information here: https://t.co/kzcXetc3mC
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Probably my last article for the year. The major idea from this research is that issues of rural teacher access to technologies and infrastructure are more complicated than "their internet access is less" or "they don't have as much money for tech stuff."
tandfonline.com
Previous research on technology implementation in rural schools has focused on two types of challenges: (1) access to internet-ready technological devices and the infrastructure to operate them and...
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Center for teaching and learning websites as online faculty development: A framework
journals.publishing.umich.edu
Center for teaching and learning (CTL) websites help communicate information, services, and opportunities to institutional stakeholders while also serving as an institutional brand to external...
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Call for Chapters: Transforming Special Education Through Artificial Intelligence | IGI Global - https://t.co/JG2hMCVW1F via @shareaholic
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A set of interesting materials about storytelling https://t.co/kjAJ0TXV7V
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interaction-design.org
Explore how storytelling in UX design shapes user empathy and guides emotional connections through detailed personas and narrative-driven user journeys.
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Teacher Layoffs Are Coming as Pandemic Relief Money for Schools Dries Up https://t.co/RswlT8aNgt via @EdSurge
edsurge.com
As school boards prepare to approve their budgets for the fall, many are grappling with how to make up for the yawning chasm left by the loss of ...
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Many Students Don’t Inform Their Colleges About Their Disability. That Needs to Change. https://t.co/1fIg74iAwZ via @EdSurge
edsurge.com
In summer 2012, my life changed. I was a 20-year-old college student with a bright future. I was fearless and ready to take the world by storm. All of ...
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Check out the Accessibility Rubric https://t.co/5p8pnbLGta
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12 Books for Instructional Designers to Read This Year https://t.co/j4187LcFU8 via @elearningcoach
theelearningcoach.com
A roundup of books for instructional designers published in the past year that will be sure to expand your horizons.
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Does anyone else use InfoEd for their IRB system, like we now do at BSU, and like me you want it to perish in the fire of 1,000 suns?
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Creating Better Video For Learning: Design Principles For Mentally Processing Videos
elearningindustry.com
Which principles are valuable for enabling better mental processing for videos? Part 3 of my series on better video for learning.
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Another great UX article: 5 Common Low-Fidelity Prototypes and Their Best Practices https://t.co/gfK6D2GhjN
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interaction-design.org
Learn how to use low-fidelity prototypes to quickly test ideas to improve the final design.
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Anthropic claims its new AI chatbot models beat OpenAI's GPT-4 https://t.co/XDtDAB6mcP via @techcrunch
techcrunch.com
Anthropic, the AI startup funded backed by Google, Amazon and others, has released its latest flagship GenAI models, Claude 3.
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Colleges Would Have to Eliminate Dozens of Jobs Under a New DEI Bill in Idaho
chronicle.com
The legislation spells out at least 35 positions, from vice provosts to program coordinators, that would qualify as a “diversity, equity, and inclusion officer” and would therefore be banned.
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