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From my inbox: First Monday has just published the March 2013 (volume 18, number 3) issue, a special issue entitled “Unlike Us: Understanding social media monopolies,” at http://firstmonday.org/issue/current. The following papers are included in this month’s issue: First Monday Volume 18, number 3 – 4 March 2013 Special issue: Unlike Us: Understanding social media monopolies…

From my inbox: this useful weekly newsletter from Fred Saba. Having trouble viewing this email? Click here FEATURED ARTICLE Planning and Managing Distance Education Systems: Instructional Systems Dr. Farhad (Fred) Saba, Ph. D. Founder and Editor, Distance-Education.com In a previous article in this series, I presented a model of distance education consisting of seven interrelated…

If you are making summer course plans, note that IDT 7072 Seminar on Online Instruction will be offered during the five week session that begins on July 9th and ends August 9th, 2013. I will be teaching this 3 credit hour online course. The course is essentially about how to teach effectively online, and how…

From my inbox: International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments (IJSMILE) Call-for-papers: “Using Social Media for Collaborative Learning” ISSN online: 2050-3962 ISSN print: 2050-3954 Sample articles Forthcoming articles The International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments (http://www.inderscience.com/ijsmile) is a newly established journal for scholars to share their experiences and research finding…

I’ll be speaking at this ASTD event on April 9th. More info at this link: http://astdmemphis.camp8.org/Default.aspx?pageId=811299&eventId=623514&EventViewMode=EventDetails ********* Event information: Trey Martindale, Associate Professor, The University of Memphis – “Instructional Design Resources you can Use Now” Date: April 09, 2013 11:30 AM EDT Instructional Design Resources you can use Now As seen in the title above,…

Today is our first day of classes for the Spring semester. Welcome back, you bright graduate students. I’m looking forward to the learning environments course, and working with our GAs in the IDT Studio. It’s cold outside, but inside we are humming along.

  The tragic shooting incident at the school in Connecticut is on the minds of many today. My daughter’s teacher shared this with our local parents’ group, and you might find it helpful. How to Help Children Cope with a Crisis for Parents Via Save the Children 1. Limit television time. While it can be…

It was great to work again with the professors at the Southern College of Optometry. Below is a link to a PDF of some of the information I shared at our meeting. presentation slides.pdf

Today I gave a presentation at the St. Jude Cure for Kids conference. Here are the resources I shared. Instructional Design and Technology at the University of Memphis: http://memphis.edu/icl/idt Trey Martindale’s links: Site: http://teachable.org/ Blog: http://teachable.org/blog/ Twitter: treymartindale email: emartndl@memphis.edu phone: (901) 870-6926 University of Memphis profile: http://memphis.edu/coe/profile/profile-intro.php?uuid=emartndl University of Memphis Instructional Design and Technology…