• Fo not feel well today. Staying home to recover a bit. #
• Do not feel well today. Staying home to recover a bit. #
• @dmcordell Thank you. Just need a day to take it easy a bit. Headache, upset stomach, and just generally feeling “out of it.” Trying to rest #
• By the way, my students’ final presentations were wonderful yesterday. Really great work and results in just two weeks. #

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• Headed to class. My students present their final presentations today. Looking forward to great work. #

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• Beautiful evening. Walked in the new park along the Hudson in the Village. #
• Looking at tall grass that I have to tame with power equipment. #
• Picture perfect day. #

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• The Village is very busy tonight. The weather or back to school (NYU)? #
• Stuck at the bank. #
• Busy with meetings for a Friday. #
• Beautiful day outside. Saw a red male cardinal in some bushes while on a walk. #
• Beautiful day outside. Saw a red male cardinal in some bushes while on a walk. #

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• @ChrisRicca Congrats! #
• @SarahStewart Wonderful news. Wanted to welcome him to the blogosphere, but he requires Blogger membership to post. Suggest he open it? #
• @slmader Great job! #
• I agree with James Carville’s recommendations for Barack Obama http://tinyurl.com/6glz4l #
• @skydaddy Wonder why that may be the case, especially with things one is passionate about. Does it follow there is passion against as well? #

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• @PaulPam2 Before Labor Day? #
• @shirleyearley I know, Shirley. I am just so used to having physical books, and somehow having only print-outs and such seems less “serious” #
• Went to a retirement lunch for a colleague. Nice she is still young enough to still enjoy many years of activities. #
• Went to a retirement lunch for a colleague. Nice she is still young enough to still enjoy many years of activities. #
• Scary news about McCain taking a lead in the polls over Obama http://tinyurl.com/5dob6r #
• Why can’t the Democrats seem to get their leadership together? I hope this election does not make Democratic Leadership another oxymoron. #
• @shirleyearley Thank you for the link, Shirley. Tried to add a comment, but it seems something in the comment window is not loading. #
• @skydaddy Where is that course, Corrie? #

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I have finally selected the texts for my Principles and Practices of Online Course Creation and Instructional Design course that begins in another month. They are:

1. Anderson, T. (Ed.). (2008). The theory and practice of online learning (2nd ed.). Edmonton: Athabasca University Press.
   The book is available printed or free via download at
   http://www.aupress.ca/books/Terry_Anderson.php
2. Harper, D. G. (Ed.). (2008). Education for a digital world: Advice, guidelines, and effective practice from around the globe. Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning & BCcampus.
   This book is available free via download at http://www.col.org/colweb/site/pid/5312

I reviewed countless printed and physically published works, and all of them lacked something or another. I found the Anderson text via searching online, and the second one was referred to me from one of the authors, Sylvia Currie.

Let the teaching and learning adventure begin!

Tags: online

• Was at a training class all day yesterday. Checked my email throughout the day, and still overwhelmed this morning. #
• @gminks Which class? #
• @SarahStewart Hope you are still here . . . #
• The day is really flying by. #
• Just saw an ad for Heroes, beginning again on 9/22. Sweet. #
• Having trouble finding just the right text for my Principles and Practices of Online Course Creation and Instructional Design course. #
• Am actually considering <GULP> using only online books, articles, and materials. Has anybody had success with them? #
• @gminks Stretch. #
• @robin611 Wonder how they did that, especially for tactile and visual learners? #
• @robin611 I am finding that what I want is still 2 years ahead of publication. I do not want to focus on the newest by any means! #
• @SarahStewart Fun, though will it be classified as peer-reviewed yet? That is a struggle . . . #
• @SarahStewart What take are you doing with it? #

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The next SCoPE online (and very free!) conference is just beginning, this one facilitated by Nancy Randall. A flyer for the event is available here, and I am looking forward to this one in particular as my teaching is more and more done from a distance.

Why should my professional development be any different?