February 25, 2008

February 25, 2008 Notes
Article of the day - Zimmerman, B. J. (2008). Investigating self-regulation and motivation: Historical background, methodological developments, and future prospects. American Educational Research Journal, 45, 166-183.
Keywords: self-regulated learning (SLR), motivation and SLR, event measures of SLR, cyclical analysis of SLR.
Investigate these on ERIC, including self-regulated learning and online learning. (or computer-mediated communication).

Self-regulated learning yielded 501 citations (within keywords search)

Self-regulated learning and online learning yielded 30 citations (from 2000-2008). Saved these results, then exported the citations, descriptors, and abstracts to my computer and printed them out. For 9 of these citations the full text was available from ERIC, so I printed 6 of these. The other 3 did not seem to include online learning.

Checked 4 online course assignments including 1 final project. Responded to all assignments by email; faxed in grade to MSUM for 1 course completion; upgraded online gradebook.

After running a cleaning miniDV cassette on the Sony DCR-TRV9 yesterday, I shot some footage with the built-in mic, with a Sony Dynamic mic, and with a wireless mic. I tried to get the video into Adobe Premier Elements but was unsuccessful. I then ported it into iMovie and into final cut pro. I edited the footage and created a DVD with both versions on it. The Sony camcorder seems to work much better with it's recording/playback heads cleaned.

In the evening I started to read Emma by Jane Austen on the Zire 71. We are going to watch Emma on Masterpiece Theater Sunday night.