Research Focus This site is dedicated to my Doctoral Research at the Fischler School of Education, Nova Southeastern University. My program emphasis is Instructional Technology and Distance Education with a primary goal to: research the perceptions of stakeholders on using blended learning as a way to reduce costs in rural school systems. My secondary goal is to: Be a driving force implementing Open Source Distance Learning solutions in K-12 education to defray the costs of using proprietary distance education solutions.   Proud member of the

Available Courses and Portfolios

• Doctoral Course Work

    

  Writings and research completed during my doctoral program of study.
• Essential Software

    

  This course provides a list of web sites for FREE (or nearly free) software to help educators.  This list of Essential Software includes programs and tools for web develoment to system maintenance.  This list was originally started by a Moodle contributor and I have since added to, deleted and otherwise altered it to its current form.

• Moodle: The World's CMS

  • Teacher: Marc Dastous

    

  Blackboard and WebCT seem to rule the world of online course management systems. This lesson will provide instruction for individuals to acquire more knowledge about the integral functions of the Moodle; an Open Source Course Management System.