Author: TechCommGeekMom

Danielle M. Villegas is a technical communicator who currently employed at Cox Automotive, Inc., and freelances as her own technical communications consultancy, Dair Communications. She has worked at the International Refugee Committee, MetLife, Novo Nordisk, BASF North America, Merck, and Deloitte, with a background in content strategy, web content management, social media, project management, e-learning, and client services. Danielle is best known in the technical communications world for her blog, TechCommGeekMom.com, which has continued to flourish since it was launched during her graduate studies at NJIT in 2012. She has presented webinars and seminars for Adobe, the Society for Technical Communication (STC), the IEEE ProComm, TCUK (ISTC) and at Drexel University’s eLearning Conference. She has written articles for the STC Intercom, STC Notebook, the Content Rules blog, and The Content Wrangler as well. She was very active in the STC, as a former chapter president for the STC-Philadelphia Metro Chapter, serving and chairing on several STC Board committees, and most recently was the STC Board Vice-President before the organization closed.. You can learn more about Danielle on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/daniellemvillegas, on Twitter @techcommgeekmom, or through her blog. All content is the owner's opinions, and does not reflect those of her employers past or present.

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Mobile Media Learning | ETC Press

Posted on August 3, 2012August 3, 2012 by TechCommGeekMom

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Brilliant! Another e-book about m-learning! Check it out. It’s free, no less! 🙂

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Virtual campus: online universities are the future of higher education – The Conversation

Posted on August 2, 2012August 2, 2012 by TechCommGeekMom

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Virtual campus: online universities are the future of higher educationThe ConversationIt’s funny to think that the same basic idea that lets online gamers score points by shooting weapons in sci-fi worlds is the same that can now help medical…

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Why Schools Should Help Students Find Their Passion – Education – GOOD

Posted on August 2, 2012 by TechCommGeekMom

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We don’t need another generation of workers simply enduring their lives.

Great article brought to my attention by the great @jackiegerstein.

This is not a new problem. I remember being a university student 25 years ago this being a problem even then. My parents were pushing me to take business courses when I didn’t have an aptitude for it, and had a better aptitude for the humanities. I couldn’t even take a basic marketing course unless I took an accounting course, and even with tutoring I passed with a D in accounting. It wasn’t until many years later that I found something that combined my love of humanities and social sciences with technology in a way that worked for me. I just wish I had found it sooner– I already feel I’m behind professionally! Hopefully now that technology is at a point where content is starting to become more relevant, humanities and social science majors will have more professional outlets for the fields that they love.
–techcommgeekmom

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The Case For Online Education – Forbes

Posted on August 2, 2012August 2, 2012 by TechCommGeekMom

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Guest post written by Brett Shockley Brett Shockley is Senior Vice President of Emerging Technologies at Avaya.

This is a really good article that @SHIFTelearning on Twitter brought to my attention. It’s a good follow up to my previous post earlier this week, “What Are You So Afraid Of?” (http://wp.me/p2hiSW-9C). Higher Ed needs to get on board– they need to be the driving force to help the rest of us get prepared for the future!
–techcommgeekmom

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