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=8461 Diffusion of Innovations =

=Introduction = This wiki site contains the artifacts that I created from Dr. Baylen's 8461 Diffusion of Innovations course at the University of West Georgia. Diffusion of Innovations is a required course for the Specialist in Instructional Technology program, which focuses on strategies to communicate innovative instructional technology ideas to an identified population. In this course social media technologies and perceptions were a key theme. Many research hours went into the development of each project. There were five major projects in this course. Click on the links below to review the artifacts and reflections of each project.

Project 1 "Annotated Bibliography"

Project 2 "Podcasts as Elevator Speeches"

Project 3 "Visual Mapping on Social Media"

Project 4 "Social Media Data Collection & Interviews"

Project 5 "Social Media Research Paper"

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About the Author

 * [[image:jameytrask7465/jamey head crop.jpg]] || =====James Trask or "Jamey" is a special education teacher at Fayette County High School, in Fayetteville, GA. He has been teaching and coaching varsity football there for the past 9 years. This year he also accepted a part-time position as a teacher for the Georgia Virtual School. Jamey is currently teaching one engineering course through the GA Virtual School. Teaching online has been a great challenge for Jamey and he is glad to have been given this opportunity to be on the front-end of a movement toward online education. Jamey received his undergraduate degree from Georgia Southern University in graphic design. He completed his masters degree in Instructional Technology from the University of West Georgia in the spring of 2012. Jamey spends most of his professional time co-teaching math, but he also co-teaches a British Literature course. Jamey always looks for opportunities to use and share the knowledge he has in graphic design and technology with others that will listen. ===== ||