Michael Hotrum

An ex-Torontonian transplanted to the western oil Utopia thanks to the instructional needs of the University of Alberta. At the University i am an educational technologist, saddled with the task of assisting, teaching, researching on the pedagogical applications of technology like this personal learning environment called elgg.

I taught high school (English, Journalism, History) fro 5 years in Toronto, then taught college coursees, then worked as a freelance training consultant before my time here at the U of Alberta. A teacher in search of a vocation.

blues, instructional design, jazz, open learning, social software

curiousity, designing learning, effective pedagogy, research