Since I started taking MOOCs, all of the course endings have been bittersweet. I hate when they have to end!
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Loading...Academic Partnerships’ Dr. Melissa Kaulbach will be a featured guest speaker for the Hawaii-based Leeward Community College MOOC How to Teach Online from September 2 – October 13, 2013.
This 5-week MOOC is an open access ……
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...So here’s the scene.
I tell the kids to clear off their tables and get out, oh maybe a piece of paper and a perhaps a writing utensil of their choice. “I’m not sure what you’ll want.”
The vaguenesss causes them to tilt their heads at odd angles at me.…
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OOE13 image, by Glenn Hervieux. Check out the OOE13 site at http://www.ooe13.org
In a few short weeks, a new open online course will begin, called #OOE13, Open Online Experience 2013(-2014). It is designed as a profession development experience in educational technology for educators, but it is open to anyone who would like to participate.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...A little over a year ago I had dinner with my family at Revel in Seattle. Among the plates – a selection of grilled meats.
Yummy, yes. And this amateurish food-porn shot helps me recall that night. The restaurant sights and sounds.…
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First, a big thanks to Science Borealis for highlighting my blog as today’s #cdnsciblog. I’m flattered to be in their company and happy to contribute.
I write mostly about teaching and learning science at the university level. This blog started as a way for me to archive interesting things I’d seen or done while working in the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at UBC.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...There’s a post over here asking how we can create communities that function well in educational contexts.
It’s a huge question, and one I’ve considered a lot.
Here’s , mainly for me, a summary of what I think might help.
It’s coloured by Communities of Inquiry, and Communities of Practice, the work of Rita Kop,, Bandura, Cognitivism (particularly Sweller, Mayer, Kirschner and Clark) and my own semi sophisticated ideas of what makes us tick.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...So look. I know you’re trying to figure out this help and social media thing. (FYI it isn’t just the bot nonsense on Twitter but the real folks who answer the toll-free number as well). Love my local branch people – please don’t crush them.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I participated in ETMOOC, Educational Technology and Media MOOC (http://etmooc.org) from January to April 2013. During that time I decided to keep a record of things that stood out for me in the course–tweets, videos, blog posts–and reflect on them in one space (rather than spread out across blog posts).…
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