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Flying high: social media and international student advisors

planeOur International Student Advisors have purchased iPads to help them keep up to date with their work and deliver presentations to prospective students whilst working abroad. Having never owned an iPad before these colleagues had requested a session to discuss the different presentation apps that are available.…

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South Metro Library Media Specialist of the Year!

I am so excited to start the new school year.  Yesterday as I was leading an orientation with new teachers, I was called to the principal’s office.  Now, I had only been in the building for about a half hour and knew I couldn’t have done anything to be in trouble for already ;).…

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Inquiring About Inquiry:
 My Journey Into Inquiry Based Learning (Part 1)

“Children have a strong disposition to explore and discover. Inquiry- based learning builds on natural curiosity, enabling children to interact, question, connect, problem-solve, communicate, reflect, and more. This kind of authentic learning extends beyond the classroom to the students’ home and community.
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Teacher Summer

Call this last month what you will! Days filled with blog abandonment, lack of time, days ending in total fatigue, too many things to do in one day, weather too lovely to be on the computer, wearing too many hats. Call it what you will; I have not blogged in a month.…

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Article Bibliography

HybridPedagogy.com published my article In Connectivism, No one can hear you scream: a guide to understanding the MOOC novice.

Here’s the complete bibliography for the article, with some annotations.

At the end, I’ve linked Stephen Downes’s response to me (which, frankly, had me running in to the kitchen yelling “one of the inventors of the MOOC tweeted me!!!).…

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Flipped Classrooms and the Utility Gap

flipped-classroom1There’s an interesting article over at Casting Out Nines on flipping your classroom using screencasts (sorry…Wikipedia link. Time is short, and demands are many).

I’d recommend a read. It’s interesting, and details an innovative and effective use of a cheap and easy technology (screencasting) to engage students usefully and meaningfully, add value and depth to the coursework, and target your teaching efficiently and effectively.…

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Learning at the Speed of Light: Deep Learning and Accelereated Online Graduate Courses

Faculty eCommons

This research study was sponsored by the Academic Partnerships Research Grant Program and performed at Purdue University Calumet, a partner of Academic Partnerships.

An increasing number of university programs, particularly at the graduate level, are moving ……

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5 Visual Design Strategies that Promote Student Retention

Faculty eCommons

Maintaining student retention can be challenging, and no one factor determines whether students complete or leave an online program. Even when identifiable, these factors might be beyond your control.
As an online instructor, your best bet ……

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