In my last post, I quoted Marion Brady’s observations about the transdisciplinary nature of thought and learning, what he calls Theory R: “Theory R requires students to make connections, to perceive relationships, and to synthesize ideas. It sends students searching the far corners of their minds without regard for the artificial, arbitrary boundaries imposed by academic disciplines.”…
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Over the past few months I have been lucky enough to meet an inspirational bunch of people who not only enthuse passion but are also exited about sharing their knowledge in order to help others grow. I really feel like I made the right decision in becoming a learning technologist and have found my ‘tribe’ so thank you to everyone who has helped to make this happen.…
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reflecting on the deck in the woods
…“Why do I participate in this MOOC?” I ask myself. … Because I’m challenged to learn by making, largely using digital media. I connect and collaborate with passionate educators & learners who I otherwise would not have the opportunity to meet.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Twitter Vs. Zombies – Webinar with Pete Rorabaugh and Jesse Stommel of Hybrid Pedagogy, 2 PM CST.
Check in your own time zone; if you cannot attend a recording will be made available via the this ……
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...San Jose State University has pressed the pause button on its MOOC partnership with provider Udacity, and Internet response to the hold has largely viewed the development as a setback for MOOCs, one that might signal the end of the hype cycle and the beginning of the end of the model.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Your online course should challenge learners; however, this challenge should lie in the learning process where knowledge and skill sets expand, not in the access to that learning.
A small but impactful step towards easing this ……
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Hell’s Kitchen & the Battle for #UrbanSpace: Class Struggle & Progressive Reform in #NYC, 1894-1914:
A book for #citymooc & maybe #mapmooc reading lists. Labor & Working Class Studiesauthor Joseph Varga writes,
…If you have an interest in urban history, critical geography and working class history, my book, “Hell’s Kitchen and the Battle for Urban Space: Class Struggle and Progressive Reform in New York City, 1894-1914″ is now available from Monthly Review Press.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...In his 2004 Phi Beta Kappan essay entitled Thinking Big: A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Everything, self-described contrarian educator Marion Brady writes that “the main task of educating is to help students make more sense of the world, themselves, and others” (p.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Join us in congratulating Dr. Rebecca McBride from University of West Florida (UWF) for winning our latest giveaway! Dr. McBride received an iPad Min for connecting with the Facutly eCommons on our Facebook page and ……
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...As part of the Mozilla Teach the Web Project I created a Popcorn project about hacking public domain ebooks. From that I decided to try using Haiku Deck to create a more visually compelling presentation with more information about how to actually do the hacking. …
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