[Gregory Jay presented this paper as part of C21’s “What’s the Matter with MOOCs?”even on March 12, 2013]
MOOCS:Cautionary Note | Center for 21st Century Studies.
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Some reflections on “Hollywood meets higher ed“ — a thought-provoking post by Amanda Ripley
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But online classes are different than the in-person kind: Not only do they have a huge potential profit upside, given the ability to attract tens of thousands of students worldwide, but they are, at their best, performances.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... (No Ratings Yet)Loading...After reading the earlier #ETMOOC post “Lip dub: I’m havin’ a good time!” you are definitely considering exploring this innovative and engaging activity with your class. However, your enthusiasm becomes somewhat dampened when you learn more about the two lip dub innovators, Alec Couros and Dean Shareski.…
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Tweeting
We love Twitter. In a survey of my class this week, 18 out of a class of 20 said they preferred tweeting to blogging. Perhaps it’s because last week, we had tons of fun as we added daily tweets to a story that we started about an alien. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...A little exposure to openness can carry us a very, very long way, as I’m learning through my Open Education Week meanderings.
Initially inspired to engage in Open Education Week ruminations and activities through my current immersion in #etmooc—an online Educational Technology & Media massive open online course (MOOC) developed by Alec Couros and colleagues—I am now finding myself nearly overwhelmed by how the current open movement module of the course is inspiring me to see rhizomatically-extending roots and shoots of “open” nearly everywhere I look.…
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My family thinks I’m insane. I can open a streaming movie on Netflix, get it going, then minimize the movie, then insist they all be quiet so I can”watch” my movie in peace. My principal thinks I’m not paying attention at staff meetings because I’m the one sitting in the back of the room, grading papers and/or leafing quietly through my Flipboard while she explains for the 7,000th time what needs to happen to improve grades. …
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I was a full-time social studies teacher for fourteen years. For the last five years of that time, my wife, also a social studies teacher, stayed at home to raise our four children. In 2009, my wife wanted to get back into full-time teaching.…
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I love this quote:
Tell me, and I forget;
Show me and I remember;
Let me do and I understand.
(Chinese Proverb)
This past weekend, 11 grade 12 physics students from my school, along with two of our science teachers flew out to Saskatoon SK, in order to conduct live research using Uof S’s Synchrotron, as a part of the CLS Light Source program.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...With the constant push towards integrating technology into teaching practices, educators have asked, “Does technology really make a difference for learning?” According to Richard Culatta, deputy director of the Office of Educational Technology, it all depends on how you’re using technology in your pedagogy.…
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