Some people accuse me of being a pessimist. The fact is I am a journalist by training. I report the facts. Sometimes there are good facts sometimes there not. What I refuse to do is settle with the bad facts and go on acting is if there are good.…
ETMOOC Lip Dub
I’m so excited learning about being connected. This is the first time I connect with hundreds of educators to make a Lip Dub, so much fun!
Learning, teaching, sharing is FUN guys among many other things.
So, this is our video.…
MOOCed into Learning via #etmooc
I’ve been MOOCed. And it’s not as if I could have avoided it. I knew, as soon as I began exploring the topic of massive online open courses (MOOCs) in November 2012 with colleagues on the New Media Consortium (NMC) Advisory Board for the 2013 Higher Education Edition of the Horizon Report, that it would only be a matter of time before I stepped into the vortex and was completely immersed in learning more about the topic.…
When are you really connected?
I watched the archive of George Couros’ Becoming a Networked Educational Leader this morning. Before the session even started I noticed how many of the participants joining the session seemed to know each other. It made me reflect on what it really means to be connected in an online environment.…
Etmooc: Rhizomatic learning in philosophy courses
I recently watched Dave Cormier‘s “Intro to rhizomatic learning” presentation as part of my participation in etmooc. Here, I’ll explain what rhizomatic learning is as briefly as I can, discuss what it might look like in a university level philosophy course, and ask a few questions.…
The thing about learning is we forget; #etmooc
The thing about learning is we forget… Jamshed Bharucha
Thank you, Gabriel Bunster, so much for leading me to this TED TALK by Jamshed Bharucha. I have been pondering this dilemma for years as I am required to post and teach specific objectives the students will learn.…
My New Experience with MOOC
“Me lose brain? Why, I laugh?”
I think I broke my brain. Well… it kinda feels that way. After all isn’t it supposed to feel that way when it’s working.
With what’s left of the pieces, I’ll attempt to write this post while not attracting too many zombies to clean up the leftovers.…
Stuck in an etmooc eddy
School has started back and my time has been filled with all those tasks that you can’t do until the kids are actually back, together with the inevitable start of year problems that, as a coordinator, I have to help solve.…