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“First” MOOC – well not really!

OK, I have to admit that I  ”registered” for many a MOOC, but found that I would get over-whelmed by the amount of information circulating from the multitude of networking tools used.  This forced me to become a lurker and a reaper of the relevant resources shared by my fellow learners.  …

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A Second Attempt at a MOOC

The purpose of this blog is to allow myself to fully engage in the #ETMOOC event. I’ve tried participating in MOOCs before but was a “lurker” and did not fully engage. My hope is that this blog provides a foundation for documentation of my learning, invitation for others’ perspectives and critiques, and awarenesses regarding MOOCs for the purpose of keeping myself active in open education events and to investigate the possibility of this type of MOOCs for adult literacy learners (i.e.…

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Pushing the Envelope


21st century education. It’s as conceptually different from 20th century education as one could imagine. As teachers, we are preparing our students to learn and function in a world which is experiencing rapid change, a big part of which is revealed through the virtual environment.

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2013 #mooc season begins: #moocmooc

Diary of a Bad Student: Day 1 (or is it 2?)

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Yesterday (or midnight today) Hybrid Pedagogy‘s #moocmooc kicked off with a 6 pm Twitter social that I missed, although I did manage to waste a good deal of time sticking digital fingers in the leak sprung dike I call an inbox.…

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Twitter

Today I am working on some strategies for incorporating Twitter into the course. The problem that needs thinking about is caused by the size of the class. The class is 550 students and they never all come together as a full group.…

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Here is the Learning Outcome & an iPod…GO!

We tried something new this past month in Health & Career 6/7.  Hugh McDonald and I wanted to give the students more opportunities to be creative (besides their Genius Hour time of course), so we gave groups of 4 students a Learning Outcome and an iPod and said make a short 60 second movie (inspired by Dean Shareski) proving your understand this Learning Outcome:

“Describes the benefits of being physically active on attaining and maintaining a balanced, healthy lifestyle” (BC Prescribed Learning Outcome)

Students had a wonderful time creating these short movies.
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syndicating 5358 posts from 517 #etmooc blogs