With massive open online courses (MOOCs) at the center of hype, overhype, and plenty of justifiable criticism, a midterm review of one—the highly interactive Educational Technology and Media MOOC (#etmooc, organized by University of Regina professor of educational technology and media Alec Couros and others)—shows what a well-designed and well-facilitated MOOC can offer to learners with the digital literacy skills required to benefit from them.…
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Loading... (No Ratings Yet)Loading...Responsive Classrooms always are looking for morning meeting activities that are fun and energize students for the day. If the students can warm up and use their brains, too, it’s even better! Recently, I learned about Pechaflickr from Alan Levine‘s #ETMOOC session: Web Storytelling: 50 Ways, 5-Card Flickr & Pecha Flickr.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I hope those (more mature?) UK residents for whom the title quote has meaning will forgive the reference to a long-lived and for many, well-loved English variety entertainer, Max Bygraves. But his catchphrase neatly encapsulated what entertainers need to do – to tell stories.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Well, I thought since I labeled my last post as part 1, I’d better do a part 2! Frankly, I have not had time to keep up with etmooc much this past week. I did take in @dkuropatwa’s session, but that is about it. It…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...After watching Darren Kuropatwa’s #WhileWalking 66 posted by Amy Burvall in Google+, I started thinking about tags as a part of digital literacy. I am not a very good user of tags. I have been struggling with choosing consistent, clear tags since Delicious switched away from stacks.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...It has been fun to experiment with digital storytelling. I had fun with popcorn
A little story to share. But what did I learn – (thinking about digital literacy after today’s talk by Doug Belshaw).
Be patient – skills learned before transfer to new situations.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... (No Ratings Yet)Loading...The past two weeks I’ve been trying to decide what tools to use for my digital storytelling assignment. I’ve had experience with Animoto and Xtranormal; both are really fun. I was intrigued about the possibilitities of Popcorn Maker, which gave me an idea of a task.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...As if you hadn’t seen the influx of moocyness over the last year.
We’re now about halfway through the #ETMOOC experience, having launched Topic 3: Digital Literacy just yesterday. In the planning for this and the Digital Storytelling topic, I’ve been trying to get the “M” in MOOC to mean more than “Massive”.…
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