We may have a new corollary to one of the most famous lines from the movie It’s a Wonderful Life (“Teacher says, ‘Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.’”): Every time #etmooc is mentioned, a learner gets new learning wings.…
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Loading...Stacia Johnson and I have been learning independently and working together to formulate an understanding and practical knowledge of curation and curation platforms. I ended my last post with these thoughts.
…What are my next steps? How will I engage myself in my inquiry?
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...When a friend and I first read about Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel releasing a stream of expletives and walking off of Sean Hannity’s Fox News program in November 2012, we immediately began an online search to locate a video of that explosive moment.…
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Digital Literacies Peacock (Photo credit: *s@lly*)
What does it mean to be digitally literate? And who can actually answer that question today – teachers, administrators, researchers, students? I’m not sure I can do it justice. I think that’s one of my big takeaways from participating in the #etmooc Digital Literacy topic.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Along with Stacia Johnson @staciajo33, we are exploring our love of information in new and exciting ways. You can see her journey and insights on her blog.
I’ve always been a gatherer of information. I’ve always enjoyed sharing what I know, sometimes randomly and sometimes purposefully. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...First of all, my apologies for the moving parts in this post. They are a hangover from the last session in #etmooc where I had a go at different digital media tools. If you want to know how they were made please read this post
So, this week it is all about digital literacies.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...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.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The borders between well-designed synchronous and asynchronous experiences are becoming increasingly indistinguishable. And that raises a fundamental question for all of us: in an onsite-online world where interactions travel rhizomatically, how do we as trainer-teacher-learners define, plan, and deliver a learning event or any other event grounded by a specific timeframe and centered around online meetings?…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Alec Couros introduced Howard Rheingold.
As a sidebar, I am very jealous of all the books and bookshelves in Howard’s office/study/wherever he was presenting from. He even had a ladder. Sidebar over.
Below are my live notes. He talked fast and at the end ran out of time so went even faster so I don’t think I got everything.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The Learning Plan for my EDCI 515 course through UVic Masters of Ed. I will credit and thank S. Johnson for recognizing the researcher trait and the sharing tendency in me and inviting me on this journey with her.
With some help from Valerie Irvine and the #etmooc Blackboard session and some really great blogposts from Howard Rheingold, Robin Good, and Beth Kanter, I feel like I’m on my way.…
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