I’m thrilled to announce that in July, I’ll be starting a new job as Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Senior Advisor for Learning Initiatives in the Office of the Provost and Vice-Principal Academic at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.…
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Loading...Are there enough negatives in that title to confuse you? Good. But it’s nothing compared to the confusion I’ve felt this week. And my discomfort is a drop in the bucket of confusion and anxiety experienced every. single. day by woman who have been or are being sexually harassed.
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Education technology? Yep.
I went to a day-long retreat where the participants, about 20 of us, were deliberately selected to represent a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and expertise – all the stakeholders in big project. The retreat organizer suggested each person prepare a 5-10 minute presentation about what they’ll bring to the project and what they’re hoping to get out of it.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I had the pleasure of attending the CIRTL Network‘s conference, “Preparing the Future STEM Faculty for the Rapidly Changing Landscape of Higher Education” at Texas A&M in College Station, TX on April 12 – 14, 2015.
It was a great meeting with a lively Twitter backchannel using hashtag #CIRTL15.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...My trek from geeky highschool student to Associate Director at the Center for Teaching Development at the University of California, San Diego has definitely followed the alternative academic career path.
What path will you take? (Image: You choose your path by James Wheeler on flickr CC via Compfight)
When I finished my Ph.D.…
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With some software, you can divide the Twitter River into drinkable streams
(Image: River Itchen Weir by neilalderney123 on flickr CC)
For the past few weeks, I’ve been participating in #etmooc, a massive open online course (MOOC) about educational technology and media.…
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I have just finished watching the recorded session for the Welcome & Orientation for #etmooc, and I would like to begin by posting the last question one of the attendees asked Dr Couros: “Alec, why do you do this MOOC on your sabbatical time?”…
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Let’s use technology in class for learning. (Image adapted from picture by Ed Yourdon on flickr CC)
You know what makes me cringe? When a professor complains about his not paying attention in class “because they’re on their computers [dramatic pause] facebooking!”…
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