Everything I know about online teaching and learning is wrong
As I think about the MOOC, and how best to harness it for an academic setting and for perpetuating and sharing knowledge across the web, I realize that everything I know about instructional design is...
View ArticleThe Net Gen is in my Graduate Class? Where did they come from!
This summer, I had a rare face to face meeting with some pre-service teachers in the Master of Arts in Teaching program who were taking my online course. They were on-campus for another class, and...
View ArticleParticipant Pedagogy in the MOOC: Herding Cats or Designing a House?
I have been thinking about this as we have moved through the MOOCMOOC. It is my primary concern that participants be given the tools necessary to be successful, while also being provided the freedom to...
View ArticleDescribing the Stages of Weekly Participation in a cmooc
I participated in the #moocmooc last week (admittedly I had superficial participation later in the week, as my semester and “day job” began). As I participated, I picked up on many comments that...
View ArticleVLOG – Learner Expectations and the MOOC
I created this Video Blog (vlog) as a response to a GREAT video reflection I saw this morning by Ben Wilkoff. He suggested I do a vlog in response, and I did – my first proper vlog. I am much more...
View ArticleInstructional Design and the #MOOC: the danger of not knowing what we don’t know
I read an article sent to me today by http://grannynannycook.com. I saw it fly across my twitter feed yesterday, but hadn’t had the chance to revisit it. It’s called: Oh, the Irony: Coursera suspends...
View ArticleDisequilibrium, the #diffiMOOC and Peer Review
I was privileged, last year, to attend a conference at Liverpool University. I attended several presentations. I expected presentations similar to U.S. conferences. I expected to be told the results of...
View ArticleRegister for Webinar: FERPA in Online and Open Environments
The OLTAK MOOC kicks off next week! Our first guest speaker will talk about FERPA in Online Learning Environments – the dos, the don’ts and the gray areas. He is an Attorney who works at Duke...
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