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First Meta Discussion of the Term
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about my experimental intro course. I admit I’ve been preoccupied with the first year seminar, but now I have something to talk about in the former. Friday we discussed the first abstract metacognitive … Continue reading
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ePortfolios?
I just finished reading Matt Vilano’s article on ePortfolios in the September issue of Campus Technology. I’ve been intrigued by the notion of ePortfolios for some time now, but I’ve never really taken the time to understand them. I may … Continue reading
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Response to Bob
Bob raised an important question on one of my previous postings that demands a response. He asked: What has happened to instruction in the material that the course is supposed to be about–namely, globalization? My purpose in teaching this course … Continue reading
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Liftoff in the Seminar?
Today we conducted the third in our series of tech tools sessions, this one introducing students to flickr. After getting students registered, we (and by “we” I mean Martha and Jerry) showed the students how to locate photos tagged with … Continue reading
Fourth Class in the Seminar
Before Class: Today the plan is to start from the students’ initial personal definitions of globalization and develop a tentative class consensus definition. I reviewed the definition that my senior seminar came up with last Spring, and I really like … Continue reading
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Third Class — More Introduction to the Toolkit
Tuesday was another lab day in the first year seminar. In 75 minutes, we introduced the students to wikis, blog readers (in the form of bloglines), RSS, Tagging and social bookmarking (in the form of del.icio.us). In retrospect, I have … Continue reading
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More Thoughts on Thursday’s Seminar Session
I’m still reflecting on Thursday’s class where I asked students to define education and to discuss why they are taking this course and what they bring to it. (I gave them the questions in advance and asked for written answers.) … Continue reading
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Jeff on Podcasting Lectures
Jeff has posted a thoughtful perspective on our discussion of podcasting lectures, from the viewpoint of an untenured faculty member. I haven’t been in his shoes (untenured) for several decades so it’s always useful to be reminded that my perspective … Continue reading
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Notes on the Seminar
Thursday I got two volunteers to take careful notes during our discussion. I’ve taken those notes, combined and lightly edited them to fit together. I just sent them out to the class for corrections or amendment to better represent what … Continue reading
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It’s just a wheel
One of the things that has captured me for as long as I’ve worked with instructional technology is the realization that the tools that I’ve used make and keep a record of the learning experience. We think of learning as … Continue reading
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