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Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
You can lead a [person] to college, but you cannot make him think. — Elbert Hubbard Okay, I’m back. What, you didn’t miss me? I have about six months worth of blogs posts to put up, but let me start … Continue reading
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A Lesson for Online Teachers
This is a true blog post. I haven’t thought thru this. I don’t really have time to write this, but I want to get something down before I forget it, or decide it’s not valuable. I’ve taught online for five … Continue reading
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MOOCs and Motivation: Part 2
This post is a continuation of the previous one, but digs deeper into the question of why participants fail to complete MOOCs It is speculative and personal. It’s possibly based too much on my own experience, so take it for what … Continue reading
MOOCs and Motivation: Part 1
One of the criticisms of MOOCS has been that while they enroll a large number of participants, only a few finish. We had this experience with #OpenLearning17, but I wonder if it’s a bug or a feature. In this post, … Continue reading
Practice, Assessment, Feedback; Repeat!
I’ve had the privilege of attending two conferences this week that furthered the thinking in my last blog post on teaching and learning. The first event was the OER Leadership Day at the North East OER Summit hosted by the University of Massachusetts–Amherst. … Continue reading
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On Learning & Mastery
Suppose we define learning as the acquisition of knowledge and skills (and habits of the mind) in some content domain, like Principles of Macroeconomics. Learning occurs when a student interacts with content (and with the instructor regarding the content). Perhaps … Continue reading
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Virginia Faculty Collaboratives Panel Presentation at ODU Center for Learning & Teaching Summer Institute
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On the nonlinear way my mind works
I always get a thrill on those occasions where, for a while, many things I read or hear or see seem to be on the same topic. Or maybe it’s just my mind seeing connections. This is a longish post, … Continue reading
Using Hypothes.is to Help Students Read Scholarly Papers
One of the things I’ve learned from #OpenLearning17 has been the ability to use Hypothes.is to collaboratively read something online. Hypothes.is is free software that allows one to annotate any webpage as one is reading. The annotations are a layer … Continue reading
A New Model for OER: Anthologies Instead of Textbooks?
I have heard that sometimes adjunct faculty are assigned to teach a class at the last minute, often with the textbook already chosen and sometimes with a syllabus to follow. No one should argue that this is an ideal situation. … Continue reading