I think I’m just going to let higher ed be higher ed—whatever that is these days and for however long it lasts. It’s not that I couldn’t continue to write about it, as many outsiders still do, but I am… Read More ›
online learning
Lurking in MOOCs
That’s what I’m currently doing, lurking and being a bad student. Skipping class for weeks and then maybe showing up to have a look around. Not doing the assigned work, although this is so expected that the instructor tells the… Read More ›
Adventures in a Pop Art MOOC
I finished the Warhol MOOC in Coursera, which unfortunately ended with me having to evaluate three student essays, a job I detested for pay, so was not happy about doing for free. Well, not totally unhappy either, since they use… Read More ›
LMS support fills the day
I have to say that my current job, from which I retire soon, is only sporadically rewarding. Far too few are the conversations with faculty about translating a face-to-face course for an online presentation, or about how to use specific… Read More ›
I’ll have the MOOC wrap, to go
Reflection on an ELI Spring Focus Session on MOOCs.
Ceci n’est pas une . . . MOOC
The first half of my reflection on the ELI Spring Focus Session on MOOCs.
the slow pace of transforming our pedagogy
Response to some articles about the slow pace of change in higher ed and why it might be good.
can an LMS ever be good enough?
Most of the time I feel like I’m the only educator left who likes Blackboard, even though the numbers indicate that can’t be true. Surely with so many people using it, plenty must be happy or content with it. Maybe… Read More ›
Wolfram Education Portal
I am so far from my college math classes that I’m tempted to say I know nothing about math, but I’m interested in what Wolfram is up to in all its computing technologies. I’m sure you know about Wolfram Alpha… Read More ›
how would you teach a MOOC?
Early concerns about MOOCs from both teaching (not me) and participating (me).
priorities take priority
I’m not going to teach as an adjunct anymore, at least not as a supplement to my full-time position. I have a number of reasons, with two particular ones rising to the top: It’s clear to me, whether or not… Read More ›
tuned in and dropped out, with no regrets
Well, that didn’t take long. Less than a week into the Coursera Fantasy & Science Fiction course, I dropped it like a cheating lover–with no regrets. At first, I was excited about the two readings released early, The Martian Chronicles… Read More ›
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