Many have argued that the digital humanities is aboutbuilding stuff
[http://stephenramsay.us/text/2011/01/08/whos-in-and-whos-out/]andsharing stuff
[http://www.samplereality.com/2011/05/25/the-digital-
While on a cross-country trip a few years ago, I stopped at Little Bighorn
Battlefield National Monument and had a revelation. It was a few days before the
nearby Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
When MOOCs went viral in 2012, traditional small colleges reached an identity
crossroads, a midlife crisis where idealism and wisdom collide. Although the
main concerns of future viability have been present for years
Lee Skallerup Bessette and Jesse Stommel
[http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/Contingency_and_Higher_Education.html#sthash.sHQKzfrw.dpuf]
note the real need for bravery in higher education, paying special attention to
It goes without saying that technology is changing education. Children’s brains
are being rewired, universities are being threatened with extinction, and we
will be in serious trouble if we ignore the transformative
Just over a year ago, my “learning” exploded. I was developing a hybrid Canadian
online delivery program for Chinese high school students. I was encouraged to
push the boundaries of K-12 online
Hashtags are taxonomic and pedagogical tools (with citation standards to boot
[http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/8/2853518/modern-language-association-standard-format-citing-tweets]
).The Twitter hashtag was born in 2007
This article is an attempt to address a possible gap in Connectivist thinking,
and its expression in cMOOCs. It’s to do with the experience of technology
novices, and unconfident learners in cMOOC
“Building community doesn’t mean that learning happens.”
~ from an audience comment at InstructureCon 2013
Learning in a MOOC
Instruction does not equate to learning. This is the fundamental fly in the
ointment
On my first day of work, my supervisor and the assistant director walked me over
to what would be my office for the next two years: it was a hidden office, an
office
Listen to this chapter here, or subscribe to the entire serialized audiobook.On
my luckier days, I am gifted a few invisible moments at pick-up time before my
son or one of
“Learners are classified based on their patterns of interaction with video
lectures and assessments, the primary features of most MOOCs to date.”—Rene F.
Kizilcec, et al.
[http://www.stanford.edu/~cpiech/bio/
For those who follow the MOOC debate, every day is Armageddon:The Last
Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities
[http://www.amazon.com/Last-Professors-Corporate-University-Humanities/dp/
While the interview was conducted with Dr. James Schirmer, James Schirmer is not
how I think of him or his work. My introduction to Schirmer’s work and presence
was through his presentation
