Online Learning - Hybrid Pedagogy

Digital Literacy

Truthy Lies and Surreal Truths: A Plea for Critical Digital Literacies

Misinformation abounds. This has always been the case, but the problem has become acute in the age of digital communication. As Mike [https://hapgood.us/2016/11/13/fake-news-does-better-on-facebook-than-real-news/] Caulfield [https://hapgood.us/

by Kris Shaffer

13 min read

Academic Labor

Confessions of a Graduate Teacher (Once Lost, Now Found)

This is a story about two hemispheres of graduate school: teaching and dissertating. It is a story about how those two parts sometimes cohere but are more often rendered in sharp relief. It’

by Christopher Haynes

8 min read

Digital Pedagogy

Not Enough Voices

On Friday, 12 August 2016, Sean Michael Morris gave one of two closing keynotes at the Digital Pedagogy Lab Institute held at the University of Mary Washington. Below is the text of his

by Sean Michael Morris

10 min read

Online Learning

The Purpose of Online Discussion

Are online discussions really discussions? I’ve been wondering this since I started teaching online. Many of my students, friends, and colleagues get a sour look on their face when it comes to

by David Backer

12 min read

design

Designing for Emergence: The Role of the Instructor in Student-Centered Learning

My experiences as a graduate student [http://education.ucdavis.edu/student-profile/mary-stewart] of writing studies and online education have repeatedly left me inspired by the various “–isms” (e.g.,constructionism [http://www.papert.

by Mary Stewart

6 min read

Critical Digital Pedagogy CFP

A Safe Space for Dangerous Ideas; a Dangerous Space for Safe Thinking

Danger and safety are both integral to education, particularly if one ascribes to critical pedagogy, which is, in many respects, about balancing the two elements. On one hand, it invites students and teachers

by Jennifer Hardwick

6 min read

Critical Pedagogy

Best Practices: Thoughts on a Flash Mob Mentality

I have colleagues who invoke “Best Practices” the way that evangelical Christians quote the Bible: God has spoken. During these conversations, I am tempted to say in a serious voice, “Best Practices dictate

by Janine DeBaise

7 min read

Digital Humanities

Toward an Interactive Criticism: House of Leaves as Haptic Interface

“And now,’ cried Max, ‘let the wild rumpus start!” ~ Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are When I first read Mark Z. Danielewski’s House [https://www.amazon.com/House-Leaves-Mark-Z-Danielewski/dp/0375703764/ref=

by Jesse Stommel

12 min read

Online Learning

Gaining Insights into Online Teacher Training through Essential Questions

My favorite pedagogical tool is theessential question [http://www.authenticeducation.org/ae_bigideas/article.lasso?artid=53]. Briefly, these attempt to focus student attention on the broader implications and deeper meanings behind content.

by Justin Scoggin

6 min read

What is Digital Pedagogy?

A Pedagogy for Cross-cultural Digital Learning Environments

Education can benefit from the global network of connections we call the Internet, since the issue of access is less of a concern in thedigital space [http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/Hybridity_

by Bernardo Trejos

10 min read

Digital Pedagogy

How to Build an Ethical Online Course

The best online and hybrid courses are made from scraps strewn about and gathered together from across the web. We build a course by examining the bits, considering how they’re connected, and

by Jesse Stommel

7 min read

Engagement

Engaging Students: Lessons from the Leisure Industry

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 was

by Mary Bucy

8 min read

MOOC

A Plea for Pedagogy

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

by Matthew J. Kruger-Ross

8 min read

MOOC

MOOCagogy: Assessment, Networked Learning, and the Meta-MOOC

“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

by Jesse Stommel

9 min read