Language is a source of power that makes things happen in the world, and that is an important and challenging lesson to teach in college writing courses....Read More
I grew up in a middle-class American household, and I studied classical music. I took private lessons from seventh grade on. I owned my own instrument...Read More
https://hybridpedagogy.org/podcast-player/8376/access.mp3Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 40:02In this episode (full transcript available), I spoke with Robin DeRosa about a broad issue that affects the way...Read More
Let’s stop talking about “students” as some undifferentiated mass or referring to “my students,” a phrase that smacks of proprietorship, and start giving them credit by...Read More
This piece is being published to coincide in real time with Adeline Koh’s keynote at Illiads 2015. On a walk last week, my husband asked me...Read More
Few things annoy me more than burning time on bureaucratic paperwork. Frankly, as an educator, my time and attention should be centered on students and learning...Read More
On December 1, 2014, Audrey Watters published a collection of her lectures under the title Monsters of Education Technology. The following is the final chapter from...Read More
This Summer, Hybrid Pedagogy launched a new long-form publishing venture, spearheaded by Robin Wharton and Kris Shaffer: Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing (HPP). Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing seeks to encourage active...Read More
The purpose of education is in large part linked to its standing as a social science. Philosophers dating back to Socrates have linked education to a...Read More
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...Read More
“I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities — and found no statues of Committees.” ~ G K Chesterston About two years ago circumstances reduced my...Read More
My relationship with education has always been a kind of dissonant harmony. I have always loved learning, yet I have always felt like a rogue in...Read More
On January 27th, Cathy N. Davidson launches “The History and Future of (Mostly) Higher Education,” a MOOC connected to dozens of other courses and events distributed across...Read More
In September 2013, Hybrid Pedagogy published an e-book of graduate student essays focused on student experiences in MOOCs — from EdX, Udacity, and other xMOOCs, to improvisational MOOCs...Read More
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...Read More
During the summer of 2013, George Veletsianos approached the editors of Hybrid Pedagogy about publishing a collection of graduate student essays. The collection focused on these...Read More
On October 14th, the Canvas Network will launch a new massive open online course inspired by the popular television series The Walking Dead. Instructure has teamed with faculty from the University of...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
“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....Read More
Scholarship is, by its nature, open source. Let me explain. The open-source (or “free” or “libre”) software movement centers around a single ideal: community ownership of...Read More
RT @Jessifer: This year I published a book with @slamteacher. It is an ode to teachers, to the work of teaching, to the increasing challeng… 48 days ago
RT @Jessifer: “The work of higher education — as with all of education — has to begin with a deep respect for students.”
A new piece by me… 70 days ago
RT @hope4college: #RealCollege students are talented and hard-working but too often go without sufficient food and shelter. The Hope Center… 70 days ago
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