I was lucky to have been a part of a very, very messy learning experience this holiday season. This learning experience was not a MOOC but rather a connectivist learning experience called “a happening” per Mike Caulfield. The happening was a semi-structured community learning experience using Federated Wiki as an authoring tool. The goal of the happening,…
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Seriously? MOOCs again?
For those of you who reading this, please note that this is the topic of the week in my PhD course. Is Sebastian Thrun on to something? When thinking about the questions posed this week, I prefer to begin by talking about Udacity and Thrun’s aha moment. I watched the news closely when Sebastian Thrun was…
4 Social Media Tools to Promote Connected Teaching and Learning
What social media tools should instructors use to engage students outside of the LMS? Here are 4 simple examples of how to engage students using readily available and mobile friendly tools. Blogging Having students blog about their learning is a great way to chronicle their experiences and reflect on the overall process. The more students write the…
Gamify your next eBook with Bookry. No coding required!
Do you use iBooks Author? If so, you need to know about Bookry. This newcomer to the edtech community puts powerful tools in the hands of authors in three distinct ways; with interactive widgets and analytics. There is no coding required! Simply choose from the widget library, customize the settings and drag and drop it…
xMOOC or Publishing Paradigm?
Originally posted: November 14, 2012 – Blog rebuilt: April 20, 2014 I have been pondering the current School as a Service (SAAS) shake up with the purchase of Embanet-Compass by Pearson and the purchase of Deltak by Wiley. Then I learned that McGraw-Hill is being acquired (perhaps) by Apollo Group (not the University of Phoenix).…