MOOCs, w/the learner hat on: What am I taking and why
Michael Gallagher I have written before about MOOCs. I have participated in MOOCs as a student and facilitated one as well. I have published articles about MOOCs, along with my colleagues (also…
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Mobile Learning, Non-Linearity, Meaning-Making
I have been reading and rereading material for my thesis and this reading generally falls into the following categories Community of Practice (theory) Multimodality (theory) Mobile Learning (theory and application…
Degreed, credentialing, and opportunities for higher education
In keeping with my previous post on the changing nature of higher education (apparently in a pragmatic mood this holiday season), I present in this post an initiative that presents…
Higher Education, Rising Consumer Expectations, Responses
I wanted to wade in to the ongoing discussions surrounding the current situation in higher education involving rising tuition/less government investment (seems more pronounced in the UK right now) consumer…
Quotes: Conrad, Foucault, Barthes, Simon, Manovich (and Booth’s Poverty Map)
I am not going to provide too much description of how these quotes found their way into this post, except to say that I jot down memorable quotes from resources…
Writing Tools and Transformative Effect: Scrivener
My research (which relies heavily on Lave & Wenger’s Community of Practice, less so on Kress’s Multimodality, throw in some mobility theory) has me thinking in terms of mediation and…