Service, security, collaboration: ideas and tools for teaching
Michael Gallagher Today, some thoughts on the intersection of service, security, sharing, and collaborative learning. I am fully aware of how academia and teaching is a bit of a barter economy. I…
Wikipedia watchlists as teaching tools
It is that time of year where I am planning courses for the upcoming semester. I wanted to start from scratch again with this planning to make it more authentic…
Open Teaching: Identity, Practice, Tools, Intent
I was working through my syllabus for the upcoming (as in September) semester, taking stock of my research project (which is nearing conclusion) and reflecting on the state of open…
Teaching vs. research and MOOC brouhahas
I wasn’t going to get involved in this brouhaha involving the #massiveteaching scenario, whatever it plays out to be. There are much smarter people than I commenting and analyzing and…
Research ethics in education: My take
I always have at least five papers in outline form on my computer. All sitting there highly visible, a constant reminder to keep writing (and blogging, apparently). I have noticed…
Open Badges: Why and How
Open Badges: Why and Why Not I have been wanting for some time now to learn how to make and issue open badges as I have been conducting workshops and…
Learning, Creativity, & the Purpose(s) of Education
Creativity: Assumptions and Materials This post all revolves around a few very debatable assumptions, so I am certainly open to being challenged on these. The explicit assumptions are as follows,…