Sian Bayne, James Lamb, and I have a chapter in the new book Place-based Spaces for Networked Learning edited by Lucila Carvalho, Peter Goodyear and Maarten de Laat. The chapter is on …
Online (learning) can be (and is) the privileged mode: Thoughts on the manifesto for teaching online
As a proud graduate of the University of Edinburgh’s MSc in Elearning program, I have been enriched and invested myself in the process of learning with this dynamic community. I …
Response to “Pointillist, cyclical, and overlapping: Multidimensional facets of time in online education”.
I was recently reading the most recent issue of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL), only partially because an article I co-authored is in it, …
In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores. Aka tech apparently not living up to promise (ie higher test scores)
First of all, I am glad that the New York Times is taking such a vested interest in writing about the state of American education and the ills and occasional …
Posthuman as series of components; Construction and alteration as learning constant
“The posthuman subject is an amalgam, a collection of heterogeneous components, a material-informational entity whose boundaries undergo continuous construction and reconstruction.” (Hayles 1999, 3) A collection of heterogeneous components of …
Teaching and Learning in Decentralized Spaces
I enjoyed this presentation from George Siemens, Athabasca University, on teaching and learning in decentralized spaces. I have heard similar arguments before and concur generally. There seems to be a …
Tools for Teachers: Using Primary Sources as Instructional Tool
The Library of Congress is making good inroads into the realm of primary sources as instructional tools. This is a real opportunity area for institutions that have large collections of …