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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514</id><updated>2024-03-14T02:23:59.945-05:00</updated><title type='text'>eLearnscapes</title><subtitle type='html'>Where academics, research &amp; community service meet on the Web!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default?start-index=26&max-results=25'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>211</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-4967875455766448387</id><published>2015-08-12T09:34:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2015-08-12T09:34:23.397-05:00</updated><title type='text'>14-year-old Scholar Writes (and Rights) History</title><content type='html'><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">This! <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/01/the-teen-who-exposed-a-professor-s-myth.html" target="_blank">The Teen Who Exposed a Professor's Myth</a> is a fascinating read and brings up all sorts of uncomfortable issues for traditional academics. But for new millennial academics, it's exhilarating! <i>(Big thanks to Stephen Downes, who finds the best stuff out there and delivers it through the <a href="http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm" target="_blank">OLDaily</a>!)</i></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.1875em; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Now, Rebecca says she might continue along this same path, “exploring other areas where digitized newspaper evidence might supply new historical insights.” She thinks there “might still be some low-hanging fruit for researchers.”</i></blockquote><div><br /></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/4967875455766448387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2015/08/14-year-old-scholar-writes-and-rights.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/4967875455766448387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/4967875455766448387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2015/08/14-year-old-scholar-writes-and-rights.html' title='14-year-old Scholar Writes (and Rights) History'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-6834035736969858441</id><published>2015-07-27T10:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2015-07-27T10:14:38.886-05:00</updated><title type='text'>NOOCs are here!</title><content type='html'>Ever gotten excited and registered for a MOOC only to lose interest or get distracted and never complete it? Happens to me ... from time to time. But I don't feel badly about it, I just have very focused needs for some of the MOOCs that I find interesting. I don't NEED to complete every MOOC I start, but it would be great if the content I'm after were available in less comprehensive, exhaustive contexts. <a href="http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com.es/2015/07/join-nano-open-online-courses-noocs.html" target="_blank">NOOCs to the rescue (opens in new window)</a>!<br /><br />Nano Open Online Courses are going to special relevance in training/performance support but have plenty of applications in higher education too. I'm thinking "Learning Objects" for more comprehensive, academic course work.<br /><br />I'll keep you posted on any that I find especially helpful!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/6834035736969858441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2015/07/noocs-are-here.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/6834035736969858441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/6834035736969858441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2015/07/noocs-are-here.html' title='NOOCs are here!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-4113831588174071529</id><published>2015-01-21T14:41:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2015-01-21T14:41:09.403-06:00</updated><title type='text'>"Explore the Beyond" (MOOC! Register now!)</title><content type='html'>From the email I received from Dr. Myk Garn:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>This online collaboration is open to anyone who attends, works in or works with higher education in the United States. The “Explore the Beyond” online collaboration will use crowd-sourcing and future scenarios developed in the “Invent the Beyond” course (delivered Sept-Nov 2014) to explore and describe the factors critical to the success of student, faculty and postsecondary institutions in 2030. Through successive interactive and discursive sessions participants will identify and quantify the critical success factors and potential new business models in play for higher education stakeholders.<br />The “Explore the Beyond” sessions will see participants establishing and exploring how three stakeholder groups – students, faculty and institutions – would fare, what factors would be critical to the success of those communities, in the previously identified scenarios. The final session will recap and consolidate the learnings and implications of the complete process to Invent the Beyond resulting in a set of critical success factors and a framework for informing institutions and individuals as they build their future plans.<br /> <br />PLEASE DISTRIBUTE this invitation widely to students, faculty, administrators and other higher education stakeholders!</i>&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>The BIGGER the Crowd—the SMARTER the Future!</i></blockquote><div>Are you going to help engineer our future? <a href="https://opencourses.desire2learn.com/cat/course/explore-the-beyond-7278/" target="_blank">REGISTER HERE</a>! It starts January 26th!</div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/4113831588174071529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2015/01/explore-beyond-mooc-register-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/4113831588174071529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/4113831588174071529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2015/01/explore-beyond-mooc-register-now.html' title='"Explore the Beyond" (MOOC! Register now!)'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-1854715971014026153</id><published>2015-01-09T09:41:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2015-01-09T09:41:40.541-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Competency Based Hiring</title><content type='html'>From Stephen Downes at the <a href="http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm" target="_blank">OLDaily</a>:<br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="s1"><i>Get ready for this. The days of the transcript (if it was used at all) as a basis for hiring is about to change. Competencies, rather than transcripts or credentials, will become the hiring standard of the future (or - I should add - something like competencies (for a variety of reasons)). Stacey Clawson, writing for the Gates Foundation, writes, "Competency-based programs offer the potential to go beyond a limited view of higher education, giving students the opportunity to develop and practice the skills needed for a meaningful career, life, and citizenship." We can see the writing on the wall: "An easy-to-adopt, integrated infrastructure designed for institutions that serve the new student majority - older, part-time, lower income, and distance learners - is needed to help scale competency-based programs." She is thinking of the institutions, but my focus is on learners and employers. How will they access their competency definitions? How will these be presented in hiring decisions? An institutional infrastructure served or hosted by providers will be insufficient. I'm not sure the Gates Foundation understands this, though.</i></span></blockquote><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href="http://www.educause.net/blogs/alexroth/preparing-students-competency-based-hiring" target="_blank">HERE</a>'s the scoop. No one said it was going to happen overnight. But it is the wave of the future nonetheless. Let's wave back!</span></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/1854715971014026153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2015/01/competency-based-hiring.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/1854715971014026153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/1854715971014026153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2015/01/competency-based-hiring.html' title='Competency Based Hiring'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-1969834186693631138</id><published>2014-12-02T16:12:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2014-12-02T16:12:18.764-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Technology Tools for Teachers</title><content type='html'>I have had quite the whirlwind few months getting adapted to my new position and have loads of information and perspective to share! I will be posting again regularly from here on out.<br /><br />Today, I culled <a href="http://www.col.org/PublicationDocuments/TechnologyTools_Teachers.pdf" target="_blank">THIS COOL TECH TOOLS PDF GUIDE</a> <i>(from Stephen Downes list, of course!)</i> to technology tools available to teachers and wanted to share it here just as my way of saying, "Hey, I'm back! And sorry it's been so long!"<br /><br /><br /></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/1969834186693631138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/12/technology-tools-for-teachers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/1969834186693631138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/1969834186693631138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/12/technology-tools-for-teachers.html' title='Technology Tools for Teachers'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-3953361556962785573</id><published>2014-09-20T17:09:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2014-09-20T17:09:15.130-05:00</updated><title type='text'>MOOCs: Completion Not Important (Forbes)</title><content type='html'>Wow! Exactly. How true, how true. I have actually been known to say the exact same thing myself but now it feels less like <i>rationalization</i> and more like <i>keen insights</i>. Of course, I've also been known to say that the cool thing about rationalization is that ... it's rational! *snicker*<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 19px; margin-right: 133.875px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Completion rates are not, and should not be the goal of MOOCs, and we shouldn’t write them off because students don’t finish. MOOCs can be taken for the knowledge they offer, to supplement other courses, or even for the sheer enjoyment of learning. &nbsp;Unlike university-offered courses, MOOCs offer significant gains to their students even if they are not completed.</i></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2014/09/16/moocs-finishing-is-not-the-important-part/" target="_blank">MOOCs: Completion is Not Important</a></div><div style="text-align: right;">Forbes&nbsp;</div><br /><div><br /></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/3953361556962785573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/09/moocs-completion-not-important-forbes.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3953361556962785573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3953361556962785573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/09/moocs-completion-not-important-forbes.html' title='MOOCs: Completion Not Important (Forbes)'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-3893105005040910679</id><published>2014-09-19T15:17:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2014-09-19T15:18:26.852-05:00</updated><title type='text'>4 Big Ideas for What's Next</title><content type='html'><iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/105581244?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="420" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/105581244">Teaching and Learning: Four Big Ideas for What's Next</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/educause">EDUCAUSE</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/3893105005040910679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/09/teaching-and-learning-four-big-ideas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3893105005040910679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3893105005040910679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/09/teaching-and-learning-four-big-ideas.html' title='4 Big Ideas for What's Next'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-5240552494264001100</id><published>2014-08-23T06:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2014-08-23T06:00:26.699-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Growth Mindsets are Contagious!</title><content type='html'><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"The Internet is a dream for someone with a growth mindset.</span>&nbsp;Between Khan Academy, MOOCs, and others, there is unprecedented access to endless content to help you grow your mind. However, society isn’t going to fully take advantage of this without growth mindsets being more prevalent. So what if we actively tried to change that? What if</i></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>&nbsp;we began using whatever means are at our disposal to start performing growth mindset interventions on everyone we cared about? This is much bigger than Khan Academy or algebra — it applies to how you communicate with your children, how you manage your team at work, how you learn a new language or instrument. If society as a whole begins to embrace the struggle of learning, there is no end to what that could mean for global human potential."</i> (S. Khan)</span></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/5240552494264001100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/08/growth-mindsets-are-contagious.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/5240552494264001100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/5240552494264001100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/08/growth-mindsets-are-contagious.html' title='Growth Mindsets are Contagious!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-4322889968318348203</id><published>2014-08-16T07:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2014-08-16T07:46:08.121-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Moment in Meme</title><content type='html'><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbug6pOcI7lGJjb2XLsgZZ8M55znkJosm_IgxQB-BwfdEN3i5WoE1S-6PiVJiDxnXKJQYSK9AaiCdHHlWfWnpovNSA-l7KyXro7PpNyd27yb4eH78pxkBfNgwjnbE_o1OwCdVy7g0-oNp/s1600/10559960_10152658378813685_2626631925464069467_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbug6pOcI7lGJjb2XLsgZZ8M55znkJosm_IgxQB-BwfdEN3i5WoE1S-6PiVJiDxnXKJQYSK9AaiCdHHlWfWnpovNSA-l7KyXro7PpNyd27yb4eH78pxkBfNgwjnbE_o1OwCdVy7g0-oNp/s1600/10559960_10152658378813685_2626631925464069467_n.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></div><br /></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/4322889968318348203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/08/moment-in-meme.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/4322889968318348203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/4322889968318348203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/08/moment-in-meme.html' title='Moment in Meme'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbug6pOcI7lGJjb2XLsgZZ8M55znkJosm_IgxQB-BwfdEN3i5WoE1S-6PiVJiDxnXKJQYSK9AaiCdHHlWfWnpovNSA-l7KyXro7PpNyd27yb4eH78pxkBfNgwjnbE_o1OwCdVy7g0-oNp/s72-c/10559960_10152658378813685_2626631925464069467_n.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-8618393719570204513</id><published>2014-08-15T05:39:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2014-08-15T05:42:51.348-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday Funny & we have a winner!</title><content type='html'>Congratulations to <b><i>Dr. Barbara Bush</i></b>, who found the Easter egg in my last post and claimed her prize with a touching letter of farewell. But the thing is ... this isn't goodbye! We <i>HAVE</i> the technology to stay in touch! I am not leaving this community of friends and colleagues, I am just expanding the territory of our growing network of academics passionate about e-learning!<br /><br />That said, let's have a laugh! Happy Friday!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8Xo42chVHScaqDw2VlAQG_wUi-xcek17E-j2xmTVfFHIgABC7BR924Wx6Ocso5496hSC4p_98zNxgfvcIW0FBh9nPzxH_d3KwK9exwdvzYhsJucFwBkZ_hizb2DWwxb1yTxGAGefxNRE/s1600/10462818_900430766644602_6909665839054918611_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8Xo42chVHScaqDw2VlAQG_wUi-xcek17E-j2xmTVfFHIgABC7BR924Wx6Ocso5496hSC4p_98zNxgfvcIW0FBh9nPzxH_d3KwK9exwdvzYhsJucFwBkZ_hizb2DWwxb1yTxGAGefxNRE/s1600/10462818_900430766644602_6909665839054918611_n.jpg" height="320" width="198" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/q/f/What-Is-QFT.htm" target="_blank">QFT!</a></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/8618393719570204513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/08/friday-funny-qft.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/8618393719570204513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/8618393719570204513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/08/friday-funny-qft.html' title='Friday Funny & we have a winner!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8Xo42chVHScaqDw2VlAQG_wUi-xcek17E-j2xmTVfFHIgABC7BR924Wx6Ocso5496hSC4p_98zNxgfvcIW0FBh9nPzxH_d3KwK9exwdvzYhsJucFwBkZ_hizb2DWwxb1yTxGAGefxNRE/s72-c/10462818_900430766644602_6909665839054918611_n.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-5141415169583627442</id><published>2014-08-12T22:01:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2014-09-18T13:14:31.456-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It's like this ... </title><content type='html'>I often slow the pace during summer, knowing that faculty are distracted by areas of their lives other than teaching. But lately, I've also been busy shifting gears in my life. I have accepted a position with the <a href="http://www.tbr.edu/" target="_blank">Tennessee Board of Regents</a> in Nashville, Tennessee (just about 100 miles north of where I am now). TBR is the agency that governs most of the higher education system in Tennessee <i>(the sixth largest in the nation!)</i>, except the University of Tennessee system which currently includes five of the state's fifty-two institutions of higher education <i>(the other forty-five being TBR's six universities, thirteen community colleges and twenty-six colleges of applied technology)</i>. The student population is split between the two systems at about 80% TBR (~200,000) and 20% UT (~49,000) across the state.<br /><br />TBR's <a href="http://www.rodp.org/" target="_blank">Regents Online Degree Program</a> is an initiative of the Regents Online Campus Collaborative, established in 2001. I became aware of the RODP/ROCC during my employment at <a href="http://etsu.edu/" target="_blank">East Tennessee State University</a> a few years back. I am honored to be joining the RODP/ROCC training team and hope to be meeting all of our hundreds of course developers, faculty and e-learning staff across the state very soon.<br /><br />I hope that my good friends and colleagues at <a href="http://www.aamu.edu/" target="_blank">Alabama A&amp;M University</a> will remain readers! I know that I will be watching all of them and learning from their ranks as I have for the past three years. I grew tremendously while at AAMU and was afforded many opportunities to create and guide something significant with the first several of their dozens-to-come online degree programs. I am honored to have worked there as well.<br /><br />I am feeling blessed for the many opportunities I am being granted to expand my knowledge and my network of friends and colleagues. There are very exciting times ahead! I hope all will stay tuned!<br /><br /><i>(A parting gift to AAMU faculty and staff! The <b>first</b> AAMU employee who emails me with the words "Au Revoir" in the subject line wins a high-definition web cam that can plug into any computer! "Easter eggs" like these prizes hidden in my blog are a GREAT way to entice learners to read your syllabus! Become known for leaving little surprises here and there </i>[extra credit points?]<i> and you'd be surprised how much more attentive your learners might become!)&nbsp;</i><br /><i><br /></i></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/5141415169583627442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/08/its-like-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/5141415169583627442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/5141415169583627442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/08/its-like-this.html' title='It's like this ... '/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-3813247326649452193</id><published>2014-07-23T16:22:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2014-07-23T16:23:37.575-05:00</updated><title type='text'>FREE WEBINAR: Designing & Assessing Discussion Questions</title><content type='html'>The Online Learning Consortium (OLC, <i>formerly Sloan Consortium</i>) is offering a <b><i>free</i></b> webinar called, "<a href="http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/institute/webinars/2014/7/bestpracticesfordesandassessonlinediscuss" target="_blank">Best Practices for Designing and Assessing Online Discussion Questions</a>" for both OLC members AND nonmembers.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Discussion boards are arguably the most critical component of an online teaching and learning strategy and can be tricky to <i>design</i>,&nbsp;<i>manage</i> and <i>assess</i> when learner participation is evaluated for final grade. And how does an instructor ideally give/receive the integral <b><i>FEEDBACK</i></b> that is critical to sound assessment strategies? <i>(Because effective feedback assesses both learning </i><b>AND</b><i> teaching!)</i><br /><div><br /></div><div>Let's attend and find out! &nbsp;Sign up <a href="http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/institute/webinars/2014/7/bestpracticesfordesandassessonlinediscuss" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</div></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/3813247326649452193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/07/free-webinar-designing-assessing.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3813247326649452193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3813247326649452193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/07/free-webinar-designing-assessing.html' title='FREE WEBINAR: Designing & Assessing Discussion Questions'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-3116749606611218281</id><published>2014-07-22T06:27:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2014-07-22T06:27:50.063-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Moment to Reflect</title><content type='html'>A new feature of the blog! In addition to Moments in Meme and Funny Fridays, we'll start sharing some moments of reflection meant to inspire us to look inward to renew our spirits and freshen our outlook on the challenges we face. Great way to get conversation going with your own learners and to help ground them for the challenges they will face in your teaching environment. An introductory discussion about teamwork and personal commitment can be time well spent when you have built a course around collaborative exploration of your topic!<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>I will not die an unlived life.<br />I will not live in fear<br />of falling or catching fire.<br />I choose to inhabit my days,<br />to allow my living to open me,<br />to make me less afraid,<br />more accessible;<br />to loosen my heart<br />until it becomes a wing,<br />a torch, a promise.<br />I choose to risk my significance,<br />to live so that which came to me as seed<br />goes to the next as blossom,<br />and that which came to me as blossom,<br />goes on as fruit.</i><br /><div style="text-align: right;">(Dawna Markova)</div></blockquote></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/3116749606611218281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-moment-to-reflect.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3116749606611218281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3116749606611218281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-moment-to-reflect.html' title='A Moment to Reflect'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-8503685746027613105</id><published>2014-07-16T17:11:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2014-07-16T17:13:05.861-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Word Crimes</title><content type='html'>Now who wouldn't love an English grammar lesson set to the tune of a top-40 hit?<br /><br /><i>(Don't forget that you can view full screen by clicking the tiny cornered box icon in the lower right of the video frame!)</i><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8Gv0H-vPoDc" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /><br /></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/8503685746027613105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/07/word-crimes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/8503685746027613105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/8503685746027613105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/07/word-crimes.html' title='Word Crimes'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-99220331611705112</id><published>2014-07-09T17:51:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2014-09-18T17:36:03.378-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Every Kid Needs a Champion"</title><content type='html'>I was immediately disheartened when this headline caught my eye:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHrqU75IUyswJbBjaEvpyMwLjh7T8ALT868fgEOc2RqUixk6aZzOa0K4qkUNbTvWHL_2yGMMvzoJjoaUgnuEqRdvXIouLG-v7bWs_2ONogYhWY6bfnyywXESNNYI172iFAKua_DvlMpci/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-07-02+at+8.14.59+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHrqU75IUyswJbBjaEvpyMwLjh7T8ALT868fgEOc2RqUixk6aZzOa0K4qkUNbTvWHL_2yGMMvzoJjoaUgnuEqRdvXIouLG-v7bWs_2ONogYhWY6bfnyywXESNNYI172iFAKua_DvlMpci/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-07-02+at+8.14.59+AM.png" height="128" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />But with a thorough read of <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/06/neuman_celano_library_study_educational_technology_worsens_achievement_gaps.html" target="_blank">the article linked</a>, I discovered that while the <b><i>headline</i></b> erroneously blamed educational technology for growing achievement gaps, the <b><i>article</i></b>&nbsp;itself clearly described the value of human interaction in complement to educational technology access. The academic technology did not impede nor damage outcomes for either group. It was the lack <i>(or presence)</i> of human engagement that should have been highlighted as the key difference in learning outcomes for the learner groups being discussed.<br /><br />More and more often, we find research like this that supports the importance of human relationships with instructors, mentors and peers in supporting teaching and learning with technology. So many institutions believe in blind faith that merely acquiring technology will shift learning outcomes. But those who have tried that approach and been left with unchanged or declining outcomes are left scratching their heads and wondering where they went wrong.<br /><br />Simply put: to be successfully implemented, academic technology must be used to <b><i>enhance</i></b> engagement, not <b><i>replace</i></b> it. Just ask <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion" target="_blank">Rita Pierson</a>, TED-talker who asserts <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion" target="_blank">in this talk</a> that, "Every kid needs a champion." For those of us in higher education, that applies to every learner, regardless of age.<br /><br /></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/99220331611705112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/07/say-what.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/99220331611705112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/99220331611705112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/07/say-what.html' title='"Every Kid Needs a Champion"'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHrqU75IUyswJbBjaEvpyMwLjh7T8ALT868fgEOc2RqUixk6aZzOa0K4qkUNbTvWHL_2yGMMvzoJjoaUgnuEqRdvXIouLG-v7bWs_2ONogYhWY6bfnyywXESNNYI172iFAKua_DvlMpci/s72-c/Screen+Shot+2014-07-02+at+8.14.59+AM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-5924043969404767984</id><published>2014-06-18T17:22:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2014-06-18T17:22:43.652-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Introducing Nanodegrees</title><content type='html'>Of all the e-newsletters I get, I always rip through <a href="http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm" target="_blank">Stephen Downes' OLDaily</a> first and most thoroughly. Once again, he puts his finger on what promises to be the newest innovation in higher education since the MOOC: <a href="http://blog.udacity.com/2014/06/announcing-nanodegrees-new-type-of.html" target="_blank">the nanodegree</a>.<br /><br />In a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/business/economy/udacity-att-nanodegree-offers-an-entry-level-approach-to-college.html" target="_blank">New York Times editorial</a>, Eduardo Porter poses the question, "Could an online degree earned in six to 12 months bring a revolution to higher education?"<br /><br />And the answer is a resounding YES! Yes, it could. And I'm betting it will! These highly personalized, focused mini-degrees are tempting not only learners, but employers too. And what's not to love?<br /><br />This movement will give those of us in traditional higher education a chance to think about our academic and continuing education programs—and their relationship to each other—in a new light.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/5924043969404767984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/06/introducing-nanodegrees.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/5924043969404767984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/5924043969404767984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/06/introducing-nanodegrees.html' title='Introducing Nanodegrees'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-2134618931770304412</id><published>2014-06-05T08:34:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2014-06-05T08:34:57.399-05:00</updated><title type='text'>21 Interesting Conferences Educators Should Check Out</title><content type='html'>I get excited about conferences! While the travel logistics can be daunting, I've never regretted the effort made to get to a conference. I always come back full of new ideas and renewed energies!<br /><br />Edudemic's <a href="http://www.edudemic.com/conferences-educators/" target="_blank">21 Interesting Conferences Educators Should Check Out</a> holds many interesting possibilities with lots of promise! I'm hoping to attend the Sloan Consortium's <a href="http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2014/ALN/welcome" target="_blank">20th Annual International Conference</a> this fall and am excited to mention that its <a href="http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/HBCU-2014/aln/registration" target="_blank">1st Annual Historically Black Colleges &amp; Universities (HBCU) Leadership Summit for Online Learning</a> will precede the main conference in the same location.<br /><br />Hope to see you there!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/2134618931770304412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/06/21-interesting-conferences-educators.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/2134618931770304412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/2134618931770304412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/06/21-interesting-conferences-educators.html' title='21 Interesting Conferences Educators Should Check Out'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-8623934965634428812</id><published>2014-06-04T16:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2014-06-06T10:32:48.663-05:00</updated><title type='text'>OPINION: MOOCs Disruption is Only Beginning (Christensen/Weise)</title><content type='html'>For those following the issue of MOOCs and their impact on higher education, <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/05/09/moocs-disruption-only-beginning/S2VlsXpK6rzRx4DMrS4ADM/story.html" target="_blank">this Boston Globe editorial</a> does a really good job of evaluating the current landscape and predicting the future of MOOCs in higher education.<br /><br />In late 2013, several naysayers declared the MOOC dead in the water. Naysayers, however, are often very short-sighted. Just ask <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/clifford-stoll-why-web-wont-be-nirvana-185306" target="_blank">Cliff Stoll, who declared the Internet basically dead</a> at the end of the last millennium, and e-commerce a fantasy that would never materialize. <i>Ahem</i>.<br /><br />While it's certainly true that MOOCs will evolve continuously, there is no doubt in my mind that their impact on higher education is just beginning. Those high dropout rates are more indicative of the importance of incentive (grade/credit/degree) than the tenacity or potential for success <i>(or lack thereof) </i>by those students who are casually sampling the wares offered through current MOOCs. Nor the quality of the potential MOOC experience itself, for that matter. I myself have casually sampled MOOCs as a learner, knowing that I would not complete the course in the <i>expected</i> sense, but still gleaning very valuable information, professional and personal connections and <i><b>perspective</b></i> from each I visited, however briefly or sporadically.<br /><br />Once we resolve the issue of course credit <i>(institutions' willingness to apply credits earned in MOOCs and to accept them in lieu of more traditional classroom credit hours)</i>, I am speculating that we will shift focus to an entirely different brand of learner and a much more impressive dataset regarding outcomes. Not because their academic caliber will be so different, although it will certainly become more mainstream as degree seekers flow into the open education movement. The stakes simply aren't high enough right now to impact learners' decisions to stay or to go, to participate fully or to simply <i>observe</i>. And the nature of higher education is changing as it becomes more widely accessible. The increased diversity of learners will shape its future design by necessity and by market demand. We really have no choice but to work side-by-side our colleagues in the open education movement, accepting graciously what they're offering to share with us. We should not forget that the<i>&nbsp;tuition-free <a href="http://uopeople.edu/groups/faqs" target="_blank">University of the People</a> gained <b>national accreditation just a few months ago.</b></i><br /><br />In fact, we would do well to remember that all legitimate educational pursuits are not necessarily academic credit-bearing endeavors and that more casual, personalized and ongoing learning opportunities are of great interest to a population already degreed and working in professional circles—as well as those seeking accredited degrees. The value of the MOOC goes well beyond degree attainment, or even post-graduate professional development. MOOCs release "learning" from the ivory towers and ancient floorboards and chalkboards of formal, traditional academia and open up <i>learning for the sake of learning</i> to a global population hungry for such opportunities as well. In terms of bolstering higher education accessibility and viability, this late-coming disruptive innovation couldn't come soon enough! Many in traditional higher education are trying to apply last-millennium classroom teaching/learning models to online learning experiences and it's just not working out so well. <i>(See the <a href="http://elearningmanifesto.org/" target="_blank">Serious e-Learning Manifesto</a> for what we're doing about it!)&nbsp;</i><br /><br />The human learning communities being formed around MOOCs are where the <i>real gold</i> is hidden and the source of the brightest light of hope in this movement. The <i>peer-to-peer learning</i>&nbsp;so central to the MOOC-style classroom not only models a more realistic teaching/learning strategy for those participating, but creates relationships and communities <i>(however virtual)</i> that are real and can sustain learners well beyond the formal educational experience itself. MOOCs have the potential to do a much better job of preparing learners for real workforce conditions than the 1950s classroom model that relies almost solely on summative assessment, rote memorization and tortured one-way lectures for teaching/learning.<br /><br />Stay tuned! MOOCs are just beginning to warm up the landscape!<br /><br /><br /><br /></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/8623934965634428812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/06/opinion-moocs-disruption-is-only.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/8623934965634428812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/8623934965634428812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/06/opinion-moocs-disruption-is-only.html' title='OPINION: MOOCs Disruption is Only Beginning (Christensen/Weise)'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-3476240153477197762</id><published>2014-05-29T17:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2014-05-29T17:24:13.019-05:00</updated><title type='text'>4 Simple Steps for Lesson Planning</title><content type='html'>Break is over and summer session has officially begun! It's time to bring us back together with fledgling and veteran course designers in our <b>Power Through Series</b>&nbsp;(e-course development workshops) beginning next week. We'll talk about course design and redesign, about the powerful course infrastructure built with effective <b><i>learning objectives</i></b>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/effective-lesson-planning/" target="_blank">This quick lesson in mapping</a> out the design of lesson plans includes a cool infographic and lists important decisions to be made to determine the direction of your teaching and subsequent learning outcomes.<br /><br />Stay tuned! The summer is just getting started!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/3476240153477197762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/05/4-simple-steps-for-lesson-planning.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3476240153477197762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3476240153477197762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/05/4-simple-steps-for-lesson-planning.html' title='4 Simple Steps for Lesson Planning'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-4456913425375923747</id><published>2014-04-17T15:49:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2014-04-17T15:49:57.641-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rubrics!</title><content type='html'>In the world of assessment, there are few tools with as much power and mutual benefit to both teachers and learners as the <b><i>rubric</i></b>!<br /><br />Does the idea of using a rubric leave you a little mystified? Puzzle no more! <a href="http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/teacher-resources/guide-to-scoring-rubrics/" target="_blank">HERE</a> is a fabulous guide that will have you up and running in no time!<br /><br />Of course, that's not ALL there is to say about great rubric design and how they impact learning outcomes. Anyone wanting to take a deeper look is encouraged to read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579221157/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1" target="_blank">Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback and Promote Student Learning</a>.<br /><br />We'll be hosting workshops this summer and fall that cover both great design <b><i>AND</i></b> cool tools for rubric design. Stay tuned!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/4456913425375923747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/04/rubrics.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/4456913425375923747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/4456913425375923747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/04/rubrics.html' title='Rubrics!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-1236542442246657316</id><published>2014-04-12T16:09:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2014-04-12T16:09:39.989-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Staggering Literacy Data Infographic</title><content type='html'><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Infographics are a great way to present data. This one is sobering; the presentation really helps bring home the story told by the numbers, don't you think?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We can help you make infographics! Email me if you're interested!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsF7ZXyVm72d8pFmMopLKGw94zgaPBPtu07yzzd6C7UY-a1vnynK0YMYACjaU4rvso9fR3wHzuB5v_cYvA36-jokavLXgOkkfCa2XqQfhFPQ9S22Hr0t_P5MTO8S5zYm4o-yRfNCcLXCF/s1600/understandingilliteracyinfographiconlinemba_4e620f2e86523_w587.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsF7ZXyVm72d8pFmMopLKGw94zgaPBPtu07yzzd6C7UY-a1vnynK0YMYACjaU4rvso9fR3wHzuB5v_cYvA36-jokavLXgOkkfCa2XqQfhFPQ9S22Hr0t_P5MTO8S5zYm4o-yRfNCcLXCF/s1600/understandingilliteracyinfographiconlinemba_4e620f2e86523_w587.png" /></a></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/1236542442246657316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/04/staggering-literacy-data-infographic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/1236542442246657316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/1236542442246657316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/04/staggering-literacy-data-infographic.html' title='Staggering Literacy Data Infographic'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsF7ZXyVm72d8pFmMopLKGw94zgaPBPtu07yzzd6C7UY-a1vnynK0YMYACjaU4rvso9fR3wHzuB5v_cYvA36-jokavLXgOkkfCa2XqQfhFPQ9S22Hr0t_P5MTO8S5zYm4o-yRfNCcLXCF/s72-c/understandingilliteracyinfographiconlinemba_4e620f2e86523_w587.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-8572704420888498271</id><published>2014-04-11T11:50:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2014-04-12T15:57:01.388-05:00</updated><title type='text'>APP Mania: Workflowy</title><content type='html'>Every once in awhile, an app floats along that changes your life. Changes EVERYTHING! Picks you up by the feet, rattles upside down until everything falls out and then puts everything neatly back together better than it ever was before. Most recently, that app was <a href="https://workflowy.com/">Workflowy</a>. <br /><br />It's difficult to articulate but with Workflowy, it's simplicity is its power. It's easily the most accessible and easily learned app I've seen yet. And yet its power to contain, organize and SERVE every single detail of your life is frankly breathaking.<br /><br />You begin your (free) account with a blank page. Then you make lists, which become category headers in function. Mine began with WORK &nbsp;and PERSONAL but I later added SCHOOL rather than wrap in under my personal heading. Within each list, I can sublist ... and sublist and sublist. So within each, I have a TO DO list and several lists within each of those. Then WORKSHOP IDEAS, BOOKS TO READ and a quickly growing LIST of everything relevant to every aspect of my life. If I taught several courses, I &nbsp;can easily see having a list for each course that included content links, organization, notes, design structure and records as well as lists for research projects, service projects and writing endeavors. There is literally nothing that can't be fit into one of these lists. So finally, a centralized repository of information related to your life in an easily accessed (phone, tablet, laptop, desktop) format and free to lightweight users.<br /><br />And it works like a calendar! Because you can tag each item for later recall by search, I tag deadlines with the date in this format #041114 (for April 11, 2014). Then each morning, I can recall my day's deadlines by tag search on that date and suddenly everything I need to do for work, home OR school are all combined into one easy list for me to review and work through. As I complete tasks they can disappear (or be brought back). And I can set reminders by adding multiple date tags. So if I want to be reminded of a deadline a week in advance, I can tag #041114 #040414 and get a reminder on the 4th of April about the deadline on the 11th.<br /><br />You can also share individual lists (by section, keeping the entirety of your list private) via link for viewing and/or editing by collaborators. And the new capabilities are being added all the time! I can easily see that I won't be able to function without Workflowy to keep me organized from now on.<br /><br />I am also using Workflowy to organize my curriculum design by course, by module and by activity. Imagine how many ways that this tool could help in both teaching and learning in every subject area! Perhaps we should begin a list ...<br /><br /><i>(This is an authentic user review for which I receive absolutely no compensation or acknowledgement of any kind. The APPMania series will feature apps that enhance productivity, the teaching and learning process—or <b>BOTH</b>!)</i></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/8572704420888498271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/04/appmania-workflowy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/8572704420888498271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/8572704420888498271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/04/appmania-workflowy.html' title='APP Mania: Workflowy'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-3023510486200898914</id><published>2014-04-04T06:21:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2014-04-04T06:22:04.235-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday Funny!</title><content type='html'><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just click on the graphic to enlarge it! Happy Friday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBFOHRGXjYFw0FF5epwijYic3uM918VoxPmOHVdMjuqjKIh6SueG4GnH8JHFMqJfIXzF5Z-2ExzwAsw43CZLVr6IV4OrQo5Yx_j1adf-JxUlHKULx6q-KUv_9Toy_JlpXR_GNWzLe4c9J/s1600/2009-01-11-quittr.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBFOHRGXjYFw0FF5epwijYic3uM918VoxPmOHVdMjuqjKIh6SueG4GnH8JHFMqJfIXzF5Z-2ExzwAsw43CZLVr6IV4OrQo5Yx_j1adf-JxUlHKULx6q-KUv_9Toy_JlpXR_GNWzLe4c9J/s1600/2009-01-11-quittr.gif" height="320" width="247" /></a></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/feeds/3023510486200898914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/04/friday-funny.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3023510486200898914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5448685959653311514/posts/default/3023510486200898914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elearnista.blogspot.com/2014/04/friday-funny.html' title='Friday Funny!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09750912404857517863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBFOHRGXjYFw0FF5epwijYic3uM918VoxPmOHVdMjuqjKIh6SueG4GnH8JHFMqJfIXzF5Z-2ExzwAsw43CZLVr6IV4OrQo5Yx_j1adf-JxUlHKULx6q-KUv_9Toy_JlpXR_GNWzLe4c9J/s72-c/2009-01-11-quittr.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448685959653311514.post-7053393248832641786</id><published>2014-04-03T19:50:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2014-04-03T19:54:18.288-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I Will Not Die an Unlived Life</title><content type='html'>I am just finishing up the last week of this semester's Power Through Series, an experience I have grown to love and savor. Each semester for the past year (and for the foreseeable future), the Power Through Series gathers faculty from across our university community into a computer lab for an eight-week series of workshops geared toward online course development. By the end of the series, I always feel I have made new friends as well as deepened my relationships with the faculty and staff I serve. <br /><br />This semester, we had a strong turnout from the English Department! And they graciously hosted our series in their own Writing Center computer lab. So in homage to our beloved English Department and in honor of National Poetry Month, I share this:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>“I will not die an unlived life.<br />I will not live in fear<br />of falling or catching fire.<br />I choose to inhabit my days,<br />to allow my living to open me,<br />to make me less afraid,<br />more accessible;<br />to loosen my heart<br />until it becomes a wing,<br />a torch, a promise.<br />I choose to risk my significance,<br />to live so that which came to me as seed<br />goes to the next as blossom,<br />and that which came to me as blossom,<br />goes on as fruit.” &nbsp;<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Dawna Markova)</span></i></blockquote><br />And to celebrate the month, I am going to award the <b>FIRST</b> AAMU employee to contact me via EMAIL a $25 Amazon gift card, <i>just for reading my blog</i>! 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