One of the challenges in designing any educational program is balancing the need for individual freedom (of pace, space, relationship, technology and other freedoms that Jon Dron and I have […]
Retirement is like being on sabbatical –
As my first “academic” term as a retiree draws to a close, I’m reflecting on what it actually was like to be retired. We hear all the stories (about men […]
European MOOCs – Special Issue of IRRODL
We certainly are past the famed “Year of the Mooc” but there availability and I will argue impact on adult education is far from past. This week’s special issue edited […]
Teaching Practices Inventory – Fast and
Thanks to Rick Reis’s Tomorrow’s Professor newsletter I bumped into an instrument that I think can be a very important addition to or replacement for teaching evaluations and/or student course […]
Where are the Women?
This week I am privileged to be a keynote speaker at the 21st International Congress of the Brazilian Association for Distance Education in Bento Goncalves, Brazil. The scholarly stimulation, hospitality, […]
First Week at Riverdale Little Free Libr...
The Little Free Library has survived its first week- no vandalism, lots of borrowers and depositors, collection growing and 12 new DVDs videos (thanks to Rocky and Eric). The back […]
Little Free Library Opens in Riverdale (...
This weekend I opened the Little Free Library I have been building for the past few weeks. It is a great hit and already I’ve had a couple of nice […]
Guest Post on Learning Analytics
My friends at the Open University of Catalonia asked me to do a guest blog on learning analytics for their Open Thought 2015 series. As always, a deadline got a […]
My Retirement Week
I am just recovering this week from a busy, celebration filled week last that I want to share with my blog friends. The week started by a quick trip to […]
Providing audio feedback to students: Re...
I’ve always been interested in studies that help us differentiate both pedagogies and educational technology use, based upon time requirements. These studies of course should include all the actors – […]