What you get when Research and Community come together
education online (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee) Note on the title: I was pretty miffed when I started writing this post. And the title was the first thing that came to my mind. But as I was writing, much of the initial anger dissipated but I still like the title. So I…
Read more →This post is part of the MOOC MOOC course of work. It outlines my journey (now lasting over a year) towards adopting elements of a MOOC in the Inclusive Technologies for Reading (#ITR12) course pilot starting this September. This not a description of the process, more a reflection towards the end of it. [toc] Update…
Read more →The crazy argument for Zero pedagogy [caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Pedagogy does not matter. It has always been a discipline aimed at making people learn something they don't particularly want to learn. If we can truly provide open access to all the resources necessary for learning, then it…
Read more →I wonder if it's the increased popularity of Vampires and their undead natures that has contributed to the spread of the un- prefix in education. If so, then it's yet another feather in the cap of the cultural genius that is Joss Whedon. What do the different versions of un- mean? Traditionally the 'uneducated' were…
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