Not Your Father’s MOOCs
“I wish they would just step away from the MOOC terminology, which is, let’s be honest, copying and lending out a videotape …
Why Isn’t the Digital Humanities Community Building Great MOOCs?
In spite of the fact that I’m a mathematician, I’ve been fairly active in the digital humanities (DH) community for a while …
Social Pedagogies (#THE2013)
And here’s the Prezi for my concurrent session at the Technology in Higher Education conference in Qatar, “Social Pedagogies: Motivating Students through …
Technologies for Learning (#THE2013)
Here’s the Prezi for my keynote at the Technology in Higher Education conference in Qatar, “Technologies for Learning: Creating Active Learning Environments …
On the Road Again… Halfway Around the World
This weekend I get to take the longest plane ride of my life, a 14-hour flight from JFK (in New York City) …
Who Are Our Students? Bridging Local and Global Learning Communities #ELIFocus
Earlier this week I gave a short presentation as part of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s spring online focus session on MOOCs (massive …
Social Pedagogies at Georgia Tech
I’m giving a talk on social pedagogies at Georgia Tech later this morning as part of the “Celebrating Teaching Day” hosted by …
MOOCs and Visual Learning: Rock the Monkey Webinar, Tuesday, March 12th
Update: Here’s an archive of the “Rock the Monkey” webinar, featuring visual notes by the one-and-only Peter Durand! Next week (Tuesday at …
Online Learning Ecosystems: What to Make of MOOC Dropout Rates? #cccmroe
The “Circuits and Electronics” MOOC from MIT last summer had over 150,000 registrants, but only 5% of them completed the course. The …
Context Matters: Why Offer a MOOC? #cccmroe
In part one on my series reporting on the “Multidisciplinary Research for Online Education” (MROE) workshop held last week in DC, I …