No Such Thing as a Dumb Question
When people ask me about my background in e-learning or my background in technology, I have to fess up that I don’t have either. My educational and training background are rooted in journalism and English literature (in other words, reporting […]
Crowdsource an Answer and Help Out a Colleague
Do you have advice or suggestions for Dave M, who wrote: We have been asked to develop 8 week online courses, but my faculty are concerned that the 8 weeks limits the course too much (and that science and math […]
Learning While “Paying a Debt to Society”
The ultimate “win-win” proposition: Scientists get “research collaborators and inmates get a job that beats stamping out license plates”. Forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni is using prisoners to learn how best to cultivate the dwindling prairie plants in a National Science […]
Student Blogs: Reflection for the Student and Perspective for the Applicant
Refection is pivotal to learning. Since it is hard to write without reflecting on an experience, blogs are a wonderful aid to reflection. I have been thinking about patient blogs recently, and explored other types of blogs to see the […]
3 Biggest Myths about Teaching Online Education
Like most of the students who enroll in an online course thinking it’ll be a walk in the park, instructors also fantasize about the simplicity of teaching a course from the confines of their own home. Maybe that’s why the […]