Bridging the Chasm

In 10 days, we start our summer institute on online teaching and learning.  This is an experiment of sorts for my institution.  For the first time, our institute this year will be the start of an upcoming year-long process to help a cohort of faculty develop and teach online classes.  Following the institute, each member… Read more Bridging the Chasm

Great Ideas

I am a huge fan of Hugh MacLeod‘s art.  His “Great Ideas” really resonated with me. I could not help but think about the resistance I have seen over the years regarding moving from class-based instruction to online instruction.  My hope is that faculty are beginning to move beyond their fear of online learning to… Read more Great Ideas

iPad – Pass It Around

Our office has a new iPad and we are taking turns playing…I mean exploring its instructional uses. But I could not help notice the fingerprints after I turned it off (they are not ALL mine!) : – )

High Concept – High Touch

One of the things I love about Twitter is how unexpectedly a nugget comes across that grabs your attention.  Such a nugget arrived this weekend from Emily Hurst attending the Medical Library Association 2010 conference. She was forwarding a remark from Daniel Pink, keynoter at that conference.  His comment resonated with me, particularly as I… Read more High Concept – High Touch

Yes or No on Facebook

Facebook…it came up last week at UMW’s Faculty Academy, and has kept the blogosphere buzzing.  Most of the posts I have read have been negative about Facebook.  Rob Cottingham in Canada noted (and I love the dog cartoon): This hasn’t been a good past few weeks for Facebook. Growing concerns over what Facebook’s deliberately doing… Read more Yes or No on Facebook

Blogging Confession

I admit it. I have not been blogging much lately. There are excuses.  To a large degree, I have been wrapped up in other work, so my connections to networked learning have been primarily through Twitter. We have been gearing up for our week-long summer institute, which this year focuses on online learning.  I have… Read more Blogging Confession