Oct 31, 2017
The common term used for several years has been “Green.” This usually referred to a practice or lifestyle that sought to use significantly less petroleum products, recycle, renewable energy, and basically minimize one’s impact upon the Earth. “Green” has slowly faded...
Oct 31, 2017
Do you <3 your textbook? If you don’t, your students probably don’t either. What would it be like to teach a course with text materials that did exactly what you want them to do? This is the Holy Grail of the OER project. Yes, the price of textbooks is insane...
Oct 30, 2017
With knowledge comes responsibility. Knowledge left unchecked or unshared can turn inward and devour the pupil. Some pupils wish to be devoured in order to avoid sharing knowledge. This, again, is the ego and thinking others cannot be trusted with knowledge. While...
Oct 30, 2017
A quick sidebar for my apologies for this proverb’s politically incorrectness, but it fits. As the old proverb goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. This holds true in life and learning. Our students come from different places, different learning...
Oct 30, 2017
This past Friday I attended the Educational Technology Organization of Michigan (ETOM) Fall Conference held at Mid Michigan Community College in Mt. Pleasant. It was an interesting event and I’m going to use this opportunity share a few things I picked up...