Category Archives: Teaching

A MOOC in Sheep’s Clothing – Doing what we already do, but do it really well…

This whole thing about MOOC’s and what they claim they can accomplish in terms of learning, understanding and education has me a bit puzzled. I have as yet not been able to see anything from the backend of things within… Continue reading

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MOOC’s and Remedial Students – Is This the Right Mix?

MOOC’s are doing what I think in retrospect they were supposed to do all along – not teach the masses but challenge our basic understandings about how we go about providing learning experiences.An interesting thread was posted in the PSU… Continue reading

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Robotic Software Raises the Teaching and Learning Threshold!

Machine Learning: Score One for the Robo-Tutors (Inside HigherEd) This interesting and provoking article that was passed my way. I was asked for my reaction because of my call for finding ways to increase the thresholds for teaching and… Continue reading

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‘Flipping the Classroom’ … Definitely A Misnomer!

I recently sat through a wonderfully presented webinar on flipping the classroom. Lectures were taped and presented before students attended class so that class time could be used in more interactive ways. Faculty and instructors were stepping beyond their familiar… Continue reading

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We need to begin speaking in terms of thresholds…

I wrote an article that posits the opinion that online education is at a very important point in its developmental history. To make a long article short, online education is at the confluence of what it can do and what… Continue reading

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‘Flipping the Classroom’ … A Misnomer?

The term ‘flipping the classroom’ is something that I have heard a bit lately and have attended a couple of conference presentations where this was the focus. Now perhaps I am getting cynical in my old age but this term… Continue reading

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Use tags to organize and share evidence of learning outcomes?

One of the things about Web 2.0 content is that it gets us to begin thinking about content in more creative and less static ways. Just because something is published to a web page does not mean that it has… Continue reading

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How do you embed video in your Blog/Website?

I have been asked by a number of individuals how to embed video here. So, here are a couple of methods.FIRST – you must have captured video and made it available in a web playable format. For instance, web browsers… Continue reading

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NCEPR Energy + Identification of Local Needs = Opportunities for Action

Over the years Penn State’s involvement in the coalition has provided us with opportunities for moving thinking into action. Do we use our discussion and notes about integrative learning? Here is an example of where we are now:”Integrative learners do… Continue reading

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