Imagine you are an instructor teaching a first year course in your discipline. You have heard about Open Educational Resources and Open Textbooks, and you are interested in adopted an open textbook to replace the (expensive!) text for your course…. Continue Reading →
One of the easiest ways to understand the multitude of ways that different instructors and institutions think about and implement open education is by looking at specific concrete examples. For this activity, you will choose and watch a presentation from… Continue Reading →
One common criqiue of online learning is the lack of shared physical space – the absence of a classroom and the sense of placelessness that accompanies distributed learning. However, the truth is that online learning is not placeless. Online learning… Continue Reading →
One of the key assignments for this course is engaging in critical inquiry discussion with your group. There is no group discussion for Module 1, but, I will be hosting a week-long discussion in Mattermost from September 19th to the… Continue Reading →
Last year, the University of Edinburgh hosted a talk with Neil Selwyn in which he talked about the often overlooked ecological impact of digital education. The recording of the session is available here. The climate crisis is clearly the elephant… Continue Reading →
Rheingold presents a bleak view on our own complacency in adopting technologies and technological practices that slowly erode our privacy and autonomy, that challenge equitable and democratic participation, or that support unethical entities merely out of convenience or “outright seduction… Continue Reading →
In her piece on the future of education, Watters (2014) discusses the importance of metaphor in developing a shared understanding of phenomenon. According to Lakoff & Johnson (2003) metaphors are “understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of… Continue Reading →
Module 4 introduces us to the concept of Open Education. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are one approach to Open Education that purport to emphasize unlimited participation and open access. However, not all MOOC experiences necessarily meet this ideal. For… Continue Reading →
Module 3 introduced the Universal Design for Learning Framework. This framework is often used as a key component of accessibility and inclusive design. Initially, UDL was designed as a way of making learning experiences more accessible to a wide variety… Continue Reading →
One of the major themes of this module has been the issue of privacy. For this activity, you will focus on understanding the idea of privacy in education. Consider the following questions: What expectation of privacy should students have? When… Continue Reading →
2024 EDCI 339 — Powered by WordPress
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑