January 10, 2013 OLDS MOOC
I am stepping up to this mooc which will give me some practice in creating a unique design for learning based on the experiences I have had in various moocs plus my fascination with the Learning In Depth structure devised by Kieran Egan. The outcome for the course are as follows:
- Explore a variety of definitions of learning design
- Initiate own learning/curriculum design project
- Define learning design, as a field of research and a practice
- Identify some of the grand challenges of using a learning design approach to the design of learning in the 21st Century
- Identify specific topics of interest for further exploration
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January 10, 2013 Modelling Complexity with Scott Page
I registered for this mooc and made every attempt to keep up but failed. Nevertheless, I keep coming back to Scott page’s work in a variety of formats including his Teaching Company courses: Understanding Complexity and The Hidden Factor: Why Thinking Differently Is Your Greatest Asset.
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January 9, 2013 Excerpts from my letter to Jeff Bezos
“Given all your power, smarts, and vision, and excellent consultants, I can’t for the likes of me understand Amazon’s specific policies regarding Kindles and libraries. Here is my frustration: our kids and faculty are getting their own Kindle devices. That’s great. I love that. But I cannot easily push out my growing list of Kindle titles (140+) to our book lovers. Everyone is extremely surprised by that. It really hampers my ability to provide service.”
“You may reason that if a student already has a Kindle, then they are already buying your content. I’m sure that is true. But students generally don’t buy the six books needed to satisfy a research paper. Who besides the Ph.D. student of history wants to own The Origins of French Absolutism 1598-1661 Seminar Studies in History?”
Tags: Amazon Jeff Bezos DRM copyright libraries sharing lending
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October 11, 2012 These people certainly love their library
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June 8, 2012 Great Night at The Monkey House Social
Thursday night (night before the last day of school for me) we had a monkey social at Bunk House One, The Monkey House in minecraft. As a newbie this is what I learned in our 2.5 hour play session:
- learned to fly and get around
- learned how to text to teammates
- learned how to wreck things
- learned how to build things
- learned how to create a sign
- and throw apples
- and ride a pig
- and dodge thunderstorms of raining blue bits
It was exhausting but exhilarating. Here is a picture from teammate @aforgrave
Tags: #mONkEyhouse106
