Category: E-Learning and Digital Cultures

My Digital Artifact for #edcmooc

I chose Tagul to create word clouds from my weekly posts about the eLearning and Digital Cultures course offered on Coursera by the University of Edinburgh in January 2013.

February 24, 2013
Week 4 #edcmooc | I would like to add some more RAM to my brain!

After last week’s focus on how computers seem to be becoming more and more human, we considered efforts to remodel the human in Week 4 of #edcmooc. It is true that in recent years we are hearing about

February 23, 2013
Week 3 #edcmooc | Do MOOC’s humanize online courses?

I am not sure that MOOCs humanize the online learning experience. My experience in teaching a for-credit, blended (hybrid) course, BIO 204, convinced me that the online discussion board

February 18, 2013
Week 2 #edcmooc | Will we be buried in a sparkling mound of glass shards?

In Week 2 we are thinking about the future of our technology-driven world. As I started thinking about metaphors, I realized that I had used one in my post for Week 1 #edcmooc.

February 6, 2013
Week 1 #edcmooc | Utopia or dystopia?

I am so glad that I prepared for eLearning and Digital Cultures by visiting the Wayback Machine and putting together a timeline of my history as an educator using the Web!

February 1, 2013
The day of reckoning has arrived and – I choose … both! #edcmooc #introphil

My two Coursera MOOCs from the University of Edinburgh, Introduction to Philosophy and E-Learning and Digital Cultures, are now open, and they are BOTH fascinating.

January 28, 2013