Category: MOOCs

Week 2 – Know Thyself | Learned a lot about Descartes, but more about myself

The last time that I studied Descartes was over 50 years ago. In those days books with assigned readings were put on reserve in the library, and students had to sign up for a time slot in order to read them. When the appointed hour arrived

March 15, 2013
Week 1 – Know Thyself | Thanks, Prof Green for helping me stay calm!

Now that I have completed this week’s assignments, I feel as if I have just returned from a time-travel adventure to ancient Greece where I listened in on all the gossip about Socrates! The UVa Coursera course, Know Thyself by Professor Mitch Green, opened this week, and (at least for me) it sure was the…

March 7, 2013
Are you ready to #knowthyself ? Prof Mitch Green’s Coursera MOOC starts on March 4

The Delphic Oracle is said to have had two premier injunctions: NOTHING IN EXCESS, and KNOW THYSELF. This course will be an examination of the latter injunction. Our central questions fall into two categories. First, What is it? We shall inquire … Continue: www.coursera.org/course/knowthyself There is still time to sign up and join the tens of…

February 27, 2013
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