Tag: Coursera

MOOC Experiences – my storytelling approach using WordPress and Twitter

I will continue to use WordPress and Twitter as my chosen social media tools for reflecting on my MOOC learning. I have enjoyed my experiences as a MOOC student in several courses, and I am looking forward to those to come. It was apparent to me from the beginning, however, that

May 28, 2013
U.Va. Faculty, Students Give Online Education a Mostly Positive Grade | UVA Today

I am so pleased that I had the opportunity to participate in this exciting experiment! Emanuel Grant’s introduction to the world of massive open online courses – a/k/a “MOOCs” – came this spring in his final undergraduate semester at the University of Virginia.The Italian studies major from Fairfax served as a volunteer “Community TA” for…

May 17, 2013
Get Your SUPERFOODS at the Charlottesville City Market

Notice how many of the superfoods in the ABC article can be found at our City Markets! The lists of “superfoods” do not change very much from year to year, which leads me to believe

May 8, 2013
Week 7 – Know Thyself | OF COURSE chocolate is good for you

I have to admit that I love chocolate! As Professor Green was talking about confirmation bias, I kept thinking of my friends’ jokes about my knack of finding all available reports of health benefits for things that I especially like – especially chocolate.

April 19, 2013
Week 6 – Know Thyself | Now you have hit a nerve, Prof Green!

Old Dog/New Tricks In listening to Lecture 11.4, I was silently agreeing with the idea that a two year old probably cannot will to change his/her behavior, when I was struck by a sentence further on which stated that we may lose the ability to change the way we behave as we get older. Now that is…

April 14, 2013
Week 5 – Know Thyself | The adaptive unconscious – my brain is a computer with programs running in the background

My favorite novel of all time is Jane Eyre I found it interesting when I saw that Jane Eyre was mentioned in the title of one of the lectures, and now I must say that the fifth week of Know Thyself has made me even more glad that I am participating in this adventure! Prof…

April 8, 2013