Tag: Lifelong Learning

ALL THINGS DIGITAL – UVA’s Library | Senior Center, June 10 | Free and open to all

“UVA’s Library, Its Collections, and How You Can Use Them” Monday, June 10, 1:00 pm Todd Burks, UVA Library Specialist Senior, will provide a general overview of the UVA library, explain how the community can use

June 5, 2013
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
An Intergenerational Group of Lifelong Learners

Literacy Volunteers (LVCA) Training, May 18, 2013 A truly intergenerational (20’s through 70’s !!!) group of very friendly, warm, enthusiastic trainers and trainees gathered on Saturday morning in JABA‘s bright Martha Williams Community Center in the beautifully restored Jefferson School for a full day of training.

May 20, 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
Week 10 – Know Thyself | An end but also a beginning

Thank you, Professor Green and all those at UVa who worked so hard to produce this superb MOOC! This is my final post for this course, but just the beginning of the newest “me” …

May 13, 2013
Week 9 – Know Thyself | Maybe dementia has no “self” to steal

Today I am fine, and I will enjoy this moment! If we have no “selves” to lose, perhaps living in the present rather than dwelling on the past

May 6, 2013