Tag: reflective writing

Coursera / Social Psychology: WEEK 5: Conflict, Peacemaking, Intervention | “Blessed be the peacemakers”

Week 5 Reflection We need more peacemakers on the Web. I have been appalled at some of the catty personal Web postings from people that I thought I knew pretty well both in person and through their professional posts on the Web. At times there seems to be a competition for the most snark, as…

September 15, 2013
Coursera / Social Psychology: Week 4 – Group Behavior: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Week 4 Reflection The timing of this course seems almost prescient! I know that the course was delayed from its original start date so that the interactive features could be added to the lectures. It is this interactivity that makes this course such a standout, but what really is amazing

September 8, 2013
Coursera / Social Psychology: Week 3 – Obedience, Conformity, and Deindividuation

Week 3 Reflection It was very fortuitous for me that this week’s lectures and readings coincided with my first week back at school as a tutor/mentor. It brought to mind my first year of teaching

August 31, 2013
Coursera / Social Psychology: Week 2 – Self-Presentation and Persuasion

Week 2 Reflection What a fantastic course! Each one of the lectures and readings is more fascinating than the last! For me, the most memorable topics this week were those

August 24, 2013
Coursera / Social Psychology: Week 1 – Social Perceptions and Misperceptions

Week 1 Reflection A very interesting start to this, my latest MOOC adventure! This week’s lectures and readings were similar to some of the psychology topics in the UVa Know Thyself Coursera MOOC that I found so

August 13, 2013
Coursera / Social Psychology: First week released early!

This looks like it is going to be a really fun course! I am going to continue with my MOOC Storytelling approach as I work my way through it.

August 1, 2013