Featured Image “open for business” cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by @cogdog Whether you are outraged, amused, or overwhelmed with ennui by the flurry of Instagram ToS sentiments, I agree with Gina Tripani: Deeply happy users are questioning/debating their favorite tools' Terms of Service, demanding their makers clarify the language. Iteration! — Gina… Read More: Open as in “for business” »
At my university, we gearing up for round three of our elearning initiative. Our website hosts a bit of criteria to guide faculty interested in moving their courses online. Our centre will provide the support infrastructure and faculty will receive the equivalent course release stipend to work with us and develop the course. The biggest… Read More: Planning an Online Course »
Dr. David DiBattista, professor of Psychology at Brock University and faculty associate to the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation gave a workshop today on how to determine the quality of your multiple choice questions. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by giulia.forsythe Starting with the fundamental assumptions: Our goal is to help… Read More: Good Question! »
I was excited and honoured to be invited by BC Campus to be a graphic facilitator at their Open Educational Resources Forum (#OERforum) last week. When they first asked for me to be a graphic facilitator, of course I immediately said yes but I also felt a bit of trepidation as I have never done… Read More: Digital Graphic Facilitation at BC Campus »
I was incredibly lucky last Tuesday to get to spend a couple hours at the Justice Institute of British Columbia as Nancy White facilitated a World Cafe for their staff and faculty. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by giulia.forsythe I had met Mika Fryling at the Online Community Enthusiasts Forum… Read More: N is for Nancy »
As part of our new eLearning initiative, many faculty are keen to integrate blogging into their coursework. There are so many great examples out there, starting with the venerable UMW Blogs, DS106, Cathy Davidson’s crowd-sourced grading model (Duke), Mark Sample‘s pedagogy and the class blog (George Mason University) and a lot more. A lot of the… Read More: Promise of Reflective Journals »
Last week I drew up some visual notes for the seminal article on openness:Cathedral & the Bazaar. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by giulia.forsythe After reading some really thoughtful posts by Ken Romeo, Phil Hill and Michael Feldstein, I can’t help but wonder if the Sakai Foundation has taken too… Read More: Sakai OAE: a bazaar in the cathedral? »
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by giulia.forsythe Starring Sebastian Thrun and all those xMOOCS: Udacity, Coursera, EDx (because they are the ones that get all the attention) but produced, directed and thought about by George Siemens, Alec Couros, Dave Cormier, Stephen Downes. Poster based on The Blob illustrated movie poster,… Read More: Nothing Can Stop It! »
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by giulia.forsythe On Wednesday August 29 I was in the middle of facilitating an intensive 3 day Instructional Skills workshop for graduate students. It was also my 38th birthday. It’s been an excellent year for me but for some inexplicable reason I’ve had a bit… Read More: 38 Special »
Today’s Daily Create is to FACE TRACE! I use this ALL THE TIME! So much that it’s worthy of a blog post. Daily Create Instructions: Use a photo of a face. Use a draw tool or your finger to draw all lines of the face on top of it. Delete the photo leaving the tracing.… Read More: Trace that Face »