…and I stop and I turn and I go for a ride. Thank you, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, for the lines to sum up my initial reaction upon finishing…
Year: 2019
Looking Back Into The Abyss
Like most people my age who were educated in American schools, I spent my school career being given assignments with strict guidelines and expectations: “Read this book, and write a…
The Worst of the Best
This week’s focus in my graduate coursework on digital citizenship has been particularly heartbreaking, as it has involved looking at how some people are able to take some the greatest…
Copyright: Protecting Creators For 3 Centuries and Counting (Maybe)
The notion of copyright–actually a set of rights held by the originator of a creative work–is an old and important one. Copyright establishes the sole right of a work’s creator to…
The Digital Non-Natives Are Restless
As part of my graduate coursework this week, I was assigned to do a Google search on myself, in order to determine my digital footprint. I was both delighted and…
On Digital Citizenship
The first week of my latest graduate class, Digital Citizenship, has come and gone, and has led me to examine two main concepts: my own definition of what the term…
In Search of Quality Teaching
As I conclude my coursework in EDLD 5318 and finish creating my first fully-online course, I’ve been tasked with some reflection on the course development process and how it relates…
Bring It On(line)
The completed draft of my professional learning plan’s online course component has been submitted. It feels good to have it committed to a final form, if only to have something to…
Details, Details
The first half of my professional learning plan’s online course component is up and somewhat running–submitted for evaluation as part of my coursework in EDLD 5318: Instructional Design in Online Learning. As…
The Dirtying of Hands
Two-thirds of the way through my DLL master’s program, and I feel like I’m finally getting to put all of my thoughts and ideas from my innovation plan into concrete…