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Time to get real
What a difference a week makes. I just discovered that I’m going to be teaching an online language class again sooner rather than later. POTCERT is suddenly no longer just about theory. Jim Sullivan encouraged us, “better to be late … Continue reading
Side-tracked by Reality
What a great week to jump back into Potcert! I laughed when I read, “…design and development of online activities requires real fore-thought and investment of time…”* I added a note to my eText “does it ever!!” Adapting a course … Continue reading
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Arguing with the Textbook
Do you ever find yourself arguing with an author? (Here’s another reason to use eText: I don’t have to deface a book to keep track of my one-way conversation.) My vanity was gratified when I was able to persuade the … Continue reading
I played hookey the first day of school
The Program for Online Teaching Certificate (affectionately titled potcert*) officially started yesterday. And I played hookey. I can’t regret it. On one of the last warm days of our short, northern summer, it would have been sheer ungratefulness to stay … Continue reading
Blogging Tolstoy
This winter I shall attempt to read War and Peace. As a creative exercise, I intend to blog my experience and my reaction to this epic. Many years ago I realized I was reading too much indulgent trash (mystery, sci-fi/fantasy) … Continue reading
Program for Online Teaching pre-session notes
Constance Kassor tweeted: “Sad to have missed out on the #potcert meeting in Collaborate today. Can any fellow potcert-ers sum it up in a few tweets?” I started to tweet a reply, but decided I’m too inexperienced with twitter to … Continue reading
Online Teaching MOOC
Another Academic year, another rich menu of MOOCs from which to choose. Pedagogy First is offering the Program for Online Teaching again. I heard Lisa Lane tell about it (in a hangout with Jeff Lebow, I think) some time ago. … Continue reading
You Baked WHAT?
I baked my Network Controller. I was skeptical, but whaddaya know? It DOES work! So, my trusty old HP Laserjet 2200 network printer went on strike Sunday morning. I’ve had it for a decade, even bought a refurbished carcass a … Continue reading
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No More Tåîchô
Are you fed up with seeing Tåîchô in print when it’s supposed to be Tłı̨chǫ? That’s what you see if WinMac Dene fonts are not installed on your computer. Unicode frees us from depending on the WinMac Dene fonts. They … Continue reading
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Sahana Chattopadhyay at EdgeX 2012
Instructional Designer, Sahana Chattopadhyay shared her experience with on-line learning and connectivism in a presentation that was chock-full of quotable quotes. I can’t find them any where else, so here are some I’ve transcribed. Watch the full presentation at http://www.aurusnet.com/index.php?r=lecture/view&id=10177 … Continue reading