My intention to blog Tolstoy’s War & Peace chapter-by-chapter in Dan Bergstein style got derailed. War and Peace turns out to be a fascinating read. I was all the way to chapter 5 before I remembered why I started reading … Continue reading
As mentioned in a previous post, several colleagues joined me in the Coursera/University of Toronto course, “Aboriginal Worldviews and Education” back in February and March. (an excellent course by the way – fodder for another post) Our cohort tried to … Continue reading
This started as a FaceBook reply and grew into a blog post. I’ve had a Twitter account for 2 years but only started using it recently. Others have posted far superior step-by-step Twitter instructions (see Christopher Lehman So You Think … Continue reading
Jim Groom opened kicked down a door at the end of 2010. DS106 was the apo kalupsis which tore away the veil that had concealed the sumptuously rich, and often darkly funny nature of digital storytelling from my perception. Prior … Continue reading
This connectivism keeps messing with my time management aspirations. Prodded by Alec Couros’ tweet referencing Kevin Stranack’s “Guerrilla Connectivism“, and inspired by Roy Beasley’s “Confessions of a MOOC Dropout“, I posted the following “Reply All” last evening in response to … Continue reading
I’ve created a World Clock event for the upcoming CMC 11 “Visual Communication” live session. In case anyone else is as dyslexic about time zones as I am, click the image below to find your local time for the event: or … Continue reading
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
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I’ve been pondering one of the early readings in CMC11 which stated “Multicultural experience enhances creativity.” Being immersed in cultures other than the one a person was born into, does allow the mind to embrace alternate frames of reference. And … Continue reading
What a difference personal interaction makes in distance learning! Hanging out with Carol Yeager in G+ tonight inspired me to quit waiting until I had time to do it perfectly, and just write the blog post. I told Carol how … Continue reading
Somewhere in lurking through #CMC11 I stumbled across Gordon Lockhart’s CCK11 blog posting, Man! This MOOC is Something Else! It’s the kind of delightfully tongue-in-cheek dialog I enjoy. When I asked him via a comment, if he’d considered animating it … Continue reading
