Blogs
- This is not my web
So after a lot of thought, I've decided to scrap the comments section of Hack Education. http://t.co/ALBJng9GvL May 16, 2013 10:34 am via TweetDeck Reply Retweet Favorite @audreywatters Audrey Watters I saw this tweet pass by my stream earlier today, so went to read the post. Then I started di [...] - A K-12 Primer for British Columbia Teachers Posting Students’ Work Online
There is little doubt in my mind that web 2.0, social media, and cloud computing offer powerful vehicles for teaching and learning—but only if educators use them responsibly, abide by the rules and regulations, and teach their students to do the same. According to lawyer, Pam Portal, &l [...] - On the evolution of my thinking and research trajectory
A month or so ago, I began writing a document that mapped my writing output and my research trajectory. More than the research trajectory that other writers and myself have referred to at some points (i.e., the roadmap of what research output you need by when in order to achieve tenure, a-la-Karen [...] - Remix my words
A tweet from Emma (@sunnydeveloper) just made my day. @clintlalonde your blog post is inspiring some collaborative making for week #3 of #teachtheweb :) http://t.co/QHP3BLre6S May 15, 2013 7:25 am via web Reply Retweet Favorite @sunnydeveloper Emma Irwin The backstory A few months ago I wrote a blo [...] - My funky foot part three; becoming a runner again
It’s been ages since I felt the way I do now about running; a feeling I’d describe as quasi-euphoric. I won’t go into any detail here about the trials and tribulations of the past 12-18 months. If you’re really interested in such long-winded stories, part one is here and par [...] - How to Amplify Your Mistakes on Social Media
Image via Facebook Social media and reality television is a terrible combination for those who hope to fly under the radar. This is a lesson that the “stars” of the latest episode of “Kitchen Nightmares” have yet to learn. The show featured Arizona restaurant Amy’s Bak [...] - Triggers for experience
For “art works”, we might substitute “content”, or “educational resources”. Via the mighty BAVATUMBLR, on the occasion of Brian Eno’s birthday. I know we’re supposed to revere Eno for his contribution to ambient art, but my warmest feelings are reserv [...] - You don’t have to wait for BCcampus
I’ve been on the road for the past 3 weeks speaking to educators in this province about the BC open textbook project attending & presenting at a number of BCCAT articulation committee meetings and various institutional and provincial faculty professional development events. There was also [...] - Happy Teachers and Professors Day (May 15th) – Feliz Dia del Maestro!
Photo credit: Shelley Lipke Photography on Flickr May 15th is the day when we celebrate teachers, educators and professors in Mexico (Dia del Maestro, in Spanish). I love teaching. Actually, I feel that I was born to teach. In fact, I was born to two educators (my Mom is a professor of government a [...] - Yellowhead Northward
Video made from 760 images taken every 5 seconds from the car dashboard. Audio from Madeleine Allakariallak – Highway Free - Into the great wide open
Had the opportunity to channel my inner Brian Lamb and talk about open education this week at the 2013 Tourism Educators Conference at Royal Roads University. Here are the slides from my presentation, released CC-BY so feel free to download and use any you wish. Into the Great Wide Open from Clint [...] - Summary of “the Willpower Instinct”
A very well laid out book by Kelly McGonigal. This is a quick summary of the principles that each chapter addresses as well as some of the tactics that she lays out for when tempted and the strategies that can be used to reduce your risk of failure. - The Pedagogy of MOOCs
There is a great deal of energy, enthusiasm, and change happening in today’s education sector. Existing and new education providers are leveraging the Internet, ICT infrastructure, digital content, open licensing, social networking, and interaction to create new forms of education. Open Educa [...] - Towards interdisciplinarity: Recent book acquisitions by CIDE Region Centro’s library
One of the reasons that attracted me to CIDE Region Centro, and to take a professor position here, was the premise (and the promise) of a hub for interdisciplinary scholarship on regional studies. CIDE Region Centro has two main research programmes, the Programme on Drug Policy and the Programme on [...] - On working from home as an academic: Having the best possible setup for a home office
Given that I’ve been focusing this year on being disciplined and writing EVERY SINGLE DAY (something I had to stop doing for 2 weeks while JT was here visiting me from Vancouver), and that I write first thing in the morning (4:45am, for the most part, although when I sleep in I start working [...] - Mission Possible – Finding Snapchat Photos
The mobile app Snapchat continues its atmospheric rise in popularity. As of April, 150 million “snaps’ were sent daily. The majority of these snaps are little more than silly expressions, breakfast shots or fashion critiques. The success of Snapchat is built on the idea [...] - Time Capsule: Fredericksburg, May 2012
Was going through layers of unlabelled media on my portable drives today in hopes of bringing some order to my ever expanding collections and found this recording I had written off as lost – recorded exactly 1 year ago. It was captured at a tiny pub around the corner from Jim Groom&rsqu [...] - Discussing design models for hybrid/blended learning and the impact on the campus
A couple of weeks ago I had an interesting meeting with about 25 instructional designers from UBC, where we discussed design models for hybrid learning, defined as a deliberate attempt to combine the best of both face-to-face and online learning. Hybrid learning: the next big change in online [...] - National Teacher Appreciation Day 2013
Whenever I think of my past and how it influenced my career choice of being a professor now, I always come back to my childhood. When I was 11, I read somewhere that the literacy rate in Mexico was in the 90%, but I never really believed it (obviously, these rates may vary geographically and at sub [...] - Thoughts on Probability
Matt Briggs is discusing Subjective Versus Objective Bayes Versus Frequentism.But he clearly has a preference and I am reluctant to accept without question the labeling and characterization of a position by one who does not hold it. Apparently, the objectivist (at least as represented by Briggs) do [...]
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