07
Apr
2013
#digped Storify: Questioning Writing MOOCs
Our #digped chat about teaching composition massively (either within a MOOC, or as part of a “MOOCified” on-ground or hybrid course) was first and foremost inspired by... Read More
02
Apr
2013
Making Composition Massive: a #digped Discussion
This Friday, April 5 from 1:00 – 2:00pm Eastern (10:00 – 11:00am Pacific), Hybrid Pedagogy will host a Twitter discussion under the hashtag #digped to consider the place of... Read More
28
Mar
2013
Will MOOCs Work for Writing?
When faced with a complex, fluid, and potentially uncontrollable situation, I’ve often heard people say, “It’s like herding cats.” I can think of no more... Read More
18
Mar
2013
Failure, Part of the Creative Process: Anya Kamenetz Twinterview
On Friday, March 8, Pete Rorabaugh interviewed Anya Kamenetz, author of DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Change in Higher Education (2010). Kamenetz’s writing... Read More
15
Jan
2013
Learn Like an Arachnid: Why I’m MOOCifying
Every fall when I ask my first year students, “Why did you choose the College of Environmental Science and Forestry?” at least one will answer, “I... Read More
19
Nov
2012
A MOOC is not a Thing: Emergence, Disruption, and Higher Education
A MOOC is not a thing. A MOOC is a strategy. What we say about MOOCs cannot possibly contain their drama, banality, incessance, and proliferation.... Read More
27
Aug
2012
Udacity and Online Pedagogy: Players, Learners, Objects
This sentence is a learning object. Wayne Hodgins, the “father of learning objects,” first came up with the idea for them while watching his son play... Read More
24
Aug
2012
Learning as Performance: MOOC Pedagogy and On-ground Classes
I once heard an interesting story about my former collegiate marching-band instructor, Dr. Richard Greenwood. According to legend, Greenwood once held up the score to... Read More
13
Aug
2012
A MOOC by Any Other Name
MOOCs: Changing Modes of Pedagogy [original Google Doc] As Bonnie Stewart explains, massive open courses are not a new concept. In the 1970s, Michel Foucault taught courses for... Read More
11
Aug
2012
Audrey Watters Wrestles with MOOCs
Pete Rorabaugh chatted with the globe-trotting Audrey Watters about the institutional questions that MOOCs raise. Watters is an ed tech journalist and the author/editor of... Read More
09
Aug
2012
#digped Storify Pt. 2: A Backchannel in the Backchannel
This is the second installment of the Storify of the Hybrid Pedagogy #digped Twitter discussion for Friday, August 3, 2012: “Broadcast Learning.” This installment covers... Read More
08
Aug
2012
#digped Storify Pt. 1: We Interrupt This Broadcast . . .
In his article, “Broadcast Education: A Response to Coursera,” Sean asks us to consider, “If online education has made so much progress, why isn’t it... Read More
01
Aug
2012
Broadcast Learning: A #digped Discussion
The conversation curated and archived in two parts via Storify: Pt. 1: We Interrupt This Broadcast… and Pt. 2: A Backchannel in the Backchannel. This Friday, August 3... Read More
26
Jul
2012
Broadcast Education: a Response to Coursera
Coursera is silly. Educational technology news has been all a-flutter over the last few months about the work that Coursera is doing to bring higher education... Read More
23
Jul
2012
The March of the MOOCs: Monstrous Open Online Courses
MOOCs are a red herring. The MOOC didn’t appear last week, out of a void, vacuum-packed. The MOOC has been around for years, biding its time.... Read More
