Monthly Archives: November 2014

Implementing an Open Textbook in an Online Biology Lab Course

Posted on November 20, 2014 by geoffcain

This was the presentation I gave today on our course design for instructor Chris Callahan’s online biology class: After spending some time here talking to people about this, I have come up with some great ideas about better integrating the … Continue reading →

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Rubric of Wonder

Posted on November 20, 2014 by geoffcain

…and I am perpetually waiting for the fleeing lovers on the Grecian Urn to catch each other up at last and embrace and I am awaiting perpetually and forever awaiting a renaissance of wonder. – “I am Waiting” by Lawrence … Continue reading →

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Larry Lessig at #OpenEd14

Posted on November 19, 2014 by geoffcain

These are some brief notes about this mornings keynote at Open Education 2014. I was a bit relieved here. My nightmare is that one day I will show up at OpenEd and it will have been completely taken over by … Continue reading →

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Mushrooms, Neuroscience, and Education

Posted on November 3, 2014 by geoffcain

There is an interesting story about magic mushrooms in Wired Magazine this month. It includes a nice graphic that demonstrates the connections in the brain when on psilocybin. I find this interesting because there are a number of researchers attempting to … Continue reading →

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Digital Loeb: Rebirth of the Book?

Posted on November 2, 2014 by geoffcain

Maybe now that Harvard Press is doing it, we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the book isn’t being killed off by the internet. I have a number of posts on this blog addressing the so-called death of … Continue reading →

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