Monthly Archives: October 2018

The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks

The Rebus Community has come out with their guide to publishing OER called “The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (so far).” I like the model of the Rebus Community: they are a foundation which means their survival as a … Continue reading

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Week 0.5 – eLearning 3.0

I just finished watching Stephen Downes’ talk on Web3 technologies and their implications for learning. I am very interested in what Stephen had to say about technologies being used to build consensus and decision making. I think a shared, distributed … Continue reading

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Week 0: Seimens and Downes on AI

It was good to see Stephen Downes and George Siemens sitting down together and talking again for our Education 3.0 MOOC. It felt just like old times (CCK08, CCK11, etc.). I can’t really say what they do for one another … Continue reading

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Week 1: Data – Web 3.0

This is a brief note on what I watched today in our MOOC, eLearning 3.0. This week we are addressing two conceptual challenges: “first, the shift in our understanding of content from documents to data; and second, the shift in … Continue reading

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Digital Citizenship

This presentation attempts to discuss “Traditional” digital citizenship which I feel needs to include more about data security and ownership. Digital Citizenship should be more than just knowledge of the rules but should include an introduction to tools that will … Continue reading

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NW eLearn Concept Map Presentation

This was the presentation for the NW eLearning Conference.: “Class assignments that utilize concept maps are an opportunity for instructors to provide high level, interactive assignments that take full advantage of their students’ visual intelligence. This workshop will explore the … Continue reading

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