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You Say Tweeter, I Say Tooter
This is just a quick note to mention my move from Twitter to Mastodon. I had pretty much had enough of Twitter years ago but I kept believing that somehow all the chaos, nonsense, open washing, all of the iterations … Continue reading
Open Textbooks, Open Doors (Revised)
This is the latest version of a presentation I have been giving since 2008 on open education resources. It is kind of depressing because not much has changed in the cost of education except for the fact that despite the … Continue reading
What is “Instructional Design”?
I like to revisit this question every year because as education changes and evolves, so does the definition of instructional design. Postings like these are always unsatisfactory because it is difficult to say that there is one thing that we … Continue reading
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Tagged education, id, instructiona ldesigners, instructional design
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Organic Chemistry Textbook Goes Open Access
This in from Boyoung Chae of the Washington SBCTC via the Open WA newsletter: Best-selling organic chemistry textbook becomes open access Brace yourselves, chemistry students and fans of the field: John McMurry’s best-selling textbook, Organic Chemistry, is about to become … Continue reading
Lumen Learning, Course Hero, and Other Strange Bedfellows
Why Does This Matter? Most people following this story know the essential details: Lumen Learning has off-loaded openly licensed course materials to Course Hero. Edsurge has been publishing industry articles on this. If you don’t know Course Hero, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged course hero, lumen learning, oer, open education, open textbooks
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OER Faculty Institute Update
Attached you will find the program for the OER Faculty Institute hosted by the Teaching & Learning Center at Clover Park Technical College. From our previous notice: Clover Park Technical College is excited to host our first OER Faculty Institute! … Continue reading
OER Faculty Institute
Clover Park Technical College is excited to host our first OER Faculty Institute! Dates: Fri., Aug. 5th and Sat., Aug. 6th Time: 9 am to 3 pm (PST) The Teaching & Learning Center at Clover Park Technical College is hosting a … Continue reading
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Back to the Future: Chickering and Gamson
I am gathering a few resources from when I started my career in education and instructional design that are currently being resurrected in the name of <insert grant-worthy buzzword here>. Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F. Gamson wrote the “Seven … Continue reading
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Hypothesis and Social Annotation
We had a great presentation today on using Hypothes.is in online classes at Clover Park Technical College. I presented, but it was really important to have the eLearning Office represented (Cindy Overton) and my fellow instructional designer and Chinese Culture … Continue reading
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Webinar: Indigenous Open Educational Resources
This came in over the wire from Amanda Coolidge via Cable Green: Indigenous Open Educational Resources: Respectfully Uplifting Community Voice Date: May 24, 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Open education is grounded in Western understandings of ownership, protocol, … Continue reading