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AI and the Death of the College Essay

Posted on December 9, 2022 by admin

The Atlantic’s December issue has an essay “The College Essay Is Dead: Nobody is prepared for how AI will transform academia” by Stephen Marche that says that AI is going to make the college essay irrelevant. I say good riddance. … Continue reading →

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Remembering Char Gore

Posted on December 3, 2022 by admin

I worked with Char Gore in my role as instructional designer at Tacoma Community College. She was the most innovative and forward-thinking instructors I had ever met. Back in 2008, she was interested in working in virtual worlds, using wikis, … Continue reading →

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You Say Tweeter, I Say Tooter

Posted on November 29, 2022 by admin

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 →

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Open Textbooks, Open Doors (Revised)

Posted on October 26, 2022 by admin

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 →

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What is “Instructional Design”?

Posted on October 21, 2022 by admin

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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Organic Chemistry Textbook Goes Open Access

Posted on August 25, 2022 by admin

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 →

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Lumen Learning, Course Hero, and Other Strange Bedfellows

Posted on August 9, 2022 by admin

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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OER Faculty Institute Update

Posted on July 27, 2022 by admin

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 →

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OER Faculty Institute

Posted on July 14, 2022 by admin

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

Posted on June 13, 2022 by admin

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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