In my course, we have a series of readings contemplating ethics in design. I highlight the following paragraph for student reflection and discussion as it does a good job of framing what we’re doing this semester from Moore (2014, p. 192): “In short, the application of design to ethics suggests that rather than identifying the…
I’ve started a deeper dive into Chapter 18 titled Online Infrastructures for Open Educational Resources (OER) in the massive Handbook of Open, Distanceand Digital Education. It aligns closely with a current project, as well as a long interest I’ve had in creating and distributing OER for the benefit of adult foundational skills education. This chapter…
On January 13, 2023, Dr. Alec Couros hosted a seminar on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching & learning. The slides and key resources are posted now, and a recording of the session will be added to this post once it’s available. Alec is a pioneering online educator and researcher – and a very smart dude!…
I just published my Spring 2023 course in Canvas. Excited to start new adventures with my students during the next 15 weeks! Featured Image Photo by Lan Gao on Unsplash
I can point to a few pivotal moments and people who impacted my future direction. I’ve written about it before. In 2005, I was antsy to try something new. I grabbed a copy of the NYU continuing education catalog and signed up for a couple of courses, including an instructional design class. It happened to…
As I now do for fun, I prompted ChatGPT to provide a list of open education conferences. Here is what it returned. Here are a few conferences that are focused on open education (ChatGPT, January 11, 2023): At first, this appears to be an ok roster. I headed to Google to find links to the…
Education has a terminology problem. I think “learning engineer” finally had its day, but we continue to struggle with how to describe various types of learning. Classroom instruction remains (for the most part) the baseline “traditional” learning environment when contrasted with the rest. However, we dance around all kinds of terms to describe technology-supported learning…
Hot off the press! I just came across the 1,400+ page OPEN ACCESS “2023 Handbook of Open, Distance, and Digital Education” with many of my favorite scholars, including Martin Weller, Terry Anderson, Michael Molenda, Rick West, Patrick Lowenthal, and many, many more! Wowzy! I’m blown away. Featured Image Photo by Dmitry Ratushny on Unsplash
As I prepare for the new semester, I’m aggregating resources about AI use in education. A lot of those resources are from peer educators making their own aggregated rosters. So, here is my current aggregation of aggregated AI rosters: Featured Image Photo by Taras Shypka on Unsplash
I’m late to the party in finding this treasure, but I stumbled on Ethical Use of Technology in Digital Learning Environments: Graduate Student Perspectives, an open-access book published in December 28, 2020 examining the safe and ethical use of EdTech co-created students at the University of Calgary. It’s a fantastic project on so many levels:…