I just got home from OER19. Time for a little reflection and a lot of gratitude. Gratitude First First up, let me thank everybody involved. OER has become without doubt my favorite conference/workshop of the year. I want to thank the people who put so much into making this conference so great and made such … Continue reading Prepare for Re-exit (OER19 Reflection)
Accessible Lessons at Sea
I don't often blog about personal stuff. I usually write about ideas, economics, or education. This is an exception. It's on the long side. I understand if you haven't time to read it. I just need to share it. It's about some experiences I had and lessons I've learned. But like most of my posts, … Continue reading Accessible Lessons at Sea
That’s No Plagiarism Checker
I finally went on spring break as in "I actually got away from work and stuff". We took our first cruise. For a social and institutional economist with a critical bent that just loves to observe people and capitalism in the wild, let's just say that a cruise offers a target rich environment. I'll have … Continue reading That’s No Plagiarism Checker
Literacies not Content
Note: This post is part of the LCC Literacy and Education Faculty Learning Community discussions. I just had an A-HA! moment. We've been talking about literacies - plural, vernacular and formal, and learning. Leslie's been telling me "literacy IS learning" and that's been stuck in my brain for a couple of weeks now and I'm … Continue reading Literacies not Content
Feedback on Feedback
Note: This post is my reactions to the assigned readings in the LCC Literacy and Education Faculty Learning Community this week. I've got more I'll write and probably post tomorrow that's been triggered by this week's batch of readings. But in the meantime, I discovered this great tweet and thread by Kera Lovell (a history … Continue reading Feedback on Feedback
Orality, Literacy, and the Education Commons
Note: This post is my reactions to the assigned readings in the LCC Literacy and Education Faculty Learning Community this week. I've always felt myself a stranger in a strange land academically. I've been intimidated by the thought of academic writing. Writing is so, so central to academia and I've thought or seen myself as … Continue reading Orality, Literacy, and the Education Commons
Goals, A Non-News Announcement, and Preview of 2019
So this is just a self-indulgent note to my readers as to what to expect this year. Looking over the stats I see I didn't achieve last year's Don't Call It A Resolution. Twenty-some posts is way more than I thought I had done last year. A few were good ones of which I'm proud. … Continue reading Goals, A Non-News Announcement, and Preview of 2019
Response to Mike Caulfield Question
Mike Caulfield on Twitter asks a question today: https://twitter.com/holden/status/1071194090165886976 There's more to it. It's a whole thread. Rather than respond in what would inevitably be a long thread myself, I'll just post my reactions & poorly formed thoughts here. Disclaimer: I haven't read Simons in decade(s) and all economic "facts" I mention here are really … Continue reading Response to Mike Caulfield Question
What We Never Know
We never really know. It just happens. I lost my sister this past week. Well, I guess people would call her my sister-in-law, but really she was like both my second sister and a brother I never had. 41 years. That's a long time. We take it for granted. It seems like our most loved … Continue reading What We Never Know
Shelter in the Open
This is the second of my two reflections on last week's OpenEd18 conference. This one is personal. I'm stepping outside my normal economist persona and sharing my personal experience. Actually, it's less a reflection on the conference than reflection on what I learned about myself at the conference. Open conferences like OpenEd, OER, and OEGlobal … Continue reading Shelter in the Open
