Many of our colleagues introduced some form of collaborative elements in their courses. They often shared their challenges during the department meetings. The common challenges are students did not do prior reading to prepare themselves adequately for the topic and are not actively participating in group discussion and assignments. Other challenges cited in the literatureContinue reading “Week 3: Reflection on Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”

This semester has been something of a trainwreck. The pandemic has slammed into us and knocked us sideways. As bad as I think things have been for me, I am aware that for many it has been far, far worse. But this post is not about the virus per se. Nor…

I was asked to read up and reflect on open access education. In the course of reflecting on it, I realized that “open access education” is in fact quite a strange thing for me to internalize as an educator within an institutional setting. I realized quite quickly that many of us are not as openContinue reading “Higher Education is not [yet] Open….”