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#cca0991 Novel Unit – Lesson 3: Activity 1 – Informal Presentation

By E. John Love, on July 4th, 2014%

For an online English course that I’m helping to develop, I’m now taking the Student role to do some careful usability and functionality testing.

This is one of my assignments.

Novel, Lesson 3: Activity 1 – Informal Presentation In Defense of the Character of Sal Paradise

Over the backyard, grey clouds thickened and threatened to . . . → Read More: #cca0991 Novel Unit – Lesson 3: Activity 1 – Informal Presentation

#cca0991 Novel Unit – Reading Log for “On the Road”

By E. John Love, on July 3rd, 2014%

For an online English course that I’m helping to develop, I’m now taking the Student role to do some careful usability and functionality testing.

After many weeks of transforming course content from Word documents of in-class handouts to various file formats for the Moodle LMS, it’s so refreshing to walk slowly through the narrative of . . . → Read More: #cca0991 Novel Unit – Reading Log for “On the Road”

Why Openness in Education: Activity 1

By E. John Love, on March 24th, 2013%

This post is the first in a new series of assignments for a free online course. This open course is called Why Openness in Education.

The first assignment given in this course proposed:

“Think back to a time when you learned something you really value from someone. Write a blog post in which you tell . . . → Read More: Why Openness in Education: Activity 1

E-learning & Digital Cultures: How big is #edcmooc? Some Stats…

By E. John Love, on February 20th, 2013%

EDCMOOC statistics

These usage statistics were provided by faculty from Edinburgh University, who are running the E-Learning + Digital Cultures MOOC on Coursera:

Total Registered Participants: 42874 Active Participants Over the Last 7 Days (“Active” is define as any contact with the EDCMOOC Coursera course site): ~ 17% EDC MOOC News (Blog Aggregator) Unique Visitors: . . . → Read More: E-learning & Digital Cultures: How big is #edcmooc? Some Stats…

The Long Hello – Meditating on #edcmooc, Gardner Campbell, and eLearning

By E. John Love, on February 8th, 2013%

The MOOC I’m taking, E-Learning + Digital Cultures, continues to unfold in front of me, gradually showing me new perspectives and more detail. But it’s not for the impatient…

For me, being in a MOOC has felt like being seated inside a vast, unlit stadium where you can hear other attendees whispering and you can . . . → Read More: The Long Hello – Meditating on #edcmooc, Gardner Campbell, and eLearning

Week 2: E-learning and Digital Cultures #edcmooc

By E. John Love, on January 30th, 2013%

I’m currently attending this MOOC: E-learning and Digital Cultures, offered through Coursera.

Activity for Week 2

Themes explored this week included technological utopianism and dystopianism, and the idea of technological determinism.

I watched these videos:

Video: “Day Made of Glass 2″ (Corning)

The “Glass as lifestyle” approach is somewhat corporate wishful thinking, IMHO, and . . . → Read More: Week 2: E-learning and Digital Cultures #edcmooc

Improving hardware and software usability, but for whom?

By E. John Love, on January 27th, 2013%

Last year, I read an astute saying that said “If you didn’t pay to use a service, then you are the product being sold”. I feel like that kind of “buyer beware” maxim could be applied to ease-of-use in information technologies too. Here’s what I mean…

If a technology tool or platform is popular, we . . . → Read More: Improving hardware and software usability, but for whom?

Learning, without end…

By E. John Love, on September 15th, 2012%

I get glimpses of learning happening all around me. Sometimes I’m part of the process, tutoring, advising or coaching someone through a new concept. Sometimes I’m just observing how others teach and learn, or taking an opportunity to observe the communities that educators create in order to make learning happen for others.

Tutoring Grownups

In . . . → Read More: Learning, without end…

Rebuilding Foundations: 2012 Colour Studies – Unit 6

By E. John Love, on May 23rd, 2012%

Unit 6: Colour in Nature

Continuing with my self-directed study of colour by following the telecourse Colour: An Introduction.

(Check out all my colour assignments here.)

Here are my notes from completing this unit of study:

Click image to view the gallery for this unit:

The goals for this unit of study were: analyzing . . . → Read More: Rebuilding Foundations: 2012 Colour Studies – Unit 6

Rebuilding Foundations: 2012 Colour Studies – Unit 5

By E. John Love, on May 15th, 2012%

Unit 5: Discord Energy