Reading Time: 2minutesNot long ago, I revisited an old idea with a friend at work: The Exquisite Corpse drawing game. We wanted to use it as a way to encourage some asynchronous play-activity among members of...
Reading Time: 2minutesFor 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...
Reading Time: < 1minuteI’m enjoying the MOOC “The Future of Storytelling” (#StoryMOOC). This little video is my response to the Creative Task for Chapter 4 (“Inspirational Week”) The proposition for the task was this: Take a camera,...
Reading Time: < 1minuteThe Eastside Culture Crawl is East Vancouver’s own open studio tour. I don’t go every year, but have gone for many years. It feels good to wander through studio space, smelling paint, sawdust, and...
Reading Time: 2minutesI’m enrolled in the MOOC “The Future of StoryTelling” (#StoryMOOC, iVersity.com). This Massive Open Online Course provides a foundation in the principles of the formats and methods of fictional storytelling. The reasons this online...
Reading Time: 2minutesThis is like an inventory of things I do to express myself. I don’t know why I nee to do a catalogue, but it feels right – like emptying a closet before you reorganize it. Writing I...
Reading Time: 2minutesYeah – I’m going through a DEVO phase again. I listen to their music all the time. Their voices and sounds are familiar, like visiting an old neighbourhood. I get emails from Club Devo,and...
Reading Time: 2minutesMOOCs and UBC: Top 12 things you need to know now… In September 2012, UBC entered into an agreement with Coursera to deliver online web-based free courses as part of MOOCs. UBC has four...
Reading Time: < 1minuteEDCMOOC 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”...
Reading Time: < 1minuteFor an assignment for the MOOC, eLearning and Digital Cultures, I created my first Prezi… It’s my little abstract reaction to the bewilderment of feeling lost inside a 40,000 member Massive Open Online Course....
