In far too much online learning, we over-architecture engagement, reducing it to a series of tasks with point values, rather than leaving enough breathing room for organic and intrinsically-motivated community to develop. Jesse Stommel Podcast Ellis, B., & Rowe, M. (n.d.). Reflections on WCPT and the Unposter (No. 13). Retrieved 30 September 2020, from https://inbeta.uwc.ac.za/2019/10/07/13-reflections-on-wcpt-and-the-unposter/…
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Academic authorship, feedback literacy, and critical digital pedagogy
Published July 31, 2020 by Michael Rowe
A course today is an act of composition. Sean Michael Morris Podcast Who Wrote This Stuff, Anyway? The Complex Construct of Authorship in Meded. The KeyLIME podcast. Authorship. It is the basis of career advancement, global recognition, funding, wellness, professional identity, and even historical legacy. But are the guidelines for authorship as they currently stand…
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Published June 1, 2020 by Michael Rowe
Curriculum is constructed and negotiated in real time by the contributions of those engaged in the learning process. Dave Cormier Podcast Harris, S. & Mullenweg, M. (2020). The new future of work. Making Sense podcast. In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Matt Mullenweg about the evolution of distributed work. They discuss…
Leave a CommentFeeling overwhelmed, emergency remote teaching, and online learning in a hurry
Published May 1, 2020 by Michael Rowe
Students and teachers are leaving learning behind in the pursuit of survival. Podcast Anderson, C. (2020). Elizabeth Gilbert says it’s OK to feel overwhelmed. Here’s what to do next. The TED Interview podcast. I think you would have to be either a sociopath or totally enlightened not to be feeling anxiety at a moment like…
Leave a CommentRemote work, authentic online learning, and Covid-19 resources
Published April 1, 2020 by Michael Rowe
Bring students into the conversation as early as possible by having them collaborate on the syllabus, outline the objectives of the course, design activities and assessments, etc. Jesse Stommel Podcast Fried, F. & Heinemeier Hansson, D. (2020). Remote work Q&A Part I and Part II. The Rework Podcast. This is a longer than usual introduction…
Leave a CommentIQ testing, challenges to dual-processing, and the cost scientific publishing
Published March 1, 2020 by Michael Rowe
Teaching should be full of ideas instead of stuffed with facts. Podcast Galeph, J. (2018). Stuart Ritchie on “Conceptual objections to IQ testing”. Rationally speaking. I used to think that IQ tests were only good at measuring performance on IQ tests but over the past few years my thinking around IQ testing has evolved. In…
Leave a CommentThe task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work. Wanda Landowska Podcast Stachowiak, B. (2019). Using challenges to motivate learners. Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. In this episode of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast Michael Wesch, Professor of…
Leave a CommentEverything works somewhere, nothing works everywhere. Dylan Wiliams Podcast Wills, S. (2013). Peter Brantley on annotating the web. The Scholarly Kitchen Podcast. Peter Brantley, the director of scholarly communication at the start-up Hypothes.is, talks about the firm’s efforts to build an open annotation layer on the Web, his thoughts on how in-line annotation differs, in…
Leave a CommentMeasuring students, shaming students, and an open access journal
Published December 1, 2019 by Michael Rowe
The saddest and most ironic practice in schools is how hard we try to measure how students are doing and how rarely we ever ask them. Amy Fast Podcast David Manheim on “Goodhart’s Law and why metrics fail. Rationally Speaking podcast. What they’re usually doing is following the rules that they’ve been given, to achieve…
Leave a CommentThe case against education, principles for learning, and human restoration
Published November 1, 2019 by Michael Rowe
Too many classrooms at all levels of schooling now resemble a ‘dead zone,’ where any vestige of critical thinking, self-reflection and imagination quickly migrate to sites outside of the school only to be mediated and corrupted by a corporate-driven media culture. Henry A. Giroux Podcast Wiblin, R. & Harris, R. (2018). Economist Bryan Caplan thinks…
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