What really struck me when viewing videos of Douglas Englebart and reading parts of his essay ‘Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework’ so kindly excerpted for us by Gardener Campbell, was when he talked about the idea of a Collective IQ. As an invertebrate zoologist, when I think of a collective, a bee hive comes to mind. Individual…
I’ve been saying since we began thinking about having an Open Education ‘Initiative’ on our campus- that it has to rise up from the people. (Those who have known me as an activist for at least three decades wouldn’t be surprised by this.) For our institution of ‘higher learning’, that means we the faculty and…
I must not fear by ben b is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Since fear is the mind killer, I am trying to have some courage. My mind needs all the help it can get these days. My fear in joining the Open Learning 17 faculty collaborative isn’t really about writing poorly or having nothing to…
Keene State College begins its Open Pedagogy Faculty Learning Community (OPLC) this Spring 2017 semester. I am very grateful for the generous support of the Keene State College Faculty Enrichment, Faculty Fellow program, and excited to facilitate this learning community together with KSC Instructional Consultant, Chris Odato. From the time that I first began learning…
Congratulations to Jessica Comeau, Keene State College Biology student who has been selected as a finalist in the TEDx student presenter competition! Jess will present: ‘Changing the Tide: Empowering Youth as a Pathway to Sustainability’. Jessica has been involved for two years in our coral reef monitoring and local youth education program that we…
I wrote this in response to Institutionalized by Mike Caulfield and following the Jim Groom and Mike C. conversation. And frankly just trying to keep up as others are also posting about this! See Stephen Downes‘ piece and Maha Bali’s, The Sustainability of Open. This is not a new debate. And may be one of…
