But You Can’t Do That In a STEM Course!
[Originally Published in Hybrid Pedagogy on June 26, 2018 and reproduced here. ] • • • “I spent a whole year learning about all the different kinds of clouds. I still refer …
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Thoughts on Student Agency
Agency by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images Of the many possible defining aspects of open pedagogy, I am realizing that it might just be centering student agency and learner-driven structures …
Read MoreTowards a Practice of Open as Commoning
“The most important role of a university is to prepare citizens. We have a responsibility to govern in this democracy.” — Robin DeRosa (@actualham) October 19, 2017 When I saw …
Read MoreReclaiming Disruption
One of the problems with being a slow writer, is that as you are in the middle of putting something together, you keep reading and wanting to add more. (I …
Read MoreMore Questions Than Answers (about Open Ped)
Now that the Keene State spring 2017 semester Open Education speaker series and Open Pedagogy Learning Community have come to an end, I wanted to write a wrap-up post. I …
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Our spring break is just around the corner, and as we reach the middle of the semester I am thinking about how things have been going so far with our …
Read MoreFrom the Ground
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 …
Read MoreThe Open Pedagogy Learning Community at KSC
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, …
Read MoreOne Foot In, One Foot Out
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 …
Read MoreInto the Open
My 2016 summer session biology course, Evolution and Human Behavior, finished up a few weeks ago. I had asked my students to write a final blog post reflecting on their …
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