Sessions of interest at #et4online
I spent part of last week in Dallas at the annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning conference, organized by SLOAN-C. I describe my presentation at the conference in this post, but the sessions...
View ArticleWe are hiring: Faculty position in the School of Education and Technology
The School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads is expanding and we are searching for a faculty member to join us at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor. This person will be my...
View ArticleThe Beautiful, Messy, Inspiring, and Harrowing World of Online Learning
BCNET is a not-for-profit, shared information technology services organization focusing on British Columbia’s higher education system. The organization aims to to explore and evaluate shared IT...
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Publication: The Structure and Characteristics of #PhDChat
One of the highlights of academia is working closely with students and seeing them grow, take on challenges, struggle, and create meaningful change in the world. This happens in classrooms, on the web,...
View ArticleTwo videos: one of alienation, one of connection
Last week, the “Look Up” video went viral. In the words of the Sydney Morning Herald, it’s a video urging people “to take a break from their online lives to experience real connections.” This week, the...
View ArticleInvitation: Learning ecologies presentation by Dr. Albert Sangra Morer
You are invited to join us on campus or online for a presentation by Dr. Albert Sangra Morer, Academic Director and UNESCO Chair in Education, Technology and Social Change at Universitat Oberta de...
View ArticleMITx and HarvardX make some of their MOOC data publicly available
MITx and HarvardX deserve huge congratulations for making data associated with a number of their MOOCs publicly available. Four months ago, I wrote that the “community would benefit from access to the...
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Networked Scholars open course
Image courtesy of NetWork In the Fall, I will be teaching an open course entitled Networked Scholars. We are having our first design meeting this week, and in preparation for that, I have written up a...
View ArticleMOOCs, automation, artificial intelligence seminar
I will be visiting my colleagues at the University of Edinburgh in mid-June to give a seminar on MOOCs, automation, artificial intelligence and pedagogical agents. This is a free event organized by the...
View ArticleAssumptions underpinning open scholarship
Fecher and Friesike reviewed the literature relevant to open science and found that “open science is an umbrella term that encompasses a multitude of different assumptions about the future of knowledge...
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Webinar: Building a Research Agenda using Design-Based Research (DBR)
We (the AECT Research & Theory Division) are hosting another Professional Development Webinar, organized by Enilda Romero-Hall and Min Kyu Kim! Date/Time: July 24 at 12:00 pm (EST) Topic:...
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Teacher professionalization in the age of social networking sites
Tensions. The more we study social media and online networks, the more evidence we find that these spaces are replete with tensions. Tensions. Image by floridjohn In our latest published study...
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Webinar Recording: Building a Research Agenda using Design-Based Research (DBR)
Thank you to everyone who joined the Building a Research Agenda using Design-Based Research (DBR) webinar with Dr. Susan McKenney and Dr. Tom Reeves. We had a wonderful session filled with insightful...
View ArticleNetworks of tension and conflict
One of the chapters in my upcoming book, Networked Scholars, and one of the modules in my open online course on Networked Scholars, focuses on describing social media as networks of tension and...
View ArticleSuccess, personal learning plans, and multiple pathways in open courses
While designing my open course focusing on networked scholars, I’ll be posting updates here pertaining to pedagogical and design decisions that I’m making. [Aug 20, 2014 update: Course registration is...
View ArticleNetworked Scholars open course #scholar14
so @veletsianos‘ #free open course in networked scholarship – what is it? why do it? – starts in a month, educators: https://t.co/NxYlfrVqJS — Bonnie Stewart (@bonstewart) September 22, 2014 A few...
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Open, Social, Networked scholarship panel at social media and society conference
I am organizing a panel for the Social Media & Society conference entitled Networked Participatory Scholarship: Empirical perspectives on scholars use of social media. If you are attending the...
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Networked Scholars syndication hub: Live
The Networked Scholars course starts in two weeks, on October 20th, with 2 options for participation. 1. Through the Canvas Network. 2. Through personal blogs and twitter accounts, syndicated, via...
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Networked Scholars course (#scholar14) starting on Monday, October 20th
This is just a quick note to remind you that the Networked Scholars course is starting on Monday October 20th. The #scholar14 hashtag is already collecting relevant resources. The course is happening...
View ArticleThe spectrum of MOOCs
“xMOOC vs. cMOOC” is one way that is frequently used to describe the philosophical design of a MOOC. Tony Bates does an excellent job summarizing the philosophies behind the two. While this...
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