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Daily Post: 12-24-2014
It’s Christmass eve. My family is together. My children are home for the holidays. My daughter is home from school, and my son finally took a full week off from work. My wife is out shopping for presents and for … Continue reading
Teaching is more difficult than…
“Teaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn.” Martin Heidegger
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ePortfolios
…I am amazed by how much I am learning from the readings I am doing on ePortfolios. The freshest ideas in teaching I have come across lately are in Darren Cambridge’s ePortfolios for Lifelong Learning and Assessment (Wiley, 2010). I … Continue reading
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Open Education
What does it mean “to open education”? Does it mean taking in anyone who wants to be a student and attend a course? The way we did in the community colleges years ago? We called it “open admissions.” Is that … Continue reading
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Rhythm ‘n Blogging
Just as in all writing processes, it takes persistence and patience to build enough momentum before blogging can come to one naturally. Millions of people do it, of course. And many of them may find it quick and easy to … Continue reading
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This Portfolio
..stands on it’s own. It was conceived as an experiment to answer not only the question, “Who am I?” but also, “Who can I become?” The theme I am exploring is perpetual evolution as a way of being and understanding … Continue reading
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Home
“…I am a straddler, a fence-sitter, a lifelong cyclist perpetually falling forward into the future. Such is life on the infinite bridge…” Welcome to my portfolio. Here you will find textual and multimedia artifacts I have selected to showcase the … Continue reading
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