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??? Electronic PORTFOLIOS Course Description: Transcripts and resumes in the 21st century have to be more than a piece of paper.  This is not only because digital technology is ubiquitous, but also because digital technology allows us to represent ourselves … Continue reading →

I am finally getting the hang of this portfolio development process.  Judy, Gail, and I had a substantive conversation about how we will proceed.  The first step is for Judy to ask the Deans what kind of data they want … Continue reading →

The opening of 2015 has come and gone.  It’s the third month of the year.  It’s spring break for the students.  And I am only now engaging again with the 500 words per day commitment I made a while back.  … Continue reading →

Taped above my desk in my office is a list of inspirational advice for writers by Daniel Pink.  The first advice is to “show up [and] write at least 500 words.”  I like the presence of that piece of paper … Continue reading →

Today I want to write about Ethiopian (at least Amhara and Tigre) funerary rituals.  My close cousin’s son died about a week ago — a tragic affair in which the young man was found drowned in a public pool.  The … Continue reading →

I asked my son this morning what topic I should pick for my daily post.  He first suggested China.  But when I told him I had nothing to say about that country, and that I should write only about what … Continue reading →

The daily diet of 500 words continues.  It’s not the end of the year yet.  So, I’m getting a head start on writing resolutions.  One of the main conversations of the day was the current rape allegations against UVa which … Continue reading →

“Teaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn.” Martin Heidegger

…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 →

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 →