https://twitter.com/josiefraser/status/849911983025647616 That’s my favorite photo of a Virtually Connecting session ever! Thanks Josie Fraser! I could write poetry about it, but this is my reflections on #oer17 post, so I will refrain. Will also refrain from commenting on the horror that is going on in the world and my own country. For now I…
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Coming up at #OER17
With no laptop and a wrapped-up thumb (as if no laptop wasn’t bad enough), I am really excited and looking forward to OER17 next week inshallah! So here I’m just trying to put everything together that’s happening: You can pre-participate in the “closing plenary” by answering some questions and posting them on Twitter. You can…
Read MorePost #OpenedSIG Webinar, Pre #OER17 #OpenEducationWk
This morning, I had the honor of being a guest with the warm and welcoming Teresa Mackinnon on an #OpenEdSIG webinar that’s part of Open Education Week and also a pre #OER17 session. I will embed the slides once I get to a computer, but for now, here’s a link. I will post the recording as…
Read MoreVanity and the Keynote #oer17
I would love to read that 🙂 — Dr. Donna Lanclos (@DonnaLanclos) March 24, 2017 Blame it on Sheila and Lorna and add Donna. They encouraged me to go ahead with this post after a fun discussion about clothes (inspired by my metaphor of an Egyptian expression on spoiling trousers when trying to fix the shirt –…
Read MoreKeynoting with a Child #OER17
This post started as an explanation of something for others and ended up as a self-reflection on the anxieties of a mom doing a keynote. Oh well. I warned u. Tl;dr I reaaaaaally wanna socialize at OER17 because I really wanna spend time with folks…but this “time” is heavily dependent on my child’s needs. I…
Read MoreFixing the shirt but spoiling the trousers #OER17 Open Call for Your Stories!
So I am finally getting around to solidifying (inasmuch as someone like me can solidify something this far ahead of its date) my OER17 keynote. There are slides, people. 90 of them. Some will have to go, because I also intend for my keynote to be a bit interactive and imagining time for that will…
Read MoreOpen as a Need? #oer17
One of the struggles I face as a developing critical pedagogue is addressing intersectionality fairly in the complex ways it deserves to be adddresse. So, where a certain situation calls for me to look at something like MOOCs with a critical eye on their limitations, other situations require me to recognize their potential. Often for…
Read MoreImagining and Visualizing Little Miss Open and Mr. Open #openlearning17 #oer17
I have been doing a lot of reading and thinking ahead of #oer17 but what I am reading MOST are books to my little kid each night and throughout the day. Because I am neurotic about raising a kid who loves to read more than I am neurotic about anything else in parenting, and because…
Read MoreOn Noticing Absence (also #OER17)
These days I am thinking a LOT about noticing absence. This is inspired by 3 things: a quote from a book, my child’s response to another book, and my teaching this semester. It’s making me wonder if this might be relevant to my future teaching and OER17 keynote.. And vconnecting. A. The quote Here goes…
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