August 14, 2019
by Maha Bali
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Someone at UCT today (unfortunately I have forgotten her name!) asked me how to apply dialogue and some of my pedagogy in a large class of 180 or so. I usually teach 20-25. While thinking aloud, I made a suggestion … Continue reading
June 30, 2019
by Maha Bali
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So here are two stories that stunned me. 7 year old kid, almost 8… who just hangs around me and her dad often and says words like Artificial intelligence and Hypertension just because she can. On Inclusion I was answering … Continue reading
June 25, 2019
by Maha Bali
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This thought has been on my mind for some time now. I was frustrated in a Twitter exchange where someone said they were “doing our best” with the resources and constraints they had… even when they recognized they were not … Continue reading
June 14, 2019
by Maha Bali
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Note. experimenting with “add to calendar” button…. think I fixed the glitches Add to Calendar 06/24/2019 21:00 06/24/2019 22:00 Africa/Cairo #FOEcast with Maha Bali The other side of student empowerment Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/FOEcastvid So, last summer, Bryan Alexander asked me to … Continue reading
May 31, 2019
by Maha Bali
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I’m writing this blogpost to ask if there already exist terms for what I’m trying to convey here. I am think of this. Being empowered or oppressed is sometimes a temporary thing in a particular context. It can be transient, … Continue reading
May 21, 2019
by Maha Bali
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If you don’t already know me, I’m not a fan of learning analytics for several reasons (and I am a huge fan of Paul Prinsloo’s post on decolonizing learning analytics). I was part of the recent NMC Horizon report expert … Continue reading
May 17, 2019
by Maha Bali
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The title of this post is kinda tongue-in-cheek and inspired by my 7 yo daughter. Today she was helping me make sambousak and she asked if the pastry sheets we were using were natural or man-made. When I said man-made, … Continue reading
April 28, 2019
by Maha Bali
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I’ve written and spoken before about problematic uses of terms like diversity and inclusion. Today and yesterday, my Twitter has been filled with discussion of these two contentious terms: Global South and POC. I thought I should capture some of … Continue reading
April 23, 2019
by Maha Bali
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Tomorrow (Wednesday April 24) at 7pm Cairo (5pm UTC, 12pm CT) I’ll be talking about emerging technologies and equity… if you’ve heard me talk about this kind of thing before, you may not want to listen to it again (it’s … Continue reading
April 6, 2019
by Maha Bali
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So if you can’t make it to #oer19 like me, there are a couple of opportunities to participate in hybrid workshops (as well as regular Virtually Connecting hallway convos – schedule here). Open Education as Social Justice Writing Workshop (led … Continue reading