June 12, 2018
by Maha Bali
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So the awesome Greg Curran of Pushing the Edge podcast interviewed me a few months ago. He asked me specifically to discuss things related to my blogpost, Unpacking Terms around Equity, Power and Privilege. The interview itself was wonderful, in … Continue reading
May 30, 2018
by Maha Bali
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So, I’m not American, so I may be off-track here, but I feel like some recent children’s movies that are meant to tackle racism indirectly (but really quite directly, imho) are doing so with only partial success. The two I … Continue reading
May 27, 2018
by Maha Bali
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I originally named this post “what I wanna do differently next semester” but that would imply this was not a good semester… And that’s just not the case. I am writing this after submitting my grades and getting the inevitable … Continue reading
May 24, 2018
by Maha Bali
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“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair” – Shirley Chisholm I came across this quote on Jess Knott’s Instagram and had an immediate light bulb moment. This is exactly what Virtually Connecting was … Continue reading
May 19, 2018
by Maha Bali
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Remember that you are a work in progress. You are not perfect. You are not expected to be. Do not allow the fear of falling to stop you from jumping. Do not allow the fear of responsibility to stop you … Continue reading
May 19, 2018
by Maha Bali
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Hospital. Ambulance. Camouflage. Angel. Baseball bat. Nail. What kind of images come to mind when you see these words? How would you doodle them if you only had 20 seconds? Google’s Quickdraw is an online web-based game that you can … Continue reading
May 7, 2018
by Maha Bali
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I’ve had a brainstorm about possibily introducing Cynefin to my department because I suddenly realized it would help us conceptualize and strategize about some things. So I looked up games for introducing Cynefin and I found one that introduces Cynefin … Continue reading
May 6, 2018
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I was in a Virtually Connecting session recently from #OEglobal where Robin DeRosa was a virtual guest… We had invited her and Rajiv to talk about their Open Pedagogy Notebook project (check it out and contribute!). Anyway – key thing … Continue reading
April 21, 2018
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It’s difficult to focus at a museum when I have my child with me, because I’m drawn to what interests her the most, and I’m also learning myself. So yesterday, after following one of the family trails in the British … Continue reading
April 17, 2018
by Maha Bali
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My mom, as usual, is right. It’s one of those things you learn as you grow up. I was telling my mom how awful it was to resist smiling when the smiling exacerbated my pain. She told me that while … Continue reading