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
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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
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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
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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
April 2, 2019
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So I’ve been thinking of a few assignment ideas for my class that I think might produce something OER-like for future students to use, or for others in the world to benefit from. Here are the broad ideas Whole class … Continue reading
April 1, 2019
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As I do every semester, I’m posting here links to my student’s digital narrative (choose-your-own-path) games for the semester. This is their first draft, so please give them feedback to help improve their games. These games are created to promote … Continue reading
March 23, 2019
by Maha Bali
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It’s the fourth semester I try ungrading my class, and this semester there are a lot of differences. Some because I am learning from the past, some coincidental. This semester I started talking about my ungrading approach and philosophy early … Continue reading