August 8, 2018
by Maha Bali
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I was re-reading the Audrey Test which Audrey Watters wrote to guide critical questions around #edtech. So I just realized I could basically design a course project around @audreywatters Audrey Test for #edtech where students explored all the questions in … Continue reading
July 21, 2018
by Maha Bali
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We had a really deep and thoughtful discussion today at #Wikimania in Cape Town – it was another of our hybrid conference sessions with a similar group of people we’ve been having throughout the year (people including Christian Friedrich, Taskeen … Continue reading
July 21, 2018
by Maha Bali
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I watched this video by Trevor Noah, reflecting on the reaction of the French ambassador to his joke about Africa winning the world cup. It reminded me a lot of my recent blogpost (written while preparing for my Emerge Africa … Continue reading
July 15, 2018
by Maha Bali
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I give a keynote at the e/Merge Africa conference in a couple days inshallah (Tues July 17 at 2pm South Africa time, noon GMT) – slides open for comment a couple of blogposts ago. I was watching Tutaleni Asino’s keynote … Continue reading
July 14, 2018
by Maha Bali
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While working with a group of wonderful educators on a conference workshop, Sukaina Walji shared this wonderful article by Raewyn Connell on decolonizing curriculum. I remember at the time tweeting many parts of it, but now re-reading it, I feel … Continue reading
July 8, 2018
by Maha Bali
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**Note: this blogpost is updated with slides and video recording at bottom** I have a keynote coming up for emerge Africa’s online conference called Festival of e-learning… and it is the first time I decide to just talk about Virtually … Continue reading
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