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
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
March 19, 2019
by Maha Bali
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Tragic events like the recent shootings targeting Muslims during Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand, often make us stop and think…what is the world coming to? But of course, such tragic violent events happen often, much more often than we … Continue reading
March 6, 2019
by Maha Bali
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Yesterday, I Co-facilitated a session on inclusive learning spaces with Bonnie Stewart and Chris Gilliard as part of the Teaching Complexity series Dave White led at UAL. I don’t have time to reflect on it just yet…. but here is … Continue reading
February 19, 2019
by Maha Bali
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May the walls of your cocoon, Be just thick enough, To allow you to struggle, Just long enough, to emerge, The beautiful person, I already know you to be Quote from ending of a beautiful story cited in Munir Fasheh’s … Continue reading
January 21, 2019
by Maha Bali
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I’ve been giving a lot of podcast interviews lately 😉 So just a couple days ago I shared the one with Terry Greene on Gettin’ Air. Today I am sharing one I did with Mark Nichols for Leaders and Legends … Continue reading
January 17, 2019
by Maha Bali
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I’m still reading around these topics a bit more intensively than usual and taking notes and blogging just to keep my thoughts a bit clearer and share. So first, Rajiv Jhangiani shared on Twitter this open access book on Design … Continue reading