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
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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
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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
January 13, 2019
by Maha Bali
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I started writing this blogpost on my commute to work this morning but someone called me before I saved and apparently I lost it all. Here is take two. There are 4 articles/essays I read over the past week or … Continue reading
January 3, 2019
by Maha Bali
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So I’ve written a couple of posts about listening. I love that I was writing simply about listening. And honestly, to a great extent, it was about listening. But a couple of conversations on Twitter helped me realize I am … Continue reading
December 24, 2018
by Maha Bali
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I’m still having this conversation with myself about late work and deadlines in my class. I’m on holiday so don’t have anyone to bounce my ideas off directly but am doing some chatting on Twitter. But it’s not the same … Continue reading
December 23, 2018
by Maha Bali
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I am in a place right now that’s making me think of how numbers, supposedly the most objective, neutral things we use to express reality, are really relative and subjective in context. I’m talking about weather, people. But grades will … Continue reading
December 22, 2018
by Maha Bali
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This post is mainly about listening to faculty as faculty developers, and listening yo students as teachers. It is triggered by several things that happened the past couple of days. By someone telling me they always kept their facdev faculty-centered … Continue reading