October 10, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 3 minutesSimplification and an over-pursuit of accountability run counter to our view that education is complex, messy, creative, unpredictable, multi-faceted, social, and part of larger systems. – Amy Collier I had a conversation with my colleague Sherif (one of the most interesting … Continue reading
September 14, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 2 minutesMy daughter walked into Hamley’s on Regent street while we were in London and was looking for a train I had promised her. Train wasn’t there. It was just a memory from my own childhood when I visited Hamley’s with … Continue reading
September 11, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 6 minutesI was in Manchester around 48 hours. But boy, were they packed. I’ve been struggling to write about this emotional, exhilarating experience that fits right into the middle of a line between professional & social. On the plane while my … Continue reading
July 18, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 1 minutesMonday July 20, I am co-facilitating a connectedlearning.tv session that we’ve entitled Emerging Trends in Open Scholarship. This hangout is really close to my heart and has a story and useful links to go with it, so I thought I … Continue reading
June 7, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 5 minutesEmbracing emergence. This is something that’s being talked about simulataneously in different places (not sure if it’s because I am in all of them or if it’s a coincidence; I assume a combination of both since I am pretty sure … Continue reading
May 30, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 1 minutesI had a brainstorm as I was making breakfast so blogging it before it disappears. Would anyone be interested in exploring #rhizo15 in these two lenses? A. Hospitality (notion of Derrida’s, but i don’t know it too deeply) in welcoming … Continue reading
May 25, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 2 minutesI started #rhizo15 with learning subjectives to embrace emergent learning, and with a plan not to over-participate as I am wont to do (I failed in the latter, butimagine how it would have been if I had actually had TIME … Continue reading
May 17, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 1 minutesAs #hpj101 comes to an end, Sean Michael Morris reminds us that Hybrid Pedagogy isn’t looking for clones in their new editors. That’s good news. It made me think about this, especially with this week’s rhizo15 topic of invasive species. … Continue reading
May 17, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 2 minutesI had a small victory the other day. Good news in the midst of a difficult time in my personal life. I received official acceptance of my first Collaborative Autoethnography article (co-authored of course, “collaborative”) on MOOCs in a journal. … Continue reading
May 14, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 4 minutesSo we are discussing community and exclusion this week in #rhizo15 but i haven’t had a chance to read any other posts (except Autumm’s but it didn’t directly tackle the topic so…) because I have been v busy with #hpj101 … Continue reading