February 3, 2016
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I got some useful insight to make me hate Pearson just a little bit more. I was giving a workshop on integrating technology into teaching/learning. I ask faculty why/how they currently use technology and what their biggest challenges are … 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
April 30, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 4 minutesThis week Dave Cormier asks us to reflect on “content is people” and to consider the myth of content. Uhh this doesn’t challenge me very much, to be honest, because I have a long thread of discussing the politics of … Continue reading
February 5, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 4 minutesSo for this week of #moocmooc one of the things we’ve been asked to do is consider ways of enhancing/fostering agency of our students It’s not worth being in a MOOC if all I feel is self-validation that I am … Continue reading
December 28, 2014
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve written a lot about my preference for curriculum that is not centered on content, but it rather centered on value-laden process goals that learners and teachers set together, responsively, that emerge into a curriculum as they live it. It’s … Continue reading
September 16, 2014
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 3 minutesDo you know that story about the philosophy exam where there was just one question: “Why?” – and the student who got an “A” was the one who responded, “Why not?” Or do you know this quote, the one along … Continue reading
May 31, 2014
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 7 minutesWhen I first started teaching, I thought there was something weird about me. I was always thinking about “how” I wanted my class to go, rather than “what” I wanted students to learn… I found this continued with me even … Continue reading
May 4, 2014
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 7 minutesAlternative is one of my favorite words 🙂 I don’t like to be stuck with any one way of doing things, and I am always seeking alternatives and ways of mixing them up to create something new that fits my … Continue reading
May 3, 2014
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 7 minutesThis post is long overdue, but I keep hesitating to write it because it’s something I wrote an entire chapter about for my PhD thesis, and I am not sure a blogpost would do it justice. It’s something I can … Continue reading
February 11, 2014
by balimaha
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Reading Time: 5 minutesI am so glad that this week’s #rhizo14 topic is this: the community as curriculum. What it means to me has connections to my past, my present, and my future. I think the topic flows nicely from the one about … Continue reading