:For Librarians
The four modules of Webmaker Training are somewhat non-specific. They are mainly designed to be an on-ramp for people who don’t have much experience with… Read More »:For Librarians
Concepts & Models
I design open educational programs and participation initiatives here in the 21st Century. Technology is fast moving, and my work requires a good bit of conceptualization and invention to discover ways of empowering lots of people. This category is little bit meta, but the models, concepts and frameworks within are meta-ideas that might make something you’re working on easier. As with many of “my” thoughts and ideas, I must give credit to the inspiring thinkers who have helped me develop these ideas over the years. You know who you are!
Webmaker: An Open Educational Ecosystem (OEE)
Often it’s difficult to get contributions to open projects because some people aren’t quite sure what contribution means or how to go about doing it.… Read More »Webmaker: An Open Educational Ecosystem (OEE)
Webmaker Training: Why Modular?
I’m a serial MOOC dropout. My most recent dropout experience (though I keep saying I’m going to go back) is from Harvard’s CS50 course. I… Read More »Webmaker Training: Why Modular?
The Spark, the Confusion
Over the holidays I did my best to forget about education, technology, and everything in between. 2013 was an epic year of various successes, and… Read More »The Spark, the Confusion
Storycamp Teaching Kits
A couple years ago the Popcorn team of the time set out to involve youth filmmakers in beta-testing the first version of Popcorn Maker. They… Read More »Storycamp Teaching Kits
“Making” as Creativity at the NWPAM13
This year I was able to attend the National Writing Project’s Annual Meeting, a day and a half of workshops, sessions and conversations around teaching… Read More »“Making” as Creativity at the NWPAM13
OHM2013 Part 2 – Observing Segmentation, Pedagogy of Discomfort and impromptu Singing
Have you read Part 1? Part 2 will go from exploring hacker mentalities to heckling Pacman players. Bilal Ghalib introduced me to a Hackerspace founder… Read More »OHM2013 Part 2 – Observing Segmentation, Pedagogy of Discomfort and impromptu Singing
#teachtheweb: so you want to run a cMOOC
The #teachtheweb experience was about gathering people together to learn and share and collaborate. It was about people who care about the web and web… Read More »#teachtheweb: so you want to run a cMOOC
Planning, Running, Visualizing #teachtheweb
Week 3 of #teachtheweb is right around the corner, and I thought it might be nice to do a quick shareout of the planning and… Read More »Planning, Running, Visualizing #teachtheweb
Reflecting on #teachtheweb Week 1: Making as Learning
Last week we launched #teachtheweb, a Mozilla Open Online Collaboration (MOOC – more commonly “Massive Open Online Course”). The first week was all about Making… Read More »Reflecting on #teachtheweb Week 1: Making as Learning