Author Archives: Alyson Indrunas
None of Us Ever Become Experts
About two weeks ago, I attended yoga for the first time, I’m sad to say, in months. I walked to the studio seeking out two hours of suffering and total escape that I can’t seem to achieve on my bike. When … Continue reading
University Folks, Explain Community Colleges to Me
“There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.” ― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time First of all, let me admit, this post has been in draft form for almost six months. My new job … Continue reading
Gatekeeper Courses
It’s an endless rotation of conversation. About open education. I get paid to talk about and to advocate for open education. Mostly I get to share open educational resources. Can I tell you how awesome that is? My favorite conversations … Continue reading
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Magic In The Machine
I really enjoy asking people about their dreams as it relates to teaching and technology. I encourage them to speak their minds about what they’d like to see and how it can help them in their contexts. When I was … Continue reading
Robot Tasks & Creative Brains
When I first started teaching online, I kept an on-going document of my most common responses to students. At the time, I felt like the worst teacher ever. My inner writer wanted to personalize every single message to students to … Continue reading
Workshop As A Verb
Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting. ~Cormac McCarthy One of my most vivid childhood memories is the day I learned how to ride a bike without training wheels. I remember my dad running behind me with … Continue reading
Learning As A Community
When I started graduate school again in 2010 as an education major, I was pretty unsure of what the future would hold for me and higher education. Learning communities were all the rage from about 2004-2009 at the community colleges … Continue reading
Files & Files: A Memoir
It’s funny. I think I was a better blogger when I was an unhappy grump about my job. What to do when I spend a lot of time reading and writing at work? And I dig it! In my free time … Continue reading
A Path Of Recent Thought
I think of this as my main blog, and I want to keep it that way for now since some people actually tune in. I don’t know who you all are, but thanks for placing your needle on the record … Continue reading
Spoke & Hub 