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Chihuahuas Among the New Foundlands: The Need For Communities of Practice 2.0 #dLRN15
I’m not ready to reflect on dLRN15 yet on the interwebs, but here is the paper that I presented there at Stanford University, October 17, 2015. Thank you, lady leaders Amy Collier, Bonnie Stewart, Lee Skallerup, Adeline Koh, Kristen Eshleman, and (and others) for … Continue reading
The Forests Still Burn
“None of us expected the future to arrive so soon.” ~Ira Spring, providing the historical perspective about fire lookouts in Washington State. This post is the first of three that I plan to publish this week. My plan is to … Continue reading
Mentoring New-ish Faculty
In my last blog post, I promised I’d continue my thoughts on the horrors of adjunctification/causualisation in higher education, but I’ve got to take step away for a bit. My adjuncts friends are facing an awful reality in the upcoming … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjuncts, leadership, OERBlatherings, Professional Development
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Too New To Be Named
“A lot of kids just trying to waste time creatively, I guess” ~quoting Peter Buck prior to the description of “So. Central Rain” as a song too new to be named on David Letterman, 1983. Last week I was among the … Continue reading
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Tagged leadership, Preso, Professional Development, Teaching
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The Fortune In Your Head
Let’s pretend that you know two companies. One company has active scholars and folks who have been long-term advocates of open education. You’ve met several of them. Talked on the phone. Collaborated via the magic of the Internets. Your teachers … Continue reading
Humanities Lecture 2015: Book Nerd, Meet Tech Geek
Back in the halcyon days of my undergraduate years, I took several classes from a William Blake scholar, and my favorite class was titled The Word and The Image. We talked quite a bit about this plate from Blake, and I … Continue reading
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Chumps, Champions, & Chicken Littles
I’ve been thinking and talking about leadership quite a bit lately. It’s somehow bringing all of the research I’ve done on teacher burnout, motivation, educational technology, mentoring, adjuncts, and faculty learning communities together. Who knew? Somebody called me a “thought leader” … Continue reading
Shrink It & Pink It: Lady Leadership
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audrey Lorde Dear Readers, I am going to return to recent events in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bikes, leadership, Learning, Shrink It & Pink It, Teaching
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Transformation & Being Sloppy in the #fedwiki
Like a lot of what I’m writing about lately, this post started in Ward Cunningham’s federated wiki. When I claimed my site, everything that I write is always, already open source. If you want it and have a site, you can … Continue reading
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Tagged leadership, Learning, OERBlatherings, Professional Development, Teaching
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Hot Pants, Happenstance, & Perceived Exertion
I wish I had the energy to do the funky chicken all night long. Truth be told: I really need a nap. You see, I deleted this post after publishing it over a month ago. A few hours after I … Continue reading
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