Category Archives: Learning

Wiki Wondering

Posted on July 19, 2021 by HJ.DeWaard

“A teacher is a professional, one who must constantly seek to improve and to develop certain qualities or virtues which are not received but must be created. The capacity to renew ourselves every day is important.” Paolo Freire (1985) It … Continue reading →

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What is Teaching Practice?

Posted on April 16, 2020 by HJ.DeWaard

It’s often when you stop and think, as I’ve done in the past few weeks, that you can stumble over the most basic question. In an effort to think more clearly about the basic elements of my teaching practice, I … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Feedback

Posted on October 30, 2019 by HJ.DeWaard

“What leads you onWakes you in the nightWhat calls your nameWhen no one else can hear?What follows youThat even you cannot see… Follow that star. There is no one’s life but your own.Seize every fiberEvery feather and forceThat weaves through allSurrounding you.A … Continue reading →

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Gone Away but Not Gone Forever

Posted on September 1, 2019 by HJ.DeWaard

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill I’ve been gone from this blogging space for a while. As I look back over this past year’s posts, I notice a uniquely … Continue reading →

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CC Certification – use and create

Posted on August 19, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

In Unit 4 of the Creative Commons Certification course, topics include using CC licensed works, choosing and applying a CC license, considerations after selecting a CC license, and remixing CC licensed works. Each section extends my understanding of what it … Continue reading →

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CC Certification – NC and SA

Posted on August 14, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

Both the Non-Commercial (NC) restriction of the Creative Commons licenses and the Share-Alike (SA) condition of the licenses are poorly understood by many CC users. I’ll use my current context as a teacher educator to respond to these prompts, since … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a CC License

Posted on August 8, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This video production is part of the Creative Commons Certification course. This assignment submission is a brief anatomy of CC licenses, the three layers, the four elements, the six combinations, and includes some basic information about the CC license generator. There … Continue reading →

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10 Things About Copyright

Posted on August 5, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This infographic is a submission for Unit 2 in the Creative Commons Certification Course. You can also access this infographic from the Canva location where it was created. All images are from openly accessible sites such as Pixabay and Unsplash. … Continue reading →

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