Category Archives: Learning
Reflecting
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience which is bitterest.” Confucius By reflecting on my recent experiences teaching a masters level course on researching … Continue reading
Wiki Wondering
“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
What is Teaching Practice?
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
Thinking about Feedback
“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
Gone Away but Not Gone Forever
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
CC Certification – use and create
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
Anatomy of a CC License
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
Five Flames 4 Learning 