Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Technology’

Friends of PrattleNog – I know you all want to get your nogs prattling – here’s a good opportunity for a great cause! My Marylhurst colleague Jesse Stommel is seeking feedback on his ideas for our new online English degree program. As he writes in Hybrid Pedagogy, I’ve been thinking about my audience for this [...]

Read Full Post »

I am trying to understand badges. Given my background with Prior Learning Assessment programs and other forms of experiential learning, I totally get the idea conceptually. (Hey – I know a few boy and girl scouts too! They’ve earned badges for things they learned and could do too, right?) Apparently, with a badge: You can [...]

Read Full Post »

I recently found the list below of 21st Century Literacies, posted by Cathy Davidson. As I prepared to launch myself and my students into Fall term today, I re-read the list, paused, and thought that even though I am not teaching any content specific to these literacies (I teach in the PLA program), at some [...]

Read Full Post »

I learn something new everyday. So yesterday I wrote a blog post. And then I received this email: Congrats! Your post ( http://prattlenog.com/2010/05/04/verb-to-blog/ ) has been promoted to Freshly Pressed on WordPress.com. Keep up the good work! ^-^-^-^-^-^ Joy Editorial Czar WordPress.com | Automattic editor@wordpress.com I chuckled at Joy’s title. “Czar.” Why not “queen?” I [...]

Read Full Post »

In this  post are several links to resources and examples related to the presentation that Harriet Schwartz (who writes The Encouragement Lounge, a blog for her adult learners) and I gave at this year’s AHEA conference. First, a must read is Harriet’s article that was published in The Chronicle of Higher Education titled Facebook: The [...]

Read Full Post »

Here’s more information about the course that Art and I are teaching this summer – you do not need to be a Marylhurst student to take or audit this course. Registration opens Monday May 18th. Introduction to Social Media Communications: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, & More CCM 366-1E (1 credit) or CCM 066-1E (1 CEU) COURSE [...]

Read Full Post »

I read Chris Brogan’s blog. He writes about community and social media, and by reading his posts I can usually keep myself fairly well-informed about how folks are thinking about and using various social media tools to build and foster relationships. Today, he wrote a post called How Not to Learn, in which he makes [...]

Read Full Post »

I’ve been experiencing an interesting phenomenon in the past few years: the separate aspects of my life have become much less separate and much more integrated. I no longer have a work life, a personal life, an educational life – they are much more connected, in time, organization, and approach. We hear a lot about [...]

Read Full Post »

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.