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Response to Kevin’s “Which Modality”
Wisdom begin in wonder. – Socrates. @yinbk I answered your Q with a blog post: Which Modality? Making Music http://t.co/oVxJ8uDD5Y #rhizo15 #clmooc #literacies #nwp Thanks! — KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) June 7, 2015 Curiosity got the better of me. I posed the billion-dollar question and Kevin Hodgson responded in a reflective post. Just as he couldn’t use Twitter to express his thoughts in 140 characters, nor could I. To provide a bit of background, I think a lot about the different ways people articulate their thoughts (After all, I’m teaching a course…
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In Faculty Words: From Desire to Educated Ability to Promote Inclusivity
Faculty Development. A phrase I’ve long considered rather odd and incongruous. Maybe it’s because I’ve been emotionally damaged by the words of one of my ID professors in grad school. He told me that faculty (in his world) hate the term “faculty development” because they are already developed. They don’t need to develop anymore. They are possibly open to training, but not development. Another reputable ed psych and edtech professor who upon learning that I was going to tread the path of a practitioner (and not join the hallowed halls…
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Institute on Inclusive Teaching: Quick Notes
[Related blogposts: 2014 Reflections on the Institute on Inclusive Teaching; There’s a Place for Us; EdContexts full version] [Image description: Words: Restorative Justice, Dignity of Risk, Structural Poverty, Traumatizing Awareness, Food Shock] Last year, it took me a couple of weeks to distill my thoughts into a blogpost. The above image captures some of the ideas I’m mulling over. Structural Poverty. We meet again Through veiled window glass frosted by body heat Rain pelted outside and within Wetting my white linen and polka-dotted leggings My guilt and helplessness remained What…
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This is How I Tweet and Chirp
I use Twitter as part of my work and for professional development. I created an account in 2007 but wasn’t actively participating in the web until ALT Lab came along. I have ways to go but there are several things I’ve learned from using Twitter actively since October 2014. I’ve summarized and illustrated them as 7 big ideas thus far. I get the latest information from my Tweeps/Twends? (Twitter People/Twitter Friends) My Twends tutor me when I need some help. I reflect and wonder out loud on Twitter. Let’s not…
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This is How I Work
[Questions: LifeHacker] Current Gig: Learning Innovation Design Specialist at VCU ALT Lab. One word that best describes how you work: INTENSE. Current mobile device: Samsung Galaxy S6 for most of my on-the-go stuff, blue-tooth streaming of playlists, long-distance communication on Whatsapp, spontaneous photo capture of special moments. Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (8 inch) for reading Kindle books, and other web resources. I had an old MacBook Pro for consulting with clients but have recently upgraded to a Dell XPS 13 Touch which is much lighter and syncs with my…
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Group Learning
At work, there was substantial discussion around the terms collaborative work, cooperative work, team work and group work — all focused on making the OLE (Online Learning Experience) a perfect experience for our participants. After a while, a colleague said he doesn’t really care what words we use for these “more than one person” type of learning. Signs of burnout? In the end, I offered to use other words like group learning and team learning in place of collaborative learning. The most important thing is not which word we choose to…
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There’s a Place for Us
[I revised this piece quite a bit and it is published at EdContexts: http://edcontexts.org/diversity/theres-a-place-for-us/]In late 1999, I relocated to the USA and have had much adventure navigating cross-cultural zones of change. As a Singaporean Chinese, I am often perceived as someone from the Republic of China, which is not a problem or a bad thing at all. It is when I am expected to exhibit behaviors that go along with that misperception that things get awkward and challenging. What follows are little snippets of the faux pas some people have committed…
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Reggio Educators’ Training at Sabot Institute
Are you learning forward or backward? … Do you attend conferences or workshops year after year, yet rarely adjust your teaching or leadership as a result of what you learned? – Frederick Brown, Education Week Teacher. Voila! A Reggio-educator professional development opportunity surfaced in town; courtesy of Jon Becker. I jumped at the opportunity. These events are short in supply. Event: The 2015 Sabot Institute As a visible deliberate action of learning forward, this blog-post is a reflection of my learning experience. I’ll try along the way to provide some information…
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What Could’ve Been: #et4Online68425 2015 Presentation Notes
Hello to all who are / may / might be thinking of attending session #et4online68425, I’m sorry I couldn’t be there to present in person due to personal reasons.Title of Presentation: When Graduate Students Become Online Instructors: A First-Time Online Instructor’s Teaching Toolbox The proposal can be retrieved at http://olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org/conference/2015/et4online/when-graduate-students-become-online-instructors-first-time-online-instruc The website for our presentation is at: http://rampages.us/gradtoonlineteach/ This presentation started when my colleague and I met a group of students from PSYC 795 Practicum in the Teaching of College Psychology (Fall 2014). The provocation to create a resource arose when…
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Designing a Course Worth Learning Part 2
I learned about assistive technology when I was on a graduate teaching assistantship and tasked with shadowing a senior graduate assistant before she graduated. I was to then take over her Assistive Technology course for pre-service teachers.Over the years, I’ve gained a greater awareness and understanding of disability and accessibility. But I still have a lot to learn. I believe every instructional designer (and instructor) must be equipped with the knowledge and skills to design accessible courses. As I plan to teach a summer online course, I want to make…
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3 More Myths about Instructional Designers
[Draft 1: April 6, 12:38am; Updated: April 6, 9:45am] In the past, I’ve written about the myths and mischaracterization of instructional designers (ID). I realize that such perceptions (or misperceptions) exist across many fields and disciplines, but I think I found more to add to my growing list of misperceptions about IDs as I work in the field. This post seeks to increase understanding about IDs and filter more silt from the muddy waters. [FYI, I’m not going to tread on contentious turf about learning designer vs. instructional designer. Joshua Kim…
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For Marj DeVault
I meant to post this for you, Marj, on the Day of your party. I’m sorry I missed your BIG DAY. Remember the Acknowledgments page in my dissertation? “I am indebted to many people for the completion of this dissertation, not all of whom I am able to list in a detailed fashion. To the following I owe my utmost gratitude: Marjorie DeVault, my advisor, for taking me “from crayons to perfume” (To Sir with Love). You continually teach and model for me, in exquisite ways, the knowledge and practice of research,…
