Looking at the news these days, I find my blood pressure spiking as my anxiety goes through the roof. It seems to be a widespread problem, but that’s little consolation. I’ve got hypertension and anxiety to begin with, and there’s only so much medication can accomplish. Like many academics, I’ve had an active presence on … Read moreCold Turkey?
At the invitation of Steve Greenlaw (hi, Steve!) I’ve enrolled in the #OpenLearning17 cMOOC. On the one hand: I’ve done plenty of work with OER in the past. I’ve posted about it. I’ve even presented about it. That doesn’t mean I’m doing as much as I could, and it doesn’t mean I’ve learned all that can … Read moreLearning sans fear
It’s summer break, which means that while I want to be productive, I also want to have fun. This last week, I managed to bring together work and leisure and thought I’d share. I’m currently working on developing assignments for the new LEGO FSEM, and this last week I also moved into my new office … Read moreLearning by Making
Serial just ended. Like most people, I listened to the entire series, and looked forward to each new podcast on Thursdays. Like most people, I also have an opinion about the series. The main critique I’ve heard about it is that it’s racist. Personally, I think that’s a counterproductive accusation. Let me explain with an … Read moreLong uncomfortable silence
I wanted to bring together the stuff I learned from the infographics course I taught this semester and the workshop I led earlier this week. But then I realized trying to bring it all together in a blog post would make it way too meander-y, aside-packed, and also likely perpetually unfinished. So instead I’m going … Read moreInfographics ad nauseam
When I have the time, I’ll be making a more detailed post about infographics here. Bur for right now, if you’re in the infographics workshop, resources are below: The Minard Infographic HISP469 Student Work Dataset 1 (sav format) Dataset 2 (xls format – percentages etc. pre-calculated) Dataset 3 (xls format – percentages etc. pre-calculated)
Anecdote ahoy! (It’s relevant, I promise) When I was a PhD student, I took a statistics course on questionnaire design. Content-wise, this was one of the best courses I’ve ever taken. I still refer to readings semi-regularly, and learned lessons I’ve been applying on every survey – and there have been MANY – I’ve designed … Read moreLights! Camera! Uh, no thanks…
In May, I’ll be co-teaching a workshop on gamification at UMW with Mary Kayler. I was shocked – not to mention elated – when the 12 slots for the course filled in a few hours. I thought very few people would be interested. How wrong I was! Now, I’m hard at work figuring out what … Read moreGamification badge UNLOCKED.
A couple conversations will colleagues recently have indicated that perhaps my relentless fangirl geekery could be used semi-productively. Over the last few years, I’ve tried every app I could lay my hands on to try to streamline my work tasks. I’ve already discussed a couple here, but maybe more detailed reviews of apps that have … Read moreTaking Attendance the Easy Way
This weekend, I repaired rotten wood in my shower window surround. I am, admittedly, quite proud of myself (I even made crêpes and did laundry. It was a very productive weekend) but I’m writing about this because I think it’s related to DoOO and learning/teaching in general. While I do have a graduate degree in … Read moreLearning, teaching, and epoxy