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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-04

  • An old but great discussion starter about self-directed learning – Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School & Get a Real Life and Ed #
  • I just started working with a couple of partners on an exciting new course design: "Innovation in Education" #
  • Running my first UG course in a fully project-based learning format – It is a amazing what students do when you let them loose! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-07

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-10

  • We are still looking for a couple of good instructional designers to add to the team – http://t.co/AXonQBJK #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-03

  • @westgatehusker Teach Twitter to 6th-8th graders? If so, then I advocate for the lessons being 10% technology and 90% social studies #
  • @westgatehusker Teach Twitter to 6th-8th graders? If so, I'd focus on things like, "How is Twitter being used as a tool for social change?" #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-26

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-19

  • I'm delighted to see companies like Spinger continue to increase the number of journals that are open access. #
  • My students created a list of the most provocative questions that they remember hearing. We quickly noted how few occurred in a classroom. #
  • Wonderful juxtaposition -Try reading Christiansen & Eyring's The Innovative University alongside Palmer & Zajonc's Heart of Higher Education #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-12

  • This is the first time that I have heard of a school that offers a MS in Predictive Analytics – fascinating and timely – Northwestern U. #
  • I continue to be impressed with Northwestern U's strategic online learning initiatives. Now they offer an onli… (cont) http://t.co/RxeG2KZ6 #

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