by stoosepp | Apr 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Me: “So why do you want to use ______?”Instructor: “Because it’ll be cool”Me: “So why do you want to buy ______?”“Because we have the money”I’ve had this experience more times than I care to.Money and technology should never dictate how teaching happens or how...
by stoosepp | Mar 6, 2015 | Education, Leadership, Uncategorized
Over the years, I have been quite vocal in my opposition to high stakes testing as a means to assess learning. The example I always gave was this:“What if a student’s mom died the night before the big test? How do you think they would do? Does this mean they haven’t...
by stoosepp | Feb 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Dear Higher Ed Admins,At a time when most of us here in the United States are facing continuing cuts to education, it’s important to take into account the thoughts and advice of those around you. This is one such piece of advice is from an eLearning Director at a...
by stoosepp | Nov 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Generally, when you enroll in college, you see different courses in the catalog.“What’s this? Online. That makes sense. It’s an online course.”“Meeting times listed? Cool. That’s when I show up.”“Internship? Awesome. I should probably talk to my advisor.”“Hybrid?...
by stoosepp | Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
When thinking about a way to get to more options, or a higher level of looking at our content, we often think of a menu. This is the standard way we have always interacted with a virtual environment, but what exactly is a menu? If course we have these things. We have...
by stoosepp | Aug 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
In my role as an eLearning Director at a small technical college in Washington state, I attended a series of workshops put on by Western Governor’s University, going over various aspects of their online competency-based education model.Competency-based education is...
