The spring semester wrapped up about a week ago and I am enjoying my three weeks of summer vacation. In an attempt to finish grad school early I am diving in and taking two classes this summer and my vacation from school is quickly winding down and slipping away. This…

Interview with Rich Beaudrie, Co-Founder,The Organic Learnerand Director of Learning, Understory and I, discussing the skill sets learners will need to how to adapt and benefit from to digital learning and collaborative learning efforts.

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Productive failure is already atrendin connected, collaborative, learning.  Research is mixed regarding learner center pedagogy and more controlled approaches. What we know for sure is we will win some and lose some in life.  Learning to fail forward is a win.

Fear of failure is a common barrier…

One of the most common and familiar designs in traditional tattooing is the Japanese koi. He appears in a variety of ways on the human body, following the natural lines and patterns of the wearer’s skin, musculature and bone structure. He symbolizes overcoming challenge and adversity and represents a …

Course INTE 5250: Strategies for Online and Blended Learning For this course we were given the assignment of leading an online discussion. I was partnered with Erin Dwyer, a high school math teacher, and fellow student in the ILT program and we were given the topiconline cheating. Our challenge was…

I love the question Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg is asking in hisBuilding Global Communitymanifesto today. "Are we building the world we all want?" Will we focus on expansion and inclusion or react with fear and contract and isolate? We certainly see the latter as fear seems to have…

My final portfolio for Learning with Digital Stories displays samples of critiques, scholarship responses, daily creates and social media interaction throughout the semester.

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I am in my last semester of the graduate program in eLearning Design and Implementation at The University of Colorado, Denver. This is a collaborative blog post, for my eLearning trends and issues class (6750). Links to team members Kirk Lunsford, Allison Sandler, and Christina Moore’s blogs are provided for…