I admit the title of this post is a bit tongue and cheek and might potentially trivialize the larger crisis in higher ed surrounding adjuncts. That said, adjuncting has been an integral part of my experience at UMW over the … Continue reading →

Major kudos to Jonathan Worth and  Alan Levine whose cross-course re-mix assignment was picked up by BoingBoing. Alan and Jonathon have been synchronizing and collaborating on certain assignments between Phonar and ds106, and the assignment to remix Corey Doctorow portraits taken by Jonathon himself put Phonar on the BoingBoing map. What’s … Continue reading →

There’s a lot to report out about this year’s Open Education Conference (#opened13), George Siemens already blogged about David Kernohan’s remarkable documentary keynote which I was lucky enough to catch. I was sorry to miss Siemen’s keynote, and almost equally sorry … Continue reading →

I couldn’t resist the 2.0 designation for the new ds106 assignment bank given that kind of thing is at its nadir in popularity More than a week ago Alan Levine took me through the new assignment he’s been … Continue reading →

I recommend you go read Jon Udell’s post “MOOCs need to be user innovation toolkits” in its entirety, but I want to reproduce almost half of that post below because it nicely captures an approach to educational technology many of … Continue reading →

I just listend to Brian Bennett’s follow-up audio to the compelling explanation of what ds106 is that he published last week. His audio producing talents are razor sharp, and this follow-up piece was particularly compelling for me because it starts … Continue reading →

One of the most difficult things about ds106 is talking about it to someone who hasn’t experienced it. And that’s not because it is some insider “you had to be there” mentality, but beause it is multifarious and protean. It … Continue reading →

I’m a bit late for yesterday’s Daily Create, but when I saw the assignment was based around the theme of 12 I couldn’t resist. I have a long love affair with the number 12, I was born on the 12th … Continue reading →

Looks like Martha Burtis and I are hometown heroes thanks to ds106. Reporter Lindley Estes of the Free Lance-Star published an edited version of a post from yesterday’s UMW Newsletter EagleEye announcing ds106 as one of five winners of the Reclaim Open Learning … Continue reading →

Jim, I have to thank you (and your cohorts) for the awesome ds106 assignment bank. http://assignments.ds106.us My digital media students and I have been using it as an absolutely vital resource since the beginning and it continues to delight and amaze. Thanks for building … Continue reading →

Yesterday Martha Burtis, Alan Levine, and I sat down virtually with Anya Kamenetz for an interview about ds106. The interview will be the basis of a piece Anya will writing about ds106 as part of the Reclaim Open Innovation contest it … Continue reading →

DS106: An Open, Participatory, Student-centric, Community-focused Course on Digital Storytelling from DML Research Hub on Vimeo. I didn’t realize it at the time, but this interview with Howard Rheingold for the DML Central blog would be the beginning of—as well as … Continue reading →

I’m happy to report that ds106 has been selected as one of five winners of the Reclaim Open Learning Innovation Contest sponsored by the Digital Media and Learning Hub at UC Irvine and the MIT Media Lab. Alan Levine, Martha Burtis, … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning I presented a session for the e-Assessment Scotland Conference alongside Martha Burtis and Alan Levine titled “ds106: A Framework for Assessment.”  I kind of mapped out a logic for the session (albeit roughly),  but thanks to technical difficulties that prevented … Continue reading →

You can’t keep a good GIF assignment down This rendition of the “Dancing Jim All Over the World” was inspired by Michael Branson Smith’s “Molly Rocks the Force” (which is pure magic!). And, given my last post, I imagine it’s another dream vision of finding myself part …

I felt that Dancing Jim Around the World was way too limiting. So I, like my Vader father before me, am reaching for the entire galaxy!. Also, this GIF is my first entry into the GIF Fight tumblr, I hope it makes sense!

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Last semester I worked with UMW Chinese History professor Sue Fernsebner (this was PTF or, pre-Tumblr fame ) on her Chinese History through Film course. It was an amazing course that I attended on-and-off throughout the semester. I blogged about it on several occasions last semester, and what I …

This video gave me an idea for a larger series. Here’s the elevator pitch:

A ds106tv show in which we reach out to for-credit students who took ds106 at UMW (or any other college for credit) and find out what they are doing now and how this class changed their …

Having the above video playing as background music while browsing the following GIFs is highly recommended by the editorial board here at bavatuesdays. We appreciate your ongoing patronage.

It all started with John Johnston’s simple assignment “Jim dances around the world” featuring a GIF of me dancing during my OpenEd …

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Note: I spent a bit of time this morning editing and cleaning up this post because upon re-reading it—which as usual was well after I published it—I thought there were a few things I could clean-up and clarify. That said, I haven’t changed any of the ideas …

Along with Martha Burtis and Alan Levine as co-conspirators, I just submitted ds106 as a contestant in the Reclaim Open Learning Innovation contest. I think there’s a lot that is compelling about ds106, particularly if the folks at the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub are looking for alternatives …

Note: At two points in the above video (roughly at 12 minutes and 22 minutes) there’s cacophonous feedback when we go to the shot of the laptop. Andy picks it up and fixes it soon after the 22 minute mark. … Continue reading →