Punked

Stephen Downes’s recently wrote a post on the great rebranding of MOOCs, arguing “MOOCs were not designed to serve the missions of the elite colleges and universities. They were designed to undermine them, and make those missions obsolete.” It clearly struck a nerve with a lot of people I know, generating a remarkable amount of […]

A Day for Learning

Since starting at TRU, I’ve particularly enjoyed collaborating and scheming with our Dean of Students Chris Adam, and Director of Instructional Design Irwin Devries. For some time we’ve been talking about a sort of gathering to reframe and refocus our efforts to enhance the learning environment at our university. What I love about working with […]

It also freezes over

I thought I would give anyone who still follows this blog a little shock and throw up a quick post. When I accepted the new gig at TRU, it was in the hopes that the comically-vague title of “Director, Innovation” would lead to more time for exploration, research and writing. So far it has not […]