This is an excerpt from the full paper written for eCampus Ontario. The full paper can be found as a PDF file, downloaded, and ready to review all the interactive links and diagrams. As a culminating task for my work as an Ontario open education fellow (OEFellow), I’ve taken time to reflect on my open
This is a collection of images I’ve created as a chapter by chapter review of the book The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization by Alberto Cairo (2013). Further information is available on the related website about the book. This began from a series of graphic images I was creating during a
Taking a deeper dive into some of the possible extending activities was not only fun, but challenging and refreshing. Having a pick from any one of the list was like being a kid in a candy shop. Here’s my first deep dive: This first deep dive into the Experimenter Module was posted on the Five
As an introduction to a course and to each other, students can share a selfie story of a different kind. They can be given options to sharing – what to share, where to share, and how to share. These can be decided based on factors the instructor and/or course designer may know about the students,
As part of the eCampus Ontario – Extend Modules, there is a commitment to open, accessible, evidence of learning. In order to verify the learning that has occurred, and receive a digital badge as validation, I have collected all the elements of the curation module here into one location. This is my performance moment –
This is a reflection on the questions asked in the Scholar module of Ontario Extend. I’ll take them one at a time and craft a separate entry for each one. Here are the big questions. So what’s the answer? Just like in good teaching, the answer lies in the struggle. My teaching practice is ever
This is a response for the Ontario Extend Collaborator module to explore WHY we should collaborate. This has a bit of a story to it, with those characters sitting at the table. We are never really ever at the same table at any time. This collaboration happens over several months and the conversations started at
This is a response for the Ontario Extend module Teacher for Learning, specifically the Metacognition section which looks at metaphor as a culminating task for learning. I’m a big fan of metaphors. I use them to reframe my thinking all the time. Metaphorically speaking, my use of metaphor is like a puzzle. I pick each
I’m exploring themes and concepts for this new domain location. The joy in creating something like this is that your imagination runs free, until the reality of doing brings you to full stop. Both are essential in crafting your digital persona with care and intention. As I begin again, anew, in view, I’m building my
