As a student – back when the internet was in it’s infancy and Googling wasn’t a thing yet – distance learning was quite different than it is today. Even though email was available (Hotmail were the must have), the actual … Read More
The bane of any independent study course is feeling like you’re out there with the course material all on your own. It’s therefore important for students to feel that they are not alone. Below are 3 activities to help ensure … Read More
As a child I spent a lot of time each summer in a canoe. So much so, that at 15 I was comfortable standing in a canoe and doing a complete 360 (a ‘test’ we had to do before heading … Read More
What is feedback? Wikipedia indicates that “feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop. The system can then be said to feed back into itself.” This definition may appear at first … Read More
Cognitive presence, with its triggering event, exploration and integration, remind me of Jean Piaget’s concepts of assimilation and accommodation (which is a topic I cover in my courses). While Piaget focused on the cognitive processes of infants, it is highly … Read More