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  • Teachers must Care; Students must Attend

    That is, mentors must be engaged with mentoring people, seeing the student as an Existenz, with all of the possibility that this entails. And learners must attend, being fully now/here wherever they are, focused on this happening with the mentor. It… Continue reading

    Teachers must Care; Students must Attend
  • MOOC, Online Education and its future | Learner Weblog

    Misunderstanding, lack of common “goals” among various institutions and professors, and differing interests in schools of education and pedagogy have all left people mixing MOOCs with online education. To me, this is only part of the “wicked problems” especially when disruptive… Continue reading

    MOOC, Online Education and its future | Learner Weblog
  • A Graphical View of Student Patterns in MOOCs

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: With the exception of the drop-ins–because universities control access to content pretty well–these numbers mirror many of the patterns I see with standard education models in large classrooms. Now, in… Continue reading

    A Graphical View of Student Patterns in MOOCs
  • Seeing Through Paulo’s Glasses

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Short documentary about Paulo Freire. Seeing Through Paulo’s Glasses: Political Clarity, Courage and Humility Directed and Produced by Dr. Shirley Steinberg,… See on www.youtube.com Related articles Jeopardized and Jeopardizing (keithwaynebrown.com) Paulo Freire (sourcewatch.org) Leading… Continue reading

    Seeing Through Paulo’s Glasses
  • Freedom & the Loving Struggle

    “Liberation is thus a childbirth, and a painful one.” Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed Source: etsy.com via Joni on Pinterest   Continue reading

  • The End of the University as We Know It – Nathan Harden – The American Interest Magazine

    One of the biggest barriers to the mainstreaming of online education is the common assumption that students don’t learn as well with computer-based instruction as they do with in-person instruction. There’s nothing like the personal touch of being in a… Continue reading

  • Textimony 20121018

    A distinction betwixt youthful choice & decisive mastery: a youth gives answers & gets time; a master forgets answers & forgives time. Graceful oblivion. Continue reading

  • Mentorship

    The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in the love and pursuit of knowledge. To know how to suggest is the art of teaching. Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and… Continue reading