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LaQuita Denson Mainer wrote a new post, Welcome to The Online Connection, on the site The Online Connection 5 years, 1 month ago

Educators continue to face many challenges as they strive to assist learners in becoming digital citizenship. The focus continues to be successful achievement of the content and […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, HumanMOOC convo lives on! Thoughts on connected learning, on the site OU Digital Teaching 5 years, 3 months ago

Impossibly busy today (yes, connectivist teachers have work to do too!) … but I am grateful to Matt for carrying on the convo about dual-layer design and instructivist learning: Instructivism vs Connectivism vs […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, Some thoughts on wrapping up #HumanMOOC, on the site OU Digital Teaching 5 years, 3 months ago

As #HumanMOOC is wrapping up (I hope I can listen in on the wrap-up hangout with the organizers later today; not sure if that will work out or not), I thought I would quickly record some thoughts… super-busy […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, FERPA doesn’t mean we can’t have a social LMS, on the site OU Digital Teaching 5 years, 3 months ago

Update: Be sure to see Jared Stein’s comments on the post that started this convo, and KUDOS to Instructure for being the kind of company that participates in public discussions. That is something I do think is […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, Harkness Tables: Face to Face Net-Working, on the site OU Digital Teaching 5 years, 3 months ago

I kept thinking about Aras’s sociograms from the hangout today, and I realized that I had seen something similar, but done manually, for face-to-face classes: it’s something called a Harkness table. So I’m writing […]
mawilder wrote a new post, Using video to establish instructor presence, on the site Learning Advances 5 years, 3 months ago

This week’s topic in the #HumanMOOC is all about establishing instructor presence in online courses. Research has shown that instructor-produced videos, if done well, helps bridge the gaps in distance between in […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, Thoughts about Choosing, Change, and the 800-Pound LMS Gorilla, on the site OU Digital Teaching 5 years, 3 months ago

Matt just shared some more detailed reflections about this dual layer approach in #HumanMOOC where the LMS is an instructivist model as opposed to the more constructivist or connectivist model outside the LMS. You […]
ARAS wrote a new post, Humanizing Cognitive Presence, on the site Distributed, networked, online learning... 5 years, 3 months ago

Humanizing Cognitive Presence#HumanMOOC : Cognitive Presence (Week 3) Cognitive presence is the extent to which learners are able to construct and confirm meaning through sustained reflection and discourse […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, Twitter Bootcamp: Resource for #HumanMOOC, on the site OU Digital Teaching 6 years ago

The Week 2 topic for #HumanMOOC is social presence and community building. There’s been some great social present via the #HumanMOOC hashtag at Twitter, so I wanted to offer as a resource to share for Week 2 the […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, Cuique Suum: Responsibility, Diversity, Motivation … all in two little words, on the site OU Digital Teaching 6 years ago

Matt Crosslin left some really detailed comments on an earlier post that I need to ponder before responding because they are about pedagogical theory and such, not the stuff I usually write about so I will have to […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, Presence: Bring Your Creativity to Class, on the site OU Digital Teaching 6 years ago

The discussions going on during Week 1 of #HumanMOOC were really stimulating for me; the idea of presence is one that I think about a lot since I teach fully online classes. What I’d like to share in this post is […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, HumanMOOC: Learners are Free, on the site OU Digital Teaching 6 years ago

So, the more I look at the dichotomy behind the dual-layer MOOC, the more puzzling (and offputting) I find it. Here’s a quote from a post I found at EduGeek Journal that explains the idea in detail (there is no […]
ARAS wrote a new post, Humanizing Social Presence, on the site Distributed, networked, online learning... 6 years ago

Humanizing Social Presence#HumanMOOC : Social Presence (Week 2) Social presence is the ability of participants to identify with the group or course of study, communicate purposefully in a trusting environment, […]
Roberta Christopher wrote a new post, Human MOOC – Presence Reflection, on the site Nursing Forward: The Quest of a "Hacked" Nurse Educator 6 years ago

12-17-15 ReflectionOn my journey to develop as an instructor, I identified the need to develop competency related to humanizing my online classes. I was fortunate to come across the work of Michelle […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, HumanMOOC Week 1: Instructor Presence, on the site OU Digital Teaching 6 years ago

* Combined post for Week 1, Activity 1 (create intro presence) and Activity 2 (reflect), plus Activity 3 (learn a new tool) *I just created something fun for my “Instructor Presence” activity; instead of doing an […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, OUTechExpo Twitter Bootcamp… Thinking about #HumanMOOC, on the site OU Digital Teaching 6 years ago

So, here’s some info about my “Twitter Bootcamp” project for those of you participating in #HumanMOOC. I would be really glad to hear from #HumanMOOC participants about this project (see requests below), and I […]
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, Winter Break Projects: Twitter, Self-Efficacy, HEART, on the site OU Digital Teaching 6 years ago

I’ve got three big projects that I am working on during our (brief) winter break, and luckily they are all three related to the #HumanMOOC as well, so I will be using this blog to document those projects and share […]
ARAS wrote a new post, Humanizing teaching presence, on the site Distributed, networked, online learning... 6 years ago

Humanizing teaching presence#HumanMOOC : Teaching Presence (Week 1) Teaching presence is defined as the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes for the purpose of realizing […]
Sue Tucker wrote a new post, Hello to HumanMOOCers, on the site Share Learn Live 6 years ago

Hi from Pokhara, Nepal.I think I’ve finally worked out a way to post my intro video – working round wifi access, power outages and device incompatibility is a challenge, but hopefully this link will work.Greetings everyone!
rapsc wrote a new post, "HumanMOOC", on the site Public Speaking Observations 6 years ago

Starting a new class about finding ways to make online learning more interactive for those taking the classes. This is a bit of an adventure and part of the philosophy of ‘Try New Things’ that I am attempting to […]
Sue Tucker wrote a new post, Online learning on the move, on the site Share Learn Live 6 years ago

Currently in Nepal and eager to start with #HumanMOOC. I’m hoping our travel over the next few weeks won’t be too much of a barrier to my participation.
Laura Gibbs wrote a new post, HumanMOOC: first thoughts, on the site OU Digital Teaching 6 years ago

I had learned about HumanMOOC from Adam Croom at Twitter last week and I had signed up, thinking it was starting December 7, and then by accident saw a Hangout announcement at Google+ already today, Saturday (Dec. […]
Matt Crosslin wrote a new post, Hello HumanMOOC!, on the site Connect 6 years ago

Welcome to the HumanMOOC Blog Hub. If you are actively (or semi-actively) blogging about Human MOOC, please add your blog to the hub and all of your posts will be added here.

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