Article refutes five commom myths about MOOCs
1. Fail to engage students in effective pedagogical practices
2. Deny students mentoring experiences with scholars passionate about their research
3. Lack the rigor of an on-campus curriculum
4.Provide, at best, superficial and narrowly defined training rather than deep understanding
5.Are an attempt to replace faculty"
8 Step process for leading change - includes establishing a sense of urgency, creating the guiding coalition, developing a change vision, communicating the vision for buy-in, generating short-term wins, never letting up, and incorporating changes into the culture.
The form emailer works - automatically send an email to someone from your s/sheet eg feedback to a form they have completed.
Didn't install Form+ since there was too much negative feedback in the chrome store.
A map of competencies and skills that a group of Mozilla stakeholders (including Doug Belshaw) thought was important for getting better at reading, writing and participating on the web. Organised under three headings: exploring, building, connecting
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Put together a coursepack from OERs or your documents. Not a lot of supporting info. Has just been released by CC Canada.
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