This week in Introduction to Open Education I was introduced to the course materials on the 5R’s, Creative Commons, and Open Licensing. This is territory that I’m comfortably familiar with, but there’s always something new to learn. One of the ideas that emerged for me, and admittedly it’s been brewing, is the need for a…
As a long-time admirer of open education and the use of open educational resources (OER), I like to begin conversations about openness by probing whether the person I’m talking with has defined open education for themselves, or heard it defined by others. I am always curious to know what it means for them. Open education…
At the 2017 Creative Commons Summit in Toronto, Ryan Merkley mentioned that, as a community, we might consider placing our energy in big fights with our real enemies instead of in small fights with each other. Good advice. I have witnessed (and possibly even engaged in), small fights in the open community of late, but…
I don’t usually have such a strong reaction to work of critical thinking in my community, or at least I don’t write about my reactions as often as I’d like. Here goes… @slamteacher and some others in recent threads around critical instructional design are off the mark, imo. I love and respect the work of…
Voila… My June 2017 30-Day The Daily Create Challenge Art June 1st • #tdc1970 • My Creativity Is Bigger Than Your Muscles • https://twitter.com/jennihayman/status/870256566162903040 June 2nd • #tdc1971 • Render Your Portrait in ASCII Art • https://twitter.com/jennihayman/status/870628692384468992 June 3rd • #tdc1972 • What Drink Defines You? • https://twitter.com/jennihayman/status/871034032380923904 June 4th • #tdc1973 • Feet…
How I Became an Open Educator #101openstories In sitting down to write this story, I had to reflect and think very hard about exactly how I arrived at here, an open practitioner-researcher, part of a global network of doctoral students, working as a Program Manger for a 45-institution online teaching and learning consortium called eCampusOntario…
For a few years now I’ve been engaging in an exercise of whittling down my feelings and goals for the new year into three words. It’s a fun task and a good way to focus planning and action. During the year, I can frequently ask myself which of these three words are related to what I’m about to…
Travel Back in Ontario, and settled in the fine city of Guelph (pronounced Gwelf with a slightly Welsh lilt). Transitioned from Arizona for a variety of reasons, not least taking the dual citizen high road in the U.S. election – Justin Trudeau. It’s been a crazy ride, and I want to settle into some routines,…
I’m moving again, this time back to Ontario to support and engage with young adult sons in their formative university years. It turns out that placing 2000+ miles of distance between yourself and young adult sons in their formative years, is not a great idea from a comfort-level point of view. They’re not quite finished with…
I love doing this exercise and I heard about it from Rob Hatch and Chris Brogan a few years ago. I like to try and do it without reading others but C.C. Chapman pulled me in to his Medium post, and Thomas Carey caught me out as well. I will try not to be influenced….