Behind the MOOC Curtain

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It’s reality!  The MOOC was approved and we are in the process of registering folks.  Let’s see if I can recap the happenings.  After several meetings with MSU support staff…this really is a team effort and I want to give a shout out to the dedicated professionals who Continue reading

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Your Audience

I had a conversation with a fellow today who just entering the world of online teaching. He has a group of students in Kenya…mostly all Kenyan nationals…taking a course on the book of Mark.  He told me his course is set up as many online courses are…weekly Continue reading

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More Than Online

Even though I teach online, I find time to enjoy the adventures Montana.  Here’s a link to an interview I did with a local newspaper journalist who is spending a year creating a backcountry skiing blog.
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Examples of Alternative Assignments

In many of my online courses I allow students to demonstrate their learning through alternative assignments.  Examples of these include powerpoint or keynote presentations, podcastingpdfbooks and glogs.  A special thanks to the students who granted me permission to use their work.

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Engaging Students in the Science & Engineering Practices

You may remember from previous posts that I work with the MPRES grant as the science ngsslogoeducation consultant.  The goal of the grant is to prepare a group of teachers who are qualified to provide professional development to teachers of science related to the Continue reading

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Montana STEM definition

Here is Montana’s STEM definition.

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Framework/NGSS Toolkit

MPRES logogThe MPRES (Montana Partnership with Regions for Excellence in STEM) Grant has completed the first draft of the MPRES Toolkit which will be used as a Continue reading

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Nearing MOOC Oz

oz  The discussions about the creation of a MOOC continue  At this point it seems that the best option for us is to use D2L’s MOOC platform.  Continue reading

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Following the Yellow MOOC Road

I am hoping to move down the MOOC road soon.  citymooc
I am planning to create a MOOC for the Teaching Inquiry through Science and Engineering Practices course.  The MSSE Program sees it as a marketing tool for the Program as well as a professional development opportunity for teachers of science.  Continue reading

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XLi Presentation on Podcasting

Here’s a link to the presentation I did at the XLi conference in Billings in March 2013.

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