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
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
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.
In many of my online courses I allow students to demonstrate their learning through alternative assignments. Examples of these include powerpoint or keynote presentations, podcasting, pdfbooks and glogs. A special thanks to the students who granted me permission to use their work.
You may remember from previous posts that I work with the MPRES grant as the science 
education 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
The 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
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
I am hoping to move down the MOOC road soon. 
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
Here’s a link to the presentation I did at the XLi conference in Billings in March 2013.
