It was in May 2022 that I first deactivated my Twitter account. Not usually one to follow my gut when it comes to big decisions, this time I couldn’t help noticing how drained I felt after engaging on that platform.…
Category: Trends and Change
Tending, befriending, and coping with upending: Takeaways from the first month of mass emergency remote education
Posted in Academic Life, Cognitive Psychology and Learning, Higher Education, Ideas and Resources, Technology, and Trends and Change
About a year ago, I experienced what we all do sooner or later in the course of our face-to-face teaching careers: something terrible and unexpected happened in class. In my case, a student collapsed and became unresponsive*.*The student was okay,…
On (re)living the real and almost-real, and what it means for learning
Posted in Technology, and Trends and Change
VR can be a lot of things – disorienting, dizzying (literally), fun, strange, and emotional.
Can a textbook change your life?
Posted in Cognitive Psychology and Learning, Higher Education, Technology, and Trends and Change
One did for me, and now I wonder what’s next.
What higher ed could learn from dairy farmers
Posted in Higher Education, Technology, and Trends and Change
I just got back from a trip to see a college friend who lives in eastern Canada.