Monthly Archives: February 2013

February 27, 2013
8:00 am
by: bahareh

Opportunities that we have lost so far!

OMG! I cannot get over the fact that I may have lost so many opportunities in my life so far.  I was reading the “Whistling Vivaldi” and thinking how many times this “cloud in the air” has covered the sun … Continue reading → Continue reading →

February 27, 2013
1:37 am
by: kcathar

The three R’s– and one ‘L’

We memorize the alphabet, the multiplication tables, and other skills early on.  But for some, rote memorization and repetition of the “three R’s” (“reading, writing & ‘rithmetic”) does not result in “L”- learning.  For most of us there’s no question … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in dysgraphia, dyslexia, GEDI, GEDI Posts, LD

February 26, 2013
4:35 pm
by: Mike Ekoniak

Diversity and MOOCs

There were so many interesting blog posts on MOOCs over the last few weeks, a topic that I’ve blogged about in the past.  I think it’s worth considering the ways in which a shift towards MOOCs in higher education might … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary Pedagogy

February 26, 2013
3:42 pm
by: tanyamh

Let’s Have the Conversation: On Race, Gender Equality, etc.

Last week’s Contemporary Pedagogy class revolved around a discussion of equality and diversity. Our talk actually reminded me of a session at the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Conference I attended back in 2008. It started with my group breaking up in to two teams. Males and Females. We were to write about both the privileges we enjoyed and(…) Continue reading →

Posted in gedivts13

February 26, 2013
5:16 am
by: juan

Racism exists now?

Last week, we read an article about the hidden brain,where Vedantam states that unconscious messages are actually far more influential than conscious messages and will always tell us people’s races, even from a very young age. I agree with his statement, but I think the recognization/awareness of races is not unconscious because it’s easy for […] Continue reading →

February 26, 2013
1:35 am
by: jamies

Life Long Learning

As a current PhD student whose life has morphed into nothing but reading and writing, words like “life time” (even when connected to a “good” word like “learning”) are nausea-inducing.  How can I do this FOREVER? However, the reality is that life-long learning will become, most of the time, a life-giving activity that enhances my(…) Continue reading →

Posted in GEDI 2013

February 25, 2013
11:47 pm
by: rsapty2013

Is technology driving a new social group?

English We live in a globalized world, where technology has brought us closer but apart every minute at the same time. I took the time to analyze and observe how my co-faculty at the last social meeting exchanged points of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in VTGEDI13

February 25, 2013
10:11 pm
by: Gargi Singh

The Tower of Babel

“The conventional wisdom of the Tower of Babel story is that the collapse was a misfortune… the weight of many languages that precipitated the tower’s failed architecture. That one monolithic language would have expedited the building and heaven… Continue reading →

Posted in PFP13S

February 25, 2013
10:11 pm
by: Gargi Singh

The Tower of Babel

“The conventional wisdom of the Tower of Babel story is that the collapse was a misfortune… the weight of many languages that precipitated the tower’s failed architecture. That one monolithic language would have expedited the building and heaven… Continue reading →

Posted in PFP13S

February 25, 2013
6:50 pm
by: lesliegm

MOOCs: Pedagogy, Success, and Failure in the Advancing Market

In my last post on MOOCs, we looked at the recent timeline and marveled at how fast things are moving.  This time, we’re going to consider the rapidly developing learning curve on MOOC development, pedagogy, and the growing body of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in gedivts13, PFP13S