The new academic year is about to begin and you can feel it in the air, almost like how you can feel the crispness in the air of the autumn equinox-or at least on campus. Our university is abuzz with new faculty arriving, 'old' faculty returning, and of course, our students-themselves, new and 'old'-those on campus and those studying at a distance. We held our new faculty orientation today, one of many, many events, known and unkown, that signal a new academic year is on the horizon.
After the lull of the summer, which I'm glad to say, will soon be behind us, you can feel the campus coming 'alive' again with the new academic year about to begin next week-September 5, to be precise. It's great to see everyone again and to meet new people. The 'fever' is contagious-I can see it too in some of my co-workers as we prepare to work with and support our faculty.
Welcome back everyone!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Monday, June 4, 2007
Proverbs
I luv proverbs-they are words to live by; this one's Arabic, I discovered while researching Laing's Knots online recently:
"He that knows not,
and knows not that he knows not is a fool.
Shun him.
He that knows not,
and knows that he knows not is a pupil.
Teach him.
He that knows,
and knows not that he knows is asleep.
Wake him.
He that knows,
and knows that he knows is a teacher.
Follow him."
"He that knows not,
and knows not that he knows not is a fool.
Shun him.
He that knows not,
and knows that he knows not is a pupil.
Teach him.
He that knows,
and knows not that he knows is asleep.
Wake him.
He that knows,
and knows that he knows is a teacher.
Follow him."
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Welcome to the dia(blog)ue
Creating a blog is a rather simple process.
However, deciding what to say knowing the whole world (potentially) could be reading and judging (possibly) what you say is another matter. However, it is the 21st century and our blog is long overdue. Yet, I wanted our blog to be more than just a reverse chronological order of diary entries and ramblings on about nothing...so...I created this blog for two reasons:
1. to critically examine blogs for teaching and learning in higher education
2. to 'reach' our faculty and engage them (hopefully) in scholarly discourse via this medium
So, to begin, some of my questions about blogs are: Do blogs have a role in higher education? If so, what is it? Who should use them? Why? and perhaps most importantly, How should they be constructed and used (pedagogy) to enrich the student learning experience in higher education?
On the flip side, are students missing anything from their learning experience, if profs choose not to blog?
You might have some other questions too. I hope you will post them. In the interim, you might find this a helpful article in context. Some of our faculty at MSVU began experimenting with this Web 2.0 technology for teaching undergraduate public relations classes in the Winter '07 term.
Ready to 'talk' about blogs for use in higher education? I thought so.
Over to you...
However, deciding what to say knowing the whole world (potentially) could be reading and judging (possibly) what you say is another matter. However, it is the 21st century and our blog is long overdue. Yet, I wanted our blog to be more than just a reverse chronological order of diary entries and ramblings on about nothing...so...I created this blog for two reasons:
1. to critically examine blogs for teaching and learning in higher education
2. to 'reach' our faculty and engage them (hopefully) in scholarly discourse via this medium
So, to begin, some of my questions about blogs are: Do blogs have a role in higher education? If so, what is it? Who should use them? Why? and perhaps most importantly, How should they be constructed and used (pedagogy) to enrich the student learning experience in higher education?
On the flip side, are students missing anything from their learning experience, if profs choose not to blog?
You might have some other questions too. I hope you will post them. In the interim, you might find this a helpful article in context. Some of our faculty at MSVU began experimenting with this Web 2.0 technology for teaching undergraduate public relations classes in the Winter '07 term.
Ready to 'talk' about blogs for use in higher education? I thought so.
Over to you...
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