tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79555574724704664932024-02-20T01:06:31.168-08:00Transparent IgnoranceThe transparent search for wisdom by exploring what is not yet known, aka ignorance. Online teacher and author willing to admit there is a lot she does not yet know.onlineteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373906199009520253noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-11759379131558353172013-12-09T11:44:00.004-08:002013-12-09T11:44:59.701-08:00Preventing late work in online coursesA colleague asked a question on our listserve and my response was robust. I decided it needed wider circulation. She asked how to prevent students from turning in late work of shoddy quality in her online courses.
First of all, make sure you have your late policy clearly stated and make sure they know the consequences of late work.
Make sure you have good rubrics for the work so you can Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-26008294176074251952013-05-10T09:23:00.001-07:002013-05-10T09:24:10.679-07:00Sir Ken Robinson gets it right again! Sir Ken once again uses wit and intelligence
to explain why our educational system is not working and how to fix it!
Please take note of the need to invest in teachers, how children are
suffering from a condition called childhood (not ADHD), how alternative
education programs get it right, and why testing should not be the main
focus of education. Bring back creativity, inspiration, Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-58612220896265583732013-02-19T07:25:00.000-08:002013-02-19T07:35:36.712-08:00Class is cancelled... Not online!A student in my Collaborative Communities class who teaches online, and is obviously, an online student wrote this in her weekly reflections...
"As an
instructor, I want to structure my class so that the students still have a
life. As a student, I want to have a life. What is the best balance between
discussion (and requiring students to participate throughout the week) and
allowing Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-20154179094893260712013-02-16T07:09:00.004-08:002013-02-19T07:32:39.989-08:00Letter from the pastCleaning out my parents' home for an estate sale this letter was found. Wow is all I can say!
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Lt. Wm B. Johnson
Box 13
Columbus AFB, Miss.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry L. Vincent
1438 Modoc
Walla Walla, Washington
In my Grandmother's handwriting it says: Very Special
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23 January 1954
Dear Mom and Dad:
I know you will probably have some sort of stroke after Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-64110680740228060572013-02-04T06:52:00.000-08:002013-02-04T06:52:02.632-08:00Separating your personal from professional online livesI read an article today about an interesting topic, the writer was articulate and knowledgeable about online education. I decided this is someone worth following on Twitter (a decision I don't make lightly as you are about to see). As soon as Twitter pulled up her info I clicked Follow, before the feed even finished loading. Twitter shows you the most current postings by someone when you pull up Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-79159946340241756572012-07-02T16:13:00.000-07:002012-07-03T06:31:08.228-07:00Deeper conversations online than face-to-face
Today
I expressed the opinion on Twitter that conversations and connections
made in online classes are deeper and more layered than those which
occur in face-to-face classes. Not only do I believe this strongly based
on my experiences in online education as a student, designer, and
instructor over the last 13 years but I have comments from many, many
students to back this assertion up. I Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-69501600346326563652012-02-28T08:11:00.003-08:002012-02-28T08:18:45.748-08:00Up to All of Us - collecting the knowledgeMy daughter @meganbowe helped the brilliant Aaron Silvers organize the Up To All of Us "unconference" which was held this past weekend. It was by invitation only. Just a small brain trust of very smart people were invited. Here are some of the writing and resources which came out of the #utaou meetings. I followed along all weekend via the Twitter hashtag. Anything which includes meeting Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-55912615951158701392012-02-09T07:49:00.001-08:002012-02-09T07:52:29.139-08:00Did students cheat from the encyclopedia in decades past?Think back to 4th grade state reports of decades past (oh I hope they are in the past!)... did students "cheat" on those? Did they plagiarize from the encyclopedia? Of course they did! Why? Because the state report was a terrible assignment. It was poorly planned. There was no real thinking about/with the information in order to meet the goals of the assignment. Regurgitate state flower, state Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-31962435230122607062011-11-07T10:43:00.000-08:002011-11-07T11:29:13.088-08:00Evolution of learning... Moving towards informalOne of the conversations I had at #DevLearn's DemoFest last week was indicative of the evolution we are starting to see in #eLearning towards more informal learning... but first let me try to describe DemoFest to set the scene.Picture a ballroom with about 80 small tables with 4 chairs around each one. At each table a presenter has a +/- 6 min. presentation to share with whomever stops by to Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-13980225121458859472011-11-05T09:29:00.000-07:002011-11-05T11:46:10.294-07:00Shhh An Academic Went to #DevLearnDon't tell any of the attendees at #DevLearn2011 but there was an academic in their midst this week! In fact, I was warned in advance not to "act like an academic." Since I profess right from the title of this blog to be ignorant, I decided that this was yet another area of my ignorance.Truth be told though I wasn't the only academic at #DevLearn! We were however a minority population and we Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-78872655682899625382011-09-25T08:05:00.000-07:002011-09-25T08:09:23.544-07:00The essential nature of 8th gradersI was responding to another teacher who asked about my teaching awards and about working with 8th graders. By the time I was done writing my message, I realized it was a blog posting...I taught in Walla Walla, WA and won the state Excellence in Education award and then won the national Milken Award. That was a life-changing time in many, many ways. But... the way I won the awards was using the Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-8278478262816675302011-09-14T10:37:00.000-07:002011-09-14T10:50:43.840-07:00Begging for communicationCan I just say... I hate to beg. Does anyone really like to beg someone for communications? Probably not, but it is becoming a real pet peeve with me. Several business people I have been dealing with... Well let's just say I believe if they want my business they will provide some service and will communicate with me. I shouldn't have to keep asking and begging for the information I want/need to Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-66717037229948056652011-06-09T07:08:00.000-07:002011-06-09T07:33:10.445-07:00You have now heard of sexting - talk to your teenThanks to Congressman Weiner many adults are now less ignorant about the phenomenon known as "sexting." Your teenager, likely snickering in the background at your reaction to the recent nhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifews, has known about sexting for quite a while. And now is the time to talk to your teenager. Start with a discussion but don't lead the discussion. Tell them you are just Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-86244670485888425342011-06-08T08:14:00.000-07:002011-06-08T08:14:46.304-07:00Global education or spatulas and prison cellsA teacher in my Computers for Educators Level II course posted his thoughts about using technology to help our students make global connections. His message was so eloquent I asked to share it. Thank you Jeff Meis!
It was in the “Did You Know?” video from module 2 that stated China will soon be the number one English speaking country in the world. From The English Blog, a review of an Irish onlineteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373906199009520253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-60786097832715566512011-05-26T07:15:00.000-07:002011-05-26T07:18:41.542-07:00Young teacher asked - How do I get more training...A young teacher in my technology for teachers course said, "I am going to be a math teacher in the future. Where can I get more training about how to use technology in the classroom?"I encouraged other students to add to the list below. Please comment on this post and add your own ideas, I will share them with my class.* Use the professional organizations to which you belong such as NCTM. They Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-50333244077896004382011-05-25T10:12:00.000-07:002011-05-25T10:12:15.505-07:00Social media... Not just social or for socializing - News from JoplinThank you to Kristin Lineberry a student in my University of San Diego Technology for Teachers Level II course for this incredible and moving insight.
Kristin said:
I will be the first to admit that I am a facebook "lurker." I have had an account for about 3 years now, and at first it was fun and amazing to reconnect with all my college and high school friends. I rarely post a status update, onlineteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373906199009520253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-53700470066736600732011-04-23T10:23:00.001-07:002011-04-23T10:34:29.702-07:00Teaching comes before Technology even in the dictionaryI have had a long email conversation with a student who is creating online technology integration training for teachers. I realized this is a conversation which should be shared...The conversation began when I put this comment on a recent assignment. Teaching comes before technology even in the dictionary (quoted from Making the Move to eLearning). I would propose that you teach teachers how Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-2047931832582009942011-03-14T12:51:00.000-07:002011-03-14T12:57:48.420-07:00Names on your "papers"The following is from a class I recently taught which had a small number of enrolled students. This is important for all of us to remember as we set up technology projects so it is shared here for all to see.As I gathered all the Final Project documents so that I could email comments to all of you I realized that 4 of the 5 had no name in the document or in the file name. This was something we Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-10370523365311120902011-02-23T16:12:00.000-08:002011-02-23T16:22:16.874-08:00Teaching and learning come firstJust a quick post... I have had a lot of big projects on my to-do list and #CCK11 took a big time backseat. I have some thoughts on why my first MOOC experience turned out this way and will share them in a day or two but first, a fun visual.I do a lot of work with the fine folks at ISTE as a project reviewer. Of late I have been steeped in the refreshed NETS-T (National Educational Technology Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-46543483965995319042011-01-20T13:54:00.000-08:002011-01-20T14:35:09.425-08:00Familiar groundPut someone in a stressful work environment and they will retreat to the things they know well and things which worked in the past. We know student teachers often turn to "stand and deliver" teaching methods after a few weeks of student teaching because they are overwhelmed, anxious, becoming exhausted etc. If Vygotsky were observing them he would likely say they were beyond their zone of Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-10497912531285390152011-01-19T15:12:00.000-08:002011-01-19T15:38:28.619-08:00Down the rabbit hole... CCK11 Day 3#CCK11 - Day 3Lewis Carroll's Alice and I seem to be having a shared experience. What was up is down, what was in is out... Or as she would say, "Curiouser and curiouser..." Connectivism and my ignorant brain are not yet... wellllll... connecting! Having joined today's Elluminate live session and hearing Stephen and George both explaining this theory using various metaphors was appreciated, but Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-67172683156517220882011-01-18T06:20:00.001-08:002011-01-19T09:38:57.641-08:00Thinking in Twitter bytes and connectivismLately I have been finding myself thinking in Twitter bytes (bites?). My thoughts are coming composed in +/- 140 characters. Sometimes this concerns me, is this an aging brain faltering into fractured thoughts?This morning I awoke with a CCK11 based realization that this is a connection between myself and the tools I use (Facebook for personal uses and Twitter for professional purposes). On both Kay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-78407947630902971762011-01-17T16:30:00.000-08:002011-01-19T09:41:20.075-08:00New journey... On the road to connectivismCCK11My first foray into open education begins with Connectivism and Constructing Knowledge taught by world-class thinkers and leaders in education, George Siemens and Stephen Downes. Today's post is my first step on this 12 week journey. My first steps are to begin to understand the learning theory of connectivism and how it differs from previous learning theories. What is learning? I would haveKay Lehmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393455513478612889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-90402307894793776622010-12-30T11:25:00.001-08:002010-12-30T11:25:50.217-08:00In all fairness... I do have a dream job!As promised... The benefits of being an online adjunct
Continuation of the Open Letter to University Administrators and HR Personnel:
Previously I detailed the cost-savings to the universities for whom I work as an online adjunct working at a distance. There are however myriad ways that I benefit from working at a distance. These help to mitigate the lack of benefits and resources of being an onlineteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373906199009520253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955557472470466493.post-42211439071543644462010-12-28T19:07:00.001-08:002010-12-28T19:12:46.476-08:00I am saving universities a ton of money as an online adjunctAn Important email message today about sick leave policy from one of the universities I work for starting me thinking. I am saving these universities SOOO much money by working at a distance. As an online adjunct very little is provided to me... thus was borne this open letter...
Open letter to University administrators and human resources personnel who have adjunct instructors working at a onlineteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373906199009520253noreply@blogger.com2