Experimenter
Exploring my YouTube Copyright #OpenEdMOOC
A reflective look at Copyright vs. Creative Commons of YouTube videos – a first step towards responsible openness.
Experimenter
Why you should Embrace Openness as a Value #OpenEdMOOC
I first heard of the open education movement during a life changing experience that ran in August called Ontario Extend. Since then I have dove into the movement head first by engaging with peers on Twitter, exploring opportunities through eCampusOntario, adopting (and reviewing) an open textbook, and taking a course called Introduction to Open Education through edX. This journey has been exciting and challenging as you may be able to tell if you follow my blog. Please join my connected community as I delve deeper into the open education movement, exploring the evidence around it.
Reflections
Help Me Track My Students!!! Please
Calling all website designers, techies, software developers, database managers and educators with connections. This is a call for help, referrals and advice. I have been assigned what seems like a huge task and I am not quite sure where to Read more…
2017 Collective Agreement Negotiations
Academic Freedom is different from Intellectual Property! Does it matter in contract negotiations?
Two of issues raised in the collective bargaining process according to the OPSEU and the Ontario Employer Council are academic freedom and intellectual property. I have seen these ideas lumped together in the emails coming into my inbox but I want you to know that they are not the same! Let’s take a look at these issues.
Open Ed
Is Innovation the casualty of contract negotiations? OER in Colleges
I identify as an innovator. Thankfully, I work for an organization that supports Innovation. In fact, innovation is written all over my workplace – It is right in their vision statement and strategic plan. Concurrently there is growing support for Read more…
Experimenter
Scare-O-vation
A desire to make a difference is at the core of what drives me to be innovative. I tend to come up with big ideas about how I want to do something. Some people think these ideas are crazy!
Reflections
Who is NurseKillam?
NurseKillam is an evolving online version of myself. Now that I have a clearer picture of who she is I can reflect on the value I can offer in this and other online spaces.
Collaborator
Say What? Open Textbooks??
I just finished an awesome three days of being surrounded by like-minded professionals. It was so refreshing and I learned so much about the possibilities for technology and open education. Actually, this blog is thanks to my new friends from Read more…
Experimenter
Starting Something New
I participated in a technology institute where they had daily activities to encourage interaction among a group of educators who are interested in using technology to enhance learning. One activity in particular caught my attention. They called it the daily Read more…
PhD
Credability = PhD?
Scholarship is an important part of professional development. Lately I have been grappling with an inner desire to get a PhD that is driven by some unknown thing. In this post I am going to talk about that desire and Read more…
