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Tag: teaching and learning
UW Tacoma perspectives on Open Educational Resources
What are Open Educational Resources (OER), and what might using them mean for us here at UW Tacoma? These are questions I’ve spent a lot of time on in the last year, including during a recent series of interviews with nine stakeholders across campus. This summary of conversations with students, faculty, staff, and administrators provides Read More…
Critical digital pedagogy: A conversation with Sean Michael Morris
What does critical digital pedagogy look like in practice? There’s no one answer, but conversations on the topic lead to some interesting places. Earlier this month, the Emerging Practices Reading Circle hosted An Urgency of Teachers co-author Sean Michael Morris for a conversation about critical digital pedagogy, renegotiating classroom power structures, and taking time to Read More…
Intro to instructional design
What is instructional design? Looking back at my interview for my position as UW Tacoma’s instructional design librarian, one question stands out: How do you explain instructional design to other people? There is, of course, a short answer. Instructional design is an iterative process that guides the development and delivery of instruction, from the earliest Read More…