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Jan 24 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
great #OnlineLearning isn't necessarily media-rich. it's connection-rich.

the LEAST engaging online courses I've taken have been media-rich and connection-poor.
I see a lot of #HigherEd LD postings that seem to misunderstand this. That worries me.

pedagogy before tech
people before pedagogy

#OnlineLearning
btw all of this is covered in the research on effective #OnlineLearning particularly the work of xu and jaggars scholar.google.com/citations?user…
seasoned online educators know that connection is #1 and they know how to build those connections. none of this is news for #OnlineLearning. so if anyone's pushing another agenda, it's just that. an agenda.

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Nov 19, 2021
so I woke up thinking about the "rigor wars," as one does
and I kind of feel like the debate over rigor, not to be dramatic, but it feels symptomatic of a (the?) battle for the soul of higher education
I want to give this "what do we talk about" a v.2. -our own educational trauma -the way we were taught -lack of
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Nov 18, 2021
I have a few thoughts on rigor!

#HigherEd
#ToxicRigor
I don't disagree with anything in this piece. What I find really interesting is the assumption that those of us who are advocating for caring pedagogy, grounded in a balance b/t support and challenge, have at any point become less rigorous.

#HigherEd
#ToxicRigor
And that to me is the mark of #ToxicRigor. When someone points to flexibility, humanizing, and support and says, "You're dumbing things down" or "You've sacrificed rigor," there's just no evidence of that, so something else is up.

#HigherEd
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Nov 18, 2021
I'm doing some research this morning on long-term collective traumas...
So many people are saying to me that they feel like they're at a breaking point, along with everyone around them. That they feel worse, not better. I thought this @insidehighered piece captured this really well (thank you students).

insidehighered.com/advice/2021/11…
@insidehighered This idea that while we're managing individual crises, that everyone around us seems to be too. The whole of this is greater than the sum of its parts. What do we know about collective traumas that can guide us through this?
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Nov 17, 2021
"Everyone is on the verge of a breakdown."

#HigherEd
#TraumaAware

insidehighered.com/advice/2021/11…
"But now it’s just expected and understood: everyone is just one minor event away from snapping. COVID scares can trigger existential crises and then ripple effects. Why ask each other “How are you?” when nothing has changed in almost two years?"

#HigherEd
#TraumaAware
"Learning has become a chore rather than a fulfilling process."

Point of clarification: Formal learning in a classroom? The human brain is always learning, whether at college or not.
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Jun 9, 2021
Okay before I share any of this, for the record, I'm not actually critiquing HyFlex. HyFlex, bless its heart, is fine. What I'm critiquing is #HigherEd's continued reliance on garbage can decision making.
While there are some exceptions, I've yet to see any compelling data or argument that HyFlex is better than a well-designed, fully online course taught by an awesome online educator. And the costs in terms of faculty stress and the tech being poured into it continue to amass...
I'm going to try to use this thread to aggregate data on HyFlex. If you know of any, please chime in.

Of course, we already have oodles of data on what works for student retention and completion (wraparound support, supporting faculty in their pedagogy), but I digress...
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Jun 8, 2021
What problem is HyFlex trying to solve? Not a rhetorical question.

#HigherEd
I guess I'm wondering what problems we're actually trying to solve here, or if we have garbage can decision making at play (solutions seeking problems).

#HigherEd
Is the problem declining enrollments? Is the problem a lecture-based model that disengages learners? Is the problem students lacking transportation to campus? Is the problem that rigid, solely in-person models make attendance difficult for working students, parents?
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