Sonya McChristie @sonya@scholar.social
Reader, Writer, Philosopher, Learning Technologist, Geek, Queer. Possessor of at least 2 distinct superhuman abilities. Pronouns: They/Them or She/Her.
Caroline Criado Perez’s Invisible Women. I have a feeling this is going to prove an important book for people in tech. Been on my radar for a while and just from the discussion around it I’m getting ideas that I could pursue in my as yet theoretical PhD / EdD.
So I saw Mastodon tonight, and wanted to share this on Mastodon because it amuses me
I went food shopping while hungry and after a beer. I made some bad decisions.
Some random notes from #CanvasCon afternoon keynote by Alex Beard (Natural Born Learner) - Jobs which are least likely to be automated are those which involve creation; Practice makes perfect, but it doesn’t make new; Teaching is so esteemed in Finland that there are 10 applicants for every place.
#CanvasCon quote of the morning: how do you get students to change fixed mental models?
Take away: small incremental changes from ground up; ask and engage students.
To research further: Muller, Sharma and Reimann on cognitive load theory: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sce.20244
Canvas Commons preview tool coming soon. Will make for many happy bunnies. #CanvasCon
625 people from 300 institutions at #CanvasCon today. 4 years ago there were only 35.
Manny! Fran! Come here - I found The Black Books shop! Now bring me wine.
Reader, Writer, Philosopher, Learning Technologist, Geek, Queer. Possessor of at least 2 distinct superhuman abilities. Pronouns: They/Them or She/Her.
