The Winter quarter session of the course I teach - MSLOC 430, which explores enterprise social networks (ESNs) and their impact on work and learning - ended a month ago. It was my first attempt to pop the lid off of the course by designing some ways in which both the enrolled, on-site graduate students … Continue reading Part II: Popping the lid off of #msloc430
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Half-baked thinking: Content and structure for popping the lid on #msloc430 course
Day 3 of #WOLweek. I was walking home from campus today (I live a little over a mile from Northwestern University) after a pretty energizing day. But it is ugly cold for this time of the season and when I left the office about the only thing that I was aware of was the weather. … Continue reading Half-baked thinking: Content and structure for popping the lid on #msloc430 course
A detour to consider pacing: Opening up my course #MSLOC430 #WOLweek
Update on day 2 of #WOLweek. My plans today were to make some headway in identifying new readings for my course, and I had a wee bit of success. More organizing and reacquainting myself with a few of articles that I had saved as potential readings. See my updates to the Google doc syllabus that … Continue reading A detour to consider pacing: Opening up my course #MSLOC430 #WOLweek
Challenge 1: Finding open content to open a course
This is not a surprise. In a perfect world, I would be able to share - in an open course - a selection of both academic and thoughtful practitioner readings that point to common themes and/or raise questions about our thinking or assumptions concerning enterprise social networking. It is easier for me to pull off … Continue reading Challenge 1: Finding open content to open a course
#MSLOC430 course design: My current starting point
I have posted a draft version of my current syllabus in a Google doc along with some comments for context. I've cut out some of the graded assignment language and a few other things that are only meaningful for enrolled students in the course. But I do find that this type of draft outline is … Continue reading #MSLOC430 course design: My current starting point
Jeff Merrell 