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The Chronicle of Higher Education describes the “mothballing” of USU OCW in today’s story, Utah State U.’s OpenCourseWare Closes Because of Budget Woes. I don’t know if the added attention will help Marion advance their cause on campus, but we can hope.
In response to an article about the death of instructional design, Stephen says… “there is not a (practical) sub-discipline that is (strictly) the design of instructional materials.” There are many parenthetical caveats in this statement, but it is still wrong. Stephen’s evidence for the argument that there is no discipline of instructional design? The success … Read more
I have something much longer and comprehensive coming on this topic, but these few notes will have to do for now. First, “open” is a continuous, not binary, construct. A door can be wide open, completely shut, or open part way. So can a window. So can a faucet. So can your eyes. Our commonsense, … Read more