Remembering Brent Lambert

I just learned that my colleague and friend Brent Lambert has passed on. As I’m reflecting on our relationship this morning, I want to share a few thoughts and feelings and stories. I met Brent when he entered the PhD program at USU. He came to us with a Masters degree (in CS), but no … Read more

Slip Sliding Away: The Open in MOOC

Looking through Stephen Downes’ list of MOOCs today, I saw that there’s a MOOC using almost exactly the same name as the open online course I began teaching this past winter. Compare my Introduction to Openness in Education from Winter 2012, which will be offered again in Winter 2013 and every winter term for the … Read more