A Faith-Filled Digital Environment

In this all-encompassing digital age, the work of the believer is making a shift in thinking between utilizing technology and the internet as tools, and seeing it as a social milieu.  There must be a “cultural shift which promotes creativity … Continue reading

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Respect in the Digital Age

Considering the increasing use of technology that brings people together from around the world, the existence of cultural differences, and the digital divide between those who have access to technology and those who don’t, there is a growing need to promote respect for cultural diversity. ISTE standards for Coaches #7b addresses the importance of fostering […]

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Grace in the Time of Covid

Teachers are exhausted. As I write this, I am winding down my 6th week of working 7 days in a row of 12 hours plus a day, because that is what it takes to teach digitally right now. Work/life balance is a thing of the past, though I have hopes

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Is Technology encourage or discourage Learning: justice! children’s access right of computers and the internet 

Do you agree with the old saying ‘Knowledge can change destiny.’ In decades, I never doubt this a true purpose for teaching and learn. And believe the internet and technology are the pubic highway will drive knowledge to deliver to everyone even faster. However without ethics and morals as the reels, this vehicle is nothing […]

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Enthusiastically Educated

Teaching is not easy. Are you surprised by that statement? Ask many educators today, and they will probably echo this

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An Ethic of Authenticity in Digital Media & Communications

As someone who is currently working in a recruiting/marketing role in higher education, I am consistently involved in the media representation and strategic communications produced on behalf of the programs and organization I work with/for.  I also have to make choices about how to engage in interactive technological communications (e-mails, video conferencing) and represent myself …

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Module 1: Why Technology has Forced us to Share

Question: What are the ethical underpinnings of teachers creating curricula for schools for free? #EDU6101 “The information society is like a tree that has been growing its far-reaching branches much more widely, hastily, and chaotically than its conceptual, ethical, and cultural roots. The lack of balance is obvious and a matter of daily experience in …

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exploring the ethics of “learning analytics” in higher ed

As our Digital Education Leadership cohort considered ethical questions associated with learning technology, as well as what ethical standards are important to us professionally, I returned to Kant’s “Formula of Humanity” which states that we should always treat a person as an end in themselves, and never as a means to an end (Keirsten, 2019)….

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Returning…2020

Beginning Autumn 2020 I will begin a educational journey that I have no idea of the outcome. This process begins with SPU’s Digial Education Learning Certificate and will end when I complete…I’m not sure. Here we go!

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How to learn Spanish, and not forget it.

There are many videos, activities and books that can help you learn Spanish. Many of them focus on vocabulary or grammatical concepts. However, if you want to be able to understand and produce language, you need to learn more than just words and grammar, you need to learn messages, expressions, and complete sentences. Furthermore, you […]

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