Author kemcmurray
With a group of 84 students in business communications over 4 different classes it was a rough start. In fact, this was the roughest semester start I had ever been part of. Not because of ABRP and not because of… Continue Reading →
For years I have been lucky to be part of the social network that Arley Cruthers was part of too, mainly on the platform that turned apocoplyptic where she was prolific in my feed and also at BC Campus workshops… Continue Reading →
The topic of generative AI was the topic for me to avoid at all costs in my institution this semester. The primary theme when it came up, was that it is the latest and greatest cheating tool for our cheating… Continue Reading →
There are no required textbooks in this course because I refuse to be a part of the private textbook industry as it capitalizes on creating inequality in education through gatekeeping. There is a whole webspace of resources available for us,… Continue Reading →
Experiential Learning Theory is a constructivist learning theory first presented by Dewey (1938). Dewey described experiential learning as a cyclical process of bringing previous knowledge forward into a social context. A facilitator creates the conditions for participants to bring forward… Continue Reading →
My hope with my research is to disseminate it in three ways. For publication, I will be submitting my research findings to Digital Culture and Education “an international inter-disciplinary open-access peer-reviewed academic journal…. that challenges the hegemony of publishers”. This… Continue Reading →
The 3-2-1 structure is: 3 thoughts or ideas you have about digital facilitation based on your course experience. 2 questions you have about digital facilitation based on your course experience. 1 metaphor or simile about digital facilitation based on your… Continue Reading →
Our team (Ashley Breton, Emma Keating, Karen McMurray, and Ash Senini) will present a micro-course on open educational practices, where participants will explore how this approach might change the role of the online facilitator. Open educational practices (OEP) is a… Continue Reading →
My infographic represents how the three presences; social, cognitive and teaching in the Community of Inquiry (COI) are found in a course I teach called Principles of Project Management. I highlight some of the activities in the course and… Continue Reading →