Author kemcmurray
Capturing Innovative Change This interpretation of successful change initiatives at Coast Mountain College (CMTN) comes from my experience, interviewing colleagues and considering the literature, revealing that successful changes at CMTN have emerged from small scale innovations that eventually integrated… Continue Reading →
This reflection considers how the decisive actions and choices faculty made when they moved to online emergency teaching in response to Covid-19 required leadership but those choices have continued beyond the timeline they were meant for. The Covid-19 pandemic has… Continue Reading →
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My superhero origin story is the ostracism I felt from the school system. I have sat in so many classes thinking of all the different ways the teacher could be facilitating the learning to harness the knowledge and enthusiasm of… Continue Reading →
For an assignment in LRNT 524 I looked at Problem Based Learning (PBL) and Transformative Learning (TL) and how each of these models hold social action differently. Both models align with pragmatism philosophy and are branches of constructivism. Something I… Continue Reading →
The best learning experiences for me as learner and teacher have been those that relied on a community of practice approach. For example, as a teacher the ethics course I wrote about in a previous post Capturing the Unicorn was… Continue Reading →
I started teaching because a course needed coverage for a few classes when the regular instructor needed some time off. This snowballed into the next semester when I had three courses given to me with two days notice. There was… Continue Reading →
I have a colleague named Adam who can pull out the most interesting resources as we consider ideas. This past summer we were talking about design. We were sitting in our town, outside of a deli drinking coffee and talking… Continue Reading →
The final submission for my future of ed-tech assignment is in the link here: McMurray_Future of Edtech