Dr Ricardo Antillon of Universidad San Pablo Guatemala continues in episode two of this three part series on how he lead a transformation of faculty from being traditional “television in front of the class dispensing information” lecturers into passionate guides and facilitators inspiring students to learn. They recognised that knowledge comes form everyone and not […]
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Learning … it’s all about passion
I met Dr. Ricardo Antillon, Rector (President) of Universidad San Pablo in Guatemala in Miami where some 25 educators from around the world were meeting for the first time to think tank a new model of higher education, especially for the Global South (or Developing World as it used to be called). Ricardo had travelled […]
A Gutenberg Experience
In 1979 my wife an I felt we should start a printing business, this we believed, was something we should do to make a difference. Our journey is quite a story. We began printing for churcohes and Christian organizations. For 18 years the story of the invention of moveable type and Gutenburg’s printing press and […]
The Cross Walk … a practicum with a diffference
I saw the six foot cross as we walked into Carol Freeman’s office. I couldn’t help but comment. As Carol, the Dean of Student Mentoring at Bethany International began to explain how it is used in the teaching and learning at the college, I immediately had flashbacks to 1970 and my Army training in Australia. […]
Student Mentoring Unpacked
Can we do this using elearning? One of the highlights of our visit to Bethany International was meeting Carol Freeman, Dean of Student Mentoring. Carol explained the school’s mentoring program that all students participate in as they move through their undergraduate experience. It’s really intense as you will hear in the podcast episode. The result is […]
High touch high teach high learn
We were introduced to Tran in the hallway of California Baptist University’s new CBU Online Division. He guided us into his office. Richard and I had the same response simultaneously “Whoa nice office!” … it was a nerd reaction as Tran has at least five monitors around the corner of his desk space and it […]
Food for the Soul … believe it!
Our visit to Azusa Pacific University started with some very productive and intense meetings where we discussed all things elearning, graduate attributes and student experience. We were engaged (and always running overtime I might add) right up to and during lunch. Dr Andrea McAleenan the Special Advisor to the President of APU and our host, […]
The student experience takes work – lots of it!
However our time with Terry Franson Senior Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students at Azusa Pacific University in Southern California sure did prove this work is worth it. I was particularly happy we could talk over lunch because of the emphasis on the student experience we have at the University of Adelaide […]
Space the Final Frontier … Not for these kids!
I connected with Werner online and we begun to share our common passion for using technology in learning and teaching, became good buddies and when I was offered a scholarship by the Apple University Consortium (AUC) to visit Macworld some years ago he invited me to stay at his home. The offer was again extended for […]
H.E. … It’s in the Genes for Olivet and Bethany
My host was dropping me off at the Admin building at Olivet University in Scotts Valley just south of San Francisco CA. Our car turned into a village like community snuggled in the countryside with bush (that’s Australian) all around. We approached the sign and it was hard to distinguish what was university and what […]