Instructor posts to the course site
440 days ago I started a counter to remind the politicians in Oklahoma that promised to pass a bill to give K12 teachers a raise. They made these promises to persuade Oklahomans to vote against State Question 779. They said they had a better plan than the one penny tax that would have provided revenue… Continue reading →
State Question 779 failed to pass on November 8. I took the failure of this State Question hard. I had to do something. As President Boren said so aptly on November 8. For those of you not in Oklahoma, the past eight years have been tough for education funding in Oklahoma. We rank 48th… Continue reading →
Things have been…well, a word is hard to find to describe how things have been on campus since the election. My thought early today walking across campus was “maybe this is what it was like when Nixon was elected”. It is tough for students right now. A student I know informally sent me and… Continue reading →
I learned to drive in a Model T. No, I was not born in the early part of the 20th century. My Dad rebuilt Model T’s and we would drive them in the parades. It was a beautiful autumn day and we had just finished riding in the Homecoming Parade. I was so… Continue reading →
Michael Feldstein’s Chronicle article on the failures of our Learning Management Systems and the procurement processes could not be more timely for me or my Institution. Having completed a pilot in the Spring of 2014 with the decision that that we would stay put for a couple of years and re-evaluate in 2015-2016, we are now… Continue reading →
The Old Blog A couple of years back, I wanted my team to use blogging and wikis as a way to disseminate the content that the Center for Teaching Excellence team was collecting and creating. The team was in a high energy state, moving fast, and making a significant impact. It seemed like every week… Continue reading →
