Category Archives: Teaching

Week 6/7-ish of Composition I

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Steve Krause

I actually don’t have too much to report about the Duke Composition I class because, well, not much has been going on in it lately– other than me not getting some things done that I should have gotten done.  Nothing … Continue reading →

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Week 5 of English Composition 1

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Steve Krause

Before news about Composition I, some MOOC reading round-up: As Nick Carbone pointed out on the WPA-L mailing list, it seems like journalists taking and reporting on MOOCs has become all the rage as of late. Just goes to show … Continue reading →

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In defense of machine grading

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Steve Krause

In defense of machine grading?!?! Well, no, not really. But I thought I’d start a post with a title like that. You know, provocative. There has been a bit of a ruckus on WPA-L for a while now in support of a … Continue reading →

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Assigned Interest

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Steve Krause

While Annette and Will and I are vacationing on a trip to Florida over the Xmas holiday to visit my in-laws, I have been spending a lot of time planning my teaching for the winter (what everyone else calls the spring) … Continue reading →

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A few miscellaneous comments on online teaching, what I learned about eCollege (again), and MOOCs

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Steve Krause

I’ve been pretty crazy-busy this semester because I took on too much and because there were things I could not refuse. So the blog has been pretty neglected lately, mostly because I’ve been thinking and writing about online stuff and … Continue reading →

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More on MOOCs, writing in November

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Steve Krause

It’s been a while since I’ve posted about MOOCs or anything else, mainly because I’ve been pretty swamped with teaching and other work-related things, far too busy to have stayed active in either of the Coursera courses I had signed … Continue reading →

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Five ways EdX can help “the little people:” you know, community colleges, etc.

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Steve Krause

I still have a “what’s good about MOOCs” and/or “MOOCs are textbooks” post in me, but I wanted to post briefly about an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, “5 Ways That edX Could Change Education” that came out a few … Continue reading →

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Mooc Link clean-up time

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Steve Krause

I have a post in mind about what is good about the MOOC thing as far as I can tell and I think I’m going to be proposing something with Bill HD and some others about MOOCs for ATTW. But … Continue reading →

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17 more universities jump aboard the Coursera express

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Steve Krause

Because I have a Coursera account (which apparently makes me a “Courserian”), I received the email below this morning about seventeen more universities joining in with Coursera.  You can read the whole thing, but to me, this is starting to … Continue reading →

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“What did we learn here and what’s it worth to you?” The end of World Music, part 2

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Steve Krause

I probably have only two or three more posts in me about MOOCs generally and World Music in particular. This is one that I’ve been working on off and on while the course was wrapping up.  I don’t know if … Continue reading →

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