Thinking Aloud
How Long Does it Take (and How Much Does it Cost) to Charge a Tesla?
People often worry that charging an EV is difficult or expensive. Neither is true. There are more ways to charge an EV than to fuel a gas car.Read More
Teaching in Higher Ed: My Third Recommendation
In the era of complex LMS walled gardens and online productivity suites, using an .htaccess file simplifies access to resources. Here’s how.Read More
On Whimsy and Other Essentials: A Story in Three Acts
Over-designed courses can feel too mechanized or standardized, failing to consider human differences. We need more whimsy in education.Read More
Hello, Acronym-Filled World: Playing with PHP + APIs
To improve my coding skills, I set myself a challenge: Get my website to present data gathered from external API calls. Here’s how I made it work.Read More
The Psychology of an Election
The 2016 election punished progressive voters in two ways, reducing the likelihood that they'll return in 2020. We're fighting psychology. Here's how operant-conditioning suggests November will not go well.Read More
Flexibility: Starting the Semester with a U-Turn
After an abysmal first day of class, I retooled and approached the second day with completely different priorities. This semester tests our ability to be flexible.Read More
For the Want of a Reviewer
Reviewer selection for Hybrid Pedagogy presents personnel challenges. I look for these 5 traits in reviewers and 4 characteristics in the board.Read More
About Those “Rights”…
The decision to re-open schools in the United States shows how badly our values fail to align with our needs and how hard it is to protect our rights.Read More
The Reality of Political Visual Rhetoric
A brilliant online ad for the current administration's re-election bid highlights the reality of how ill-prepared the Democrats are to win the coming fight.Read More