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This is more "asking for clarification" than clarifying, I think, Emily, but now I feel I'm going in circles (which may be a consequence of Ann's refusing the "hierarchical" ordering principles in this game we're up to this summer...!)
I'm not sure this is the right word to use here....
While I didn't have the chance to attend the conference, I processed the recordings for upload to YouTube and archiving, so I had a chance to listen to/watch parts of most of the talks. Like Rebecca, I've also learned more about blended learning ideas & practices as part of our internship.
Unfortunately, I couldn't be present for the conference, but having done a notable amount of research on the topic to assist in grant proposals/EduTech Guide Pages, I've developed some ideas about this topic.
reactions to the conference?
well i didn't go to the conference but have heard about it from anne and ann and a few other folks, and it does seem as if this is a pretty limited way of interpreting what could be meant by 'blended learning' - which is itself a funny descriptor (isn't all learning 'blended' in that learning is about encounters with and across different experiences, ideas, etc etc?). at any rate, i really got on to wonder whether other folks are meaning something more expansive and creative by this 'blended learning' tag -- ? and whether or not they do, we can/do...
well, i think it might be a separate category, but maybe not necessary - maybe this (picking up on a thread within a longer post) is just a given of all the categories...
I agree that there needs to be a "clarify" category. Jody, do you think it fits your idea for a "'addressing one question' or 'picking up on one point'..." category, or would that be a separate one?
Today's New York Times opinion piece, Rethinking the Wild: The Wilderness Act is Facing a Midlife Crisis, is an interesting example of "changing our story." The argument here (that, given the ravages of climate change, we now "need to accept our role as reluctant gardeners," rather than keep "hands off" the country's wilderness) also makes a fascinating contrast to the commentary offered @ ASLE by Wes Jackson last summer: that agriculture was "the bomb, the big mistake" in human history, that "the plowshare has destroyed more than
agree - and in fact just wrote something to this effect elsewhere, which brings home the point that this wasn't easily findable into that conversation. i like clarify as a category. and just to clarify: maybe something to talk about with our students is how these categories might work in response to all or - very likely - part of a post, maybe even just a very discrete point.