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I am passionate about finding new ways to spark curiosity in learning. I love solving problems, developing open source learning content, and mentoring best practices for digital teaching and learning

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Teaching, technology, digitally transactive thinking, faculty development, video on-demand learning, smart devices, open-source, web 2.0, language acquisition, brain theory, problem solving

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• A comment on Conversation: Department of Education hires experts to produce and maintain public domain textbooks - potentially saving billions in education per year

  Jan 15 2013: I like the idea, but isn't there a fear of putting people out of work if the government steps in and does this? what happens to the publishing companies if it happens all at once? How does that affect the larger economy? I am a college professor and I haven't used a textbook in about 3 years, everything I teach can be found freely online, and I believe their is value added in teaching students to find it on their own. I am also currently working on a creative commons licensed developmental reader for community college developmental reading and writing students using TED Talks as a curiosity spark and then having colleagues from across the disciplines write passages related to the content in their fields. Textbook costs can be the make or break for many community college students