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My First MOOC: A New Year’s Resolution Revisited By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer In January, I enrolled in my first MOOC to learn more about this controversial form of instruction.  It was definitely valuable, both for instructional design research and as a learning experience. The course was designed around five basic elements: video… August 25, 2015 MOOCsonline learning

-Blackness Decolonize BIPOC Anti-Racist The NAC International Perspectives have defined anti-racism as “the active process of identifying and eliminating racism by changing systems, organizational structures, policies, practices, and attitudes so that power is redistributed and shared equitably.” Anti-Blackness Anti-Blackness is a term for those distinct actions, behaviors, and systems that are directed specifically towards dominating or subordinating Black people within U.S. American society. Anti

Information for Recent GraduatesCongratulations on completing your degree program at Pacific Lutheran University. As you exit PLU and move on to graduate school or to the world of work, please note that borrowers of federal student loan programs will need to be in contact with their lenders during your loans’ grace period (the time between leaving school and entering repayment). The grace period for the Federal Stafford/Direct Loan is six months, while the grace period for the Federal Nursing

to AIRS, a nonprofit organization that provides housing for low-income and homeless people and families living with or at risk of HIV/AIDS or other disabilities. Technically, Markuson is a residential aide, attending to the low-income single adults with AIDS who live in the Don Miller Houses, and providing 24-hour care, support and comfort. Logistically, he cooks, cleans and makes sure residents have their medications. But it’s the personal interaction Markuson likes most. “What I really enjoy is

believes a common assumption is that anatomy is a static discipline, and as such, so is learning it via pure rote memorization. With that in mind, she went looking for ways that her students could not only learn anatomical structures in her comparative anatomy course, but also engage in some deeper learning of evolutionary concepts, by making the learning process more active and student-driven.What is one instructional technique or project that is particularly effective, innovative, or engaging?“One

; geographic locations; national origin; immigrants and refugees; language; any impairment that substantially limits a major life activity; religious beliefs; and socioeconomic status. Inclusion represents environmental and organizational cultures in which faculty, students, staff, and administrators with diverse characteristics thrive. Inclusive environments require intentionality and embrace differences, not merely tolerate them (AACN, 2017; Bloomberg, 2019). Everyone works to ensure the perspectives and

Sustainability FellowshipsBackground and scopeStudent research fellowships provided an opportunity for students of any discipline to participate in furthering sustainability efforts by researching existing practices and uses of resources on or around the PLU campus and examine best practices on other campuses and facilities in the local area. They also investigated and proposed strategies and solutions to address improvements to sustainability practices on our campus. These Fellows then