The bus came by, I got on, that's where it all began
I've been developing a student-centered pedagogy for the ten years I've been teaching. I participated in some of the early cMOOCs. But I really got the religion when I discovered #ds106, and through that hashtag, the work of Jim Groom, Alan Levine, and Martha Burtis in creating the course that for me, was an exemplar of what I've called co-learning. When Mimi Ito suggested that we hold a kind of boot camp for open learning practitioners, and I suggested that the purpose of the camp should be to create a course for other educators, Jim Groom was the first person I asked to come aboard. If you are getting started with #ccourses, this 20 minute video will give you a big picture view of what we intend to accomplish. You'll also see why so many of us call Jim Groom "The Reverend."