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Learning from the Office of Digital Learning at ATE 2023

At this year’s Academic Tech Expo (ATE) at OU, we had several team members who spoke on how to use various technologies to make online instruction more engaging…

Connective Tissue: Community in Online Courses and Spaces via Keegan Long-Wheeler (external)

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Four individuals with arms around each others backs, dressed in bright pink, purple, and red clothing.

Four individuals with arms around each others backs, dressed in bright pink, purple, and red clothing.
This post was written as an assignment for my graduate program. Specifically my course on Critical Digital Pedagogy (INTE 5360). I am reposting it here. When reflecting on positive experiences of community and belonging in academia, the following  are two examples that first come to mind. When I was nearing the end of my undergraduate […]

Two and a half years later via Keegan Long-Wheeler (external)

Stone archway through with you can see trees

Stone archway through with you can see trees
It’s been so long since I sat down to write a blog post. So much of my life is different; so much of the world is different. Also, I realized I skipped WordPress 5.0 entirely. Oh well, on to 6.0! My brain situation has improved over the last couple years. Checkups have been good and on June […]

EdTech(nologists) and Pockets of Hope

Attempting to do something I haven’t done in quite some time… think out loud for a bit… Please bear with me as attempt to knock the rust off… A few weeks ago, the largest public school district in the state of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Public Schools, announced a permanent option for online enrollment. Online enrollment […]

Working S.M.A.R.T.er not harder with ODL

There are a vast number of resources and tech tools now to support learning, but what about the learning environment itself? Student-centered learning doesn’t subscribe to a cookie-cutter…

OU Create 2.0 via John Stewart (external)

This year, I’ve spent a good bit of time restructuring the OU Create project. Since the start of the project, […]

Inside Higher Ed Interview

Last month, Inside Higher Ed was kind enough to post an interview that Joshua Kim, Dartmouth, and Eddie Maloney, Georgetown, did with me regarding our recent move to a remote officeThe Office of Digital Learning has gone remote. For good. And we are hiring. A lot.. I highly suggest that you read the interview in […]

A Decade of Building Guitar Effects Pedalboards

I thought it would be fun to write an anthology to how my guitar pedalboard has adapted over the years. For the past decade, I’ve been mostly playing in modern worship groups, which is style that evolved to heavily rely on guitar pedals. It’s hard to say  historically where this started, but it’s hard to […]

The Office of Digital Learning has gone remote. For good. And we are hiring. A lot.

I’ve been eagerly waiting to write this post for quite some time now. On October 1, our department was approved to move the majority of our employees to a flexible and/or remote work schedule. Even more exciting, we have five open positions. We have one listing posted for a course developer and four (!) spots for […]

Navigating Study Abroad in Summer 2021

Since 2018, I’ve had the honor of participating as a faculty member in the Gaylord College study abroad program to Arezzo, Italy. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Italy early and severely. As a matter of fact, one of the first “calls” made at the University of Oklahoma was bringing home our students who were […]