Class Procedures and Reminders
Project Stack. I replied to all the Saturday items yesterday, and I'll be working on Sunday assignments today, starting with projects people turned in on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project. I read so many good stories yesterday, and I really appreciate everybody being able to find time to work on the projects during this impossible semester!
Online Learning Survey. As I've mentioned before, an OU grad student, Murat Turk, is conducting a research study about asynchronous online courses like this one where you choose your own schedule, work ahead, finish early. If you want to complete his survey as an extra credit Mindset challenge, that would be great! (You'll see it there at the top of the list.) Especially now that so many faculty are teaching online, the more Murat can learn about asynchronous online classes, the better!
Blog Stream. Here's another lovely piece of biographical writing: Lindsey is missing Sunday night dinners with her family! Bio post: Never Take Anything For Granted.
And here's the Covid-related item for today: an essay by OU's own Provost, Kyle Harper, whose academic specialty is the history of pandemics: Coronavirus Is Accelerating History.
Indian Epics Today. The character of the day is URMILA, Lakshmana's wife. She is most famous for the story of "Umila Nidra," the Sleep of Urmila; more about Urmila here.
H.E.A.R.T.. Books are great, and so are libraries, as Hermione understood: When in doubt, go to the library! And you can still visit Bizzell online to use all kinds of resources there even now.
Writing Video. Here's another Mike Rugnetta video (from his days at PBS before Crash Course): Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art? Of course you know I would answer: yes!
Mindset Video. And here's a useful video about the science of learning from Barbara Oakley: How to Turn Information into Intelligence.
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