Matt’s Notes OK, OK! Most of these notes have been ready in WP for awhile now… for a change! And the recordings are circa four days ago… from May the Fourth!… for those who partake! All we’re waiting for now are my odds and ends… emphasis on odd, fyi… so I better get ‘er done!…
Category: Episodes
Episode 24: Where is My Mind? A Deeper Dive into COI – Cognitive Presence
Matt’s Notes G’day, howdy! We’re bringing you another episode after exactly one week… which aligns with the original intent of the programme… wherein we are finishing up our deep dives on the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework… at least for now!… with a close look at cognitive presence! Please see the media below, & click…
Episode 23: Do You Like Me? A Deeper Dive into COI – Social Presence
Matt’s Notes Welcome, welcome! We’re stoked to have you aboard for the latest episode of the EnT! No special occasions here… just the latest in our series on the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework. Click below as per your preferences! I’m going to confess that… as my personal life has taken on new dynamics through…
Episode 22: Something I Learned Today: A Deeper Dive into COI – Teaching Presence
Matt’s Notes Greetings and welcome to what was, ostensibly, a Good Friday episode of the EnT! While it is no longer Friday… nor any kind of stat holiday… we hope the day… and the Springtime, generally, has been kind to you thus far… Please click along with us in your preferred format(s)! First of all,…
Episode 21: Crystallized: Loving Centres of Teaching & Learning- Reviewing new literature
Matt’s Notes Hey there! We are back… with our second episode within four days… you will find this one to be more… current… than the previous episode… inasmuch as I haven’t run away to Kelowna during production… YET… Today is our first in an open-ended series on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)… and…
Episode 20: (I am) Everyday People: CoI Framework – Communities of Inquiry
Matt’s Notes Hello! It is really good to see you! In the latest episode, we discuss the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework as way to help conceptualize, design, and teach in online, hybrid, blended, and other electronically-mediated forms of learning… in fact, this is the first in a four-part series on CoI! So… it’s been…
Episode 19: Quincentuple Your Money: Fun- Play, Technology, Students, & Learning
Matt’s Notes Hey there! It’s great to see you… Today’s discussion is all about FUN… vis-à-vis… play… technology… students… & learning… Here we are… and/or here it is… I’ll be real. The past week has been tough from a professional standpoint. Like… brutal. In its own moment. The worst wounds are the self-inflicted kinds… but…
Episode 18: (So what’s the) Scenario: Veritas- Dealing with reality in education
Matt’s Notes Happy February long weekend! It’s been a couple of weeks since our last episode… and we’re glad you’re here with us! In this outing, we dial things back… all the way back… to the notion of veritas… truth… or reality… in education! So… it’s Sunday of a long weekend… we recorded the show…
Episode 17: Against the Grain: Unlearning – How tough is this across our lives?
Matt’s Notes Kindest greetings, and welcome to Episode 17 of the EnT… wherein we go pretty deep on a topic Doug and I are increasingly interested in… namely… unlearning! I’ll admit, Doug’s topic got to me this week! The “how tough across our lives?” part really jumped at me, especially during the recording… Apologies for…
Episode 16: (We need an) Instrument: Assessment – Why are we doing this to people?
Matt’s Notes Hey there! Happy Sunday… or whenever it is, wherever you are! We’re pleased as punch you’re taking an interest in Episode 16 where we are all about… Assessment and, to a lesser degree, Evaluation. We covered lots of terrain on this episode. Apologies for any academic or rhetorical slips… Anyway! My rabbit holes…









