Teaching Photography and Art Online – A VASA Forum

Starting tomorrow I will be moderating a Vasa sponsored discussion that will explore and investigate the technical challenges to teaching photography online and the strategies and best practices (methodology) for teaching basic and advanced photography/art courses in the online environment. I am looking for both educators that are already teaching online and those who may [...]

Distance Learning Conference, Raleigh NC

This year’s NC3ADL Conference held at the Raleigh Convention Center drew almost 300 participants from over 45 Community Colleges and even a few Universities across the state. There was something for everyone at this years DL conference, from a variety of excellent technical sessions to seminars and speakers that addressed online pedagogy, best practices and [...]

From Teacher to Student

Its a beautiful Saturday morning here on the coast of North Carolina. The Spring semester is quickly coming to a close and I’m in the middle of evaluating final exams, online discussions, photography and art projects and extra credit submissions. I gave my Art Appreciation and History students an opportunity to pick up 5 extra [...]

Photo / Art Education 2011

Please check out my latest essay concerning how art and photo education have changed (evolved) over the past 20 years. I posted it on Vasa Blog where I am a regular contributor. CLICK HERE!

Moodle Admin Workshop

I’m in Greenville, NC today getting ready to head out to Pitt Community College for a Moodle administrator’s workshop. I love teaching “online” with Moodle, but still have a lot to learn about how to administer it at the college level. Hopefully I’ll learn lots of new things about Moodle and how to look “under [...]

It’s All About Problem Solving

I’m a week into teaching art history, photography and multi-media production both online and partially in the classroom (computer lab) and one thing that’s really hit me this week is just how important “problem solving” skills are in this day and age. If you’ve read my blog in the past you know I teach online [...]

Spring Semester Kicks into High Gear

It hit me this morning as I was posting back to my many online students across the state (and the world) that Christmas vacation is over and its back to business as usual for me.  This is going to be a very busy semester considering the fact that I have taken on some extra courses [...]