Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteLearning Designer This is definitely one to watch. “The Learning Designer suite of tools enables teachers to share their good teaching ideas. It is intended to help a subject teacher see how a particular pedagogic approach can be migrated successfully … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesLearning styles are such a popular myth. Many teachers treat it as fact in spite of the fact there is no real evidence to support it. Skeptic » Insight » The Myth of Learning Styles. When I was working on … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is a big part of what I’ve done in my practical gamification approach. See more here. How ‘Deprogramming’ Kids From How to ‘Do School’ Could Improve Learning | MindShift. “I felt I had to remove all the barriers I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy keynote from last year at the The 24th IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation. The Calm and The Storm: Simulation and Games – Why All Games are Simu…. Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is the second and last part of my response to the Audrey Test (see my previous post). I’m calling it the Becker Ed Tech Test (BETT) because I already have the Becker Lazy Test (BLT), which is something I developed some years … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is the first part of my response to the Audrey Test (see my previous post). I’m calling it the Becker Ed Tech Test (BETT) because I already have the Becker Lazy Test (BLT), which is something I developed some years … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen Audrey Waters was asked to create something similar to Stack Overflow co-founder Joel Spolsky’s “Joel Test“. She admitted that she wasn’t sure she could create a comparable test for techies in education, so instead she came up with this: “The Audrey Test”: Or, … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesI’m not defending grade inflation, but I also think it’s misguided to think every class contains a statistically normal range of abilities. If courses are focused on learning rather than sorting, then the idea of requiring professors to give out … Continue reading