Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteCloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder | Technology | guardian.co.uk. YES! This is yet another example of the delusion that comes from being a technophile without also being fully literate in an increasingly technological society . With no … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteCheating to Learn: How a UCLA professor gamed a game theory midterm | Which Way L.A.?. In the end, the students learned what social insects like ants and termites have known for hundreds of millions of years. To win at … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the study’s authors put it, ‘Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Instructor Fluency Increases Perceptions of Learning Without Increasing Actual Learning.” Or, as Inside Higher Ed put it, when it comes to lectures, Charisma Doesn’t Count, at least not for learning. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutesFrom time to time I come across a number of useful resources, and rather than bookmark them (never to be found again), I am putting them in my blog so I can search for them. This is one of those … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThe new enclosure movement | Harold Jarche. I’m really quite conflicted about this. On the one hand I believe we should share our skills and knowledge so others can benefit. I think this is especially true for academics, who benefit … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew Report on the value of Game-based Learning Game-based learning: latest evidence and future directions The role of video games in teaching and learning is a source of debate among many educators, researchers and in the popular press. Detractors and … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow not to write a PhD thesis | General | Times Higher Education. Many of these apply to papers submitted for publication, generally. I have lost track of how many game papers I have reviewed where the authors had an … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteGender Bias Found in How Graduate Students Review Scientific Studies | Computing Education Blog. Looks like we still have a ways to go…. From Mark Guzdial’s Blog: We’ve heard stories like this before, about the implicit bias in how STEM … Continue reading