What happens when professionals take on-line CS classes: When Life and Learning Do Not Fit « Computing Education Blog

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesAnother great bit of info from Mark Guzdial’s blog: Home About Computing Education BlogWhat happens when professionals take on-line CS classes: When Life and Learning Do Not FitJanuary 9, 2013 at 9:46 am Leave a comment The journal article on … Continue reading →

Please refrain from the use of digital native again | From experience to meaning…

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesPlease refrain from the use of digital native again | From experience to meaning…. I like this. This is the response I’ve been seeking for those Educationists who are forever repeating these myths. Often those who generate more heat than … Continue reading →

Are MOOCs the answer?

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWorth Reposting…. Clay Shirky is our MP3 » FOLLOWERS OF THE APOCALYPSE. For those who don’t know, Clay Shirky talks and writes about the Interwebs. He’s faculty @ NYU . He likes to make predictions about the future. He’s now … Continue reading →

Global Edmonton | Lynden Dorval weighs in on proposed school board policy

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlobal Edmonton | Lynden Dorval weighs in on proposed school board policy. I’ve been following this story since Mr. Dorval was first suspended. I hope this passes. Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading →

Where I’ve Been Online (to December 8 2012)

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy Games Don’t Teach From Angry Birds to World of Warcraft, the charismatic popularity of entertainment games is the envy of every trainer teaching information security 101 or facilitating new hire orientation. Multiple articles, webinars, and conference presentations have touted … Continue reading →

Learnlets » Vale David Jonassen : A Sad Day in Ed Tech

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s curious how hearing of the passing of some people seems to hit hard, even if you’ve never met them I never got the chance to meet David, but I think Ed Tech has lost someone important. Learnlets » Vale … Continue reading →

Don’t Believe Everything You Read. REALLY. Stop It.

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesI came across this today (Thanks to Jeremy Hunsinger): Second, we have become painfully aware of how badly (or how little) some of our colleagues read. Articles are too often cited, by authors and by referees, as making the exact … Continue reading →

Theories of Games and Interaction for Design (12: 3 Responses)

Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesThese are public postings of my writings for the first course of the Graduate Certificate Program in Serious Game Design and Research at Michigan State University. Each week, we are required to post three responses/reactions to queries posted by other … Continue reading →