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: < 1 minuteTHIS: They’re playing in the comment section of a website about video games: That’s three levels of virtual world created only to entertain them. 5 Gamer Comments That Give Straight White Guys a Bad Name | Cracked.com. This is brilliant. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI Make Up Worlds – The Problem with ‘Boys Will Be Boys’. An interesting parallel. I’ve always thought that parents needed to accept responsibility for at least some of the violence against women problem. But especially the moms – their … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAsana · Task Management for Teams tags: collaboration productivity management projectmanagement software Home | ProjectLibre tags: opensource projectmanagement software management project Trello project management software tags: collaboration management project tools software Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteA brief visual task can predict IQ, according to a new study. http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=6422 Motion Quotient J. Adam Fenster, University of Rochester. IQ Predicted by the Brain’s Ability to Filter Visual Motion. A brief visual task can predict IQ, according to … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute… so much for individual thought. What Really Happens On A Teen Girl’s iPhone This was posted on Google+… Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is a record of places I have bookmarked. (I also post them to Diigo, but since I don’t like to leave stuff only in the cloud, I am also keeping a copy here. The Rise of the New Groupthink … Continue reading