Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesHere’s how science can be wrong, even when there is “consensus”. The moral of this story: NEVER STOP QUESTIONING. Being skeptical is a GOOD thing in science. ALWAYS. Sometimes, even when 30 Helens Agree, they are wrong. The British amateur … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteProgrammer privilege: As an Asian male computer science major, everyone gave me the benefit of the doubt.. “For every white or Asian male expert programmer you know, imagine a parallel universe where they were of another ethnicity and/or gender.” Yup. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteSerious Game Alumni Interview #3 with Katrin Becker | Games and Meaningful Play @ Michigan State University. This is an interview with me about my experience at Michigan State University taking their new Graduate Certificate Program in Serious Game Design … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteBBC News – Harvard plans to boldly go with ‘Spocs’. How are “Spocs” different from other small private online courses (i.e. the ones we’ve been doing for well over a decade)? … Aside from have a sexy new acronym, I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteOpen access publishing hoax: what Science magazine got wrong via Open access publishing hoax: what Science magazine got wrong | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional. This is a fairly accurate assessment of Open Access publishing. Where research is made … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesVideo games becoming required coursework in schools – Technology & Science – CBC News. Unfortunately, they got my institution wrong. I’ve got a request in to fix it, but I’ve had no response yet. Below is an edited excerpt (with … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a discussion going on (again) on one of the forums I follow that is trashing PowerPoint. Now, I’m not a big fan of Microsoft, but really, PowerPoint is one of their better applications. The fact that there are millions … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Tyee – The Problem with MOOCs. Jon Beasley-Murray takes a shot at 2 currently trendy educational “innovations”. Well said and worth the read. First the “Flipped Classroom”: Essentially, his pedagogical tweaks involve the use of technology to incorporate student … Continue reading