Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesMy course websites used to be public, but I got tired of others taking my design work w/o permission or attribution. Now most of my courses are password protected. I hadn’t really thought about my syllabi until last year when … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesDo students really like rubrics? Are YOU using them right? Students drop a bomb at the #gafesummit Vancouver: “We don’t like rubrics.” | A Stick in the Sand. For my part I quite like rubrics, but I also think many, … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesAcademics Anonymous: an open letter to university ‘leaders’ | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional I LOVE this. Attention University of Calgary – especially the VPs, Deans, Assoc. Deans,…. It takes more than saying you’re great. Clearly you are good … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an era of high-stakes testing, a struggling school made a shocking choice. Wrong Answer By Rachel Aviv Annals of Education July 21, 2014 Issue Really, the choice is hardly shocking. This is a story about how a bunch of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesTaylor & Francis Online :: Do Learners Really Know Best? Urban Legends in Education – Educational Psychologist – Volume 48, Issue 3. Digital Natives, Learning Styles, Self-Educators. Yup. None of these are backed up by any data. I have great … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWell, surprise surprise: A new study concludes that those first-graders who are behind their peers would have learned more if their teachers had just taught them to add and subtract the old-fashioned way. And then practiced it a lot. Right … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesA little while ago I wrote a reaction to a post about 8 steps to make your course less boring, and at the end of it I promised to post my own list. Here it is. I will qualify this … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAh, the state of education in the Republican U.S. How little things have changed…… Henry A. Giroux | Thinking Dangerously in an Age of Political Betrayal. 2014: a Texas GOP Party platform that states, “We oppose teaching of Higher order … Continue reading