Flashcards: The Secret to an Active Memory

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWho would have guessed? Turns out, flashcards aren’t just for kids. The Secret to an Active Memory | ExamTime. This article promotes an app through goconqr* for creating flashcards, but there are other ways as well. Using a plugin called flippity, … Continue reading

Failure Is Essential to Learning | Edutopia

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust catching up: this is from earlier this year. Worth a read. Failure Is Essential to Learning | Edutopia. How do you make failure students’ friend? Set a high standard and don’t be afraid to tell students that they haven’t … Continue reading

Is the Clark-Kozma Debate still a Thing?

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute My most popular academia.edu paper is this one: The Clark-Kozma Debate in the 21st Century. It ends up being my most popular paper almost every week. Go figure.   I wonder if that means the debate still rages, or if it … Continue reading

7 Ways to Use Games in the Classroom

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are many ways to use games in the classroom. Games can be used as: Content – The content of the game directly addresses some curricular need. Example – In this case the game is being used as an example of or an artifact … Continue reading

Analyzing Games for Learning The Becker Lazy Test

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesBecker’s Lazy Test is something I developed some years ago as part of the 4PEG game assessment template (4PEG = 4 Pillars of Educational Games). When I am examining a game, I play it and see how far I can … Continue reading

Games vs Game-based Learning vs Gamification – My Version

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn response to the other day’s post about the differences between these terms, I have produced my own table outlining the differences. You’ll notice mine is a little more complex. That’s because the differences are more complex than the original … Continue reading

Worth repeating: Mythical Retention Data & The Corrupted Cone

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWill at Work Learning: Mythical Retention Data & The Corrupted Cone. Thank you Will Thalheimer for taking the time to pull this all together. This is one of those trite myths that is so popular but that actually has the potential … Continue reading

Walking the Talk : Signature Pedagogies and Metateaching in Graduate-Level Education Courses

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s another fairly recent talk, also from CNIE 2014. [P] Presentation Becker, K. (2014) Walking the Talk : Signature Pedagogies and Metateaching in Graduate-Level Education Courses, CNIE 2014 Confluences: Spaces, Places & Cultures for Innovative Learning, Kamloops, BC, May 13-16, … Continue reading