Cheating or not? | Granted, and…

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesCheating or not? | Granted, and…. Cheating or not? As the school year ends and many of you have student papers due, here’s an ethical challenge related to such assignments, put to the New York Times Ethicist last Sunday: When … Continue reading

30 or so eLearning Tools, and a few lists.

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

Where I’ve Been Online (May 2013, part 1)

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

CHRIS HADFIELD: An astronaut’s advice

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteCHRIS HADFIELD: An astronaut’s advice. It’s at least as much about learning to BE as it is about learning ABOUT. It’s very important to remember that. It’s also something we tend to be lousy at – especially in Higher Ed. … Continue reading

The new enclosure movement | Harold Jarche

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThe new enclosure movement | Harold Jarche. I’m really quite conflicted about this. On the one hand I believe we should share our skills and knowledge so others can benefit. I think this is especially true for academics, who benefit … Continue reading

New Report on the value of Game-based Learning

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew Report on the value of Game-based Learning Game-based learning: latest evidence and future directions The role of video games in teaching and learning is a source of debate among many educators, researchers and in the popular press. Detractors and … Continue reading

How not to write a PhD thesis | General | Times Higher Education

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow not to write a PhD thesis | General | Times Higher Education. Many of these apply to papers submitted for publication, generally. I have lost track of how many game papers I have reviewed where the authors had an … Continue reading

Gender Bias Found in How Graduate Students Review Scientific Studies | Computing Education Blog

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteGender Bias Found in How Graduate Students Review Scientific Studies | Computing Education Blog. Looks like we still have a ways to go…. From Mark Guzdial’s Blog: We’ve heard stories like this before, about the implicit bias in how STEM … Continue reading