Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteSweden debuts first classroom-less school | SmartPlanet. It looks great. This isn’t a new concept though – Canada (and I’m sure other places too) experimented with “Open Concept” schools in the late 60’s. The design of the school in the … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteNote to Faculty: Don’t Be Such a Know-It-All – Teaching – The Chronicle of Higher Education. This isn’t news. I’ve been doing this for decades. Not long after I started teaching, I came to realize that a good way to … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute“Knowing the technology better means more productive arguments when there are disagreements because everyone speaks the same language.” via The Value of the Designer Who Codes | Inc.com. If you want to design applications you need to understand how they … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is a continuation of the conversation started earlier. This link looks like a good starting point – it lists a lot of important considerations related to the evaluation and selection of media. Sadly, much of it is out of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis question was asked on one of the LinkedIn groups (AECT: Association for Educational Communications and Technology) I belong to. It got me thinking…. I decided to move my part of the conversation here because the notion interests me. Here’s … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteDonald Clark Plan B: 21st Century Skills are so last century!. Hmmmm… Wonder if formal Education (and the associated formal Educators) will be able to see the irony that’s being highlighted here? I also like Steven Downes’ list: My list … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteNo More Swikis: End of the Constructionist Web at Georgia Tech « Computing Education Blog. I’m seeing similar edicts coming from other universities too. I moved all of my university-related stuff to my own private domain several years before I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute#UnschoolingRules: Places to Learn. Well said Clark Aldrich. The activity of farming teaches ethics as well as business and science. Many corporations today seem to be run by near-sociopathic MBA’s who think in terms of cramming, gaming the system, extraction, … Continue reading