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 minute10 Essential Tips For Meeting Tech Needs of Low-Income Schools | MindShift. Keep goals and mission in mind. Tech should complement not replace. Involve families. Don’t let trends dictate decisions. Support teachers. Use tech to free up teacher time. Track … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesKnown tags:indieweb What Game Based Learning Can Do for Student Achievement | EdSurge News “If I had written this article two years ago, it would have been very different. Back then, I would have made (or felt like I had … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteMOOC completion rates DO matter – The Ed Techie. The commonly used argument against completion rates (or even worse ‘drop-out rates’), is that they aren’t relevant. Stephen Downes has a nice analogy, (which he blogged at my request, thankyou Stephen) … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow Are Teachers and Students Using Khan Academy? | MindShift. It looks like most teachers will just keep on doing what they have always done. Not a big surprise, but I have to wonder if things would be different if … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is one of many theories I was given to study when I did my PhD. What we didn’t do was pick them apart or question whether or not they were reasonable. That would have made learning about them WAY … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute Call for Papers | IGBL. The Cork Institute of Technology, in partnership with SEGAN network, will host the 4th Irish Symposium on Game-Based-Learning (iGBL) as a one-day event hosted in the Cork Institute of Technology on Friday 6th June 2014. … 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