Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesDon’t Confuse Technology With Teaching – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Excellent. Like I’ve been saying for many years: education is NOT efficient. You can’t make it efficient without losing value. Online learning is not equivalent to good … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been pondering this question for a good number of years. Most online courses still consist largely of readings followed by quizzes. The better ones include video lectures, and the really good ones include include interactive elements. The very best … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteGamification has some real potential, but it will be discredited before it even gets started if people insist on using it as little more than a new veneer plastered over antiquated methods. Here’s an article that explains how to use … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesEducational Technology and Mobile Learning: The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have. I’ve been teaching an EdTech course the last few weeks and we had our last class on Friday. I spent some time reading from Douglas … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a discussion going on on on of the LinkedIn forums. Someone is trying to come up with a definition for STEM. Here’s the draft: STEM Education Defined: STEM Education is the integration of the interdependent educational disciplines of Science, … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesAs promised, here is PART TWO: “Memory is not talked about much in education, but it is critically important,” Wieman said, and the limited discussion that does occur focuses primarily on long-term memory while short-term working memory is ignored. He … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was alerted to this article by Mark Guzdial’s blog: Carl Wieman on Effective Teaching « Computing Education Blog. (Mark’s blog almost always has something I find interesting – thanks Mark!) There are a few things that really jumped out … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteStretching your mind: Arguing for multiple programming languages for designers « Computing Education Blog. Well worth repeating. Also, something I’ve been saying for years. This is from jruby 2012 and the keynote by Venkat Subramaniam. Knowing multiple programming languages … Continue reading