Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been saying this for years: Students May Not Be as Software-Savvy as They Think, Study Says – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Below is a talk I started giving in 2005. Just because people know how … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesI’ve been looking around at a lot of educational sites and I keep running into the same thing. Many of them LOOK nice – I mean: they have nice colours, cute or otherwise appealing characters and graphics; some of them … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesBook review: Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education « Tony Bates. Sadly, I don’t actually have time to read this book just now as I am writing one of my own. However, from the sounds of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe overblown crisis in American education : The New Yorker. The author is claiming that things aren’t that bad. More people are going to school than they did 100 years ago and there are lots more wanting to get in. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesAlmost all my life, September has signaled the start of a new year – new pens, new paper, clean notebooks,… Since I was four years old, September, rather than January has been the New Year. This year, I will be … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesForgive me, I come from Science. “Theory” means something different in science from what it means in education. It seems that in education we can label any notion we have about how things work as a theory – and then … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve seen this before. Summer Vacation is once again under attack in the U.S. See: The Case Against Summer Vacation – TIME. There is no question that formal education is broken in the U.S. (To be fair, it isn’t so … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesJust because you use some application or piece of software does not mean you know it. There is a reason why race car drivers often start out as (professional or amateur) mechanics: In order to get the best performance out … Continue reading