Tinkering as a Mode of Knowledge Production
This is a short talk by John Seely Brown which was part of a Carnegie Foundation conference in Oct 08. It’s about 10 min long: http://vimeo.com/2183356
June 2009
Student Engagement Strategies for the Online Classroom
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Significant learning
“One of the first tasks teachers face when designing a course is deciding what they want students to learn or get out of their course. Students will always learn something, […]
Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction
I just learned this model from my colleague Don Tracia at Bunker Hill – worthy of consideration! http://www.e-learningguru.com/articles/art3_3.htm
"Opening Up Education" Remix Version
Opening Up Education, edited by Toru Iiyoshi and M.S. Vijay Kumar, has been reproduced on the Academic Commons site. This is well worth scanning and picking out articles of interest: […]
Understanding Gartner's hype cycle
The image below shows the Gartner Group’s assessment of where a number of leading technologies are on the “hype cycle.” This analysis can help us in higher ed to understand […]
Developmental Math – It Works!
Introducing a Remedial Program that Actually Works Remediation is the no man’s land of American education. Every year we send hundreds of thousands of young men and women over the […]
Adobe Acrobat Pro Workshop
The CTL hosted Mark Hooper of Lodestone Digital for two days of training on Acrobat Pro, and ten staff members attended. The workshop helped us sort through the robust features of […]
Does Google Wave Mean the End of the LMS?
I don’t think it’s the end of the LMS, but for hybrid courses with on-campus exams and the instructor’s manual gradebook, it might be an alternative worth considering … Does […]
