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
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
Student Engagement Strategies for the Online Classroom Posted using ShareThis
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 […]
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 […]
FAQ on the BCC Summer Institute, May 20-21 Q. Is it all about technology? A. It’s all about learning outside the classroom: first day focus is service learning, field trips, study abroad, […]
It’s a “definitive agreement” – that changes the playing field! http://www.blackboard.com/Company/Media-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1285265
Click on the link below for information on the first New England Regional Sloan-C conference, to be held in Portland, ME on October 30, 2009. http://www.learn.maine.edu/sloan/
Math instructor Ed Crosson will be piloting a downloadable, modular statistics textbook from the Connexions website. The Connexions project is from Rice University and funded by the Hewlett foundation. All materials […]
Some question whether the infusion of multimedia into the classroom actually promotes active and critical thinking. In other words, the question is whether video, audio, and graphic elements create more […]
If you have a few minutes, this is a very interesting post to read from the Academic Commons. In it, the author — Professor Luke Fernandez of Weber State College […]