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Cheating Lessons, Part 1 – The Chronicle of Higher Education
A small cheat sheet can be used to cheat during an academic examination. James M. Lang reports on a book about dishonesty in the first part of a three articles on cheating on the Chronicle of Higher...
View ArticleCal State may turn to virtual labs
Of course, by virtual labs, they don’t mean virtual computer labs, but virtual science labs. Dissections on a computer screen and that kind of thing to make it so classes which require physical skills...
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Flipping flipped instruction
See page for author [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons The research comes out as the idea of a "flipped classroom," in which students first watch videos or read texts and then do projects...
View ArticleAre We Guilty of EdTech Hype?
I know I like shiny things. If it’s new or has neat features, I like to look at it and see what it can do. I also like testing things out and comparing them, though, which is why I enjoyed doing...
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Free OpenSource Dyslexia Font | OpenDyslexic
OpenDyslexic compared to other fonts, courtesy opendyslexic.org One of the reasons it’s nice to have a live teacher in front of the class is the teacher’s ability to make adjustments for the students...
View ArticleFurther study is necessary to test the variables in adaptive learning
Arizona State has jumped on adaptive learning to try to combat increasing enrollment and lower funding. Scientific American reports: Any accurate evaluation of adaptive-learning technology would have...
View ArticleConsiderations in Instructional Design
A colleague shared this video a while back. I think it hints at the reasoning behind why instructional design is important. I’ve been working on a degree in Instructional Design and while I don’t...
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Mobile lecturing and class feedback – engaged teaching/learning
PERRY J. SAMSON (UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR) Professor, Dept. Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences EDUCAUSE is a gathering of educators who use technology. This yearly conference just...
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Injury and Education: Speech Recognition
Computer-based speech recognition is getting better and can be essential in helping an injured student keep up with assignments. An injury can make learning difficult, especially on the block plan. A...
View ArticleStudents Launch “Button” to Put Denied Access to Research on the Map | Open...
One lament I have as a student and researcher is that my library often does not have full text access to a journal. Being the info geek that I am, I have access to various databases (my public library,...
View ArticleDoes the world want our MOOCs?
Oh, burn! What a disappointment to think that “we” don’t have all the answers. Inside Higher Ed reports that: Online higher education is increasingly hailed as a chance for educators in the developed...
View ArticleMOOC Students Who Got Offline Help Scored Higher, Study Finds – The Chronicle...
This really isn’t news, per se, but it is proof of something our friends in the Writing Center have known for a long time. I suspect that students in any class, whether online or offline, will benefit...
View ArticleStudent Research
I recently read about an interaction between employers and a college professor. The professor asked what the employers look for when hiring. In essence, the employers said they look for real world...
View ArticleChemicalSams on open internet testing
Aaron Sams, the Woodland Park educator who has been flipping his instruction for years, discusses the four or five kinds of students he has in his classes, based on how they use the world wide web for...
View ArticleWeb page accessibility
Earlier, I posted about OpenDyslexic, a font that makes it easier for a person with dyslexia to read. While I don’t advise anyone to change their course materials to use the font, they should certainly...
View ArticleInnovative ideas for mobiles
I just heard about two interesting innovations. The thingCHARGER and Reviveaphone. Both are thoughtful solutions to problems people have. These are not really ground-breaking technologies, but they are...
View ArticleSpectacles
Snapchat just changed its name to Snap and came out with a new glasses-type device called Spectacles. *Queue the curmudgeon* Unfortunately, they’ve completely neglected the percentage of the population...
View ArticleMathematica tech support
The past couple days I’ve had a few requests for help involving Mathematica. It turns out this problem is not just had on earth, but in space as well: Loaded onto [astronaut] Foale’s now-inaccessible...
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