Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2012 No Comments »
Eric Mazur, how ca we foster/teach innovation? Teach real problem solving & to encourage risk taking. We learn by practicing, very little by listening to lectures. Education is not just the transmission of information. Not being able to transfer learning to new contexts is the hallmark of lack of learning. Traditional assessments discourage risk taking, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2012 No Comments »
Paul Lewis, “Forgotten Chapters in Boston Literary History”, seminar & exhibit at BPL & online. Project in civic humanities & digital humanities. Use student research to take work into the community. “How did Poe know that Longfellow’s reputation would not hold up?”. Opportunity to celebrate our literary heritage, Boston was not on AAA guide to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2012 No Comments »
Tablet pilot this semester (or year?) – gave faculty choice of device, 20+ chose iPad, 3 Pc tablet – first faculty member (statistics): used with lecture captureannotating screen worked well, quite a few challenges (classroom design, switching between devices, stylus not fine enough for everything, popups & log outs.) – second faculty member (art history [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 3rd, 2012 No Comments »
Very interesting news yesterday about Harvard & MIT announcing Edx. It will be very interesting to see where it goes & what changes it accelerates and/or transforms in higher education. Some people call the types of courses being offered in this way MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). The Edx promo video highlights these features of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2012 No Comments »
This looks like an interesting new MOOC coming up this spring: http://openbrookes.net/firststeps12/, course tag: #fslt I look forward to participating & watching it, as I’ve enjoyed the change11 mooc this year
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2012 No Comments »
This article from “Inside Higher Ed” about MITx touches on may issues that “expensive universities” are facing now & will be facing in the future. Both the article & the comments are good food for thought: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/04/06/how-could-mitx-change-mit
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