A Nomad’s Guide to Learning and Social Software
UPDATE: For those who rather read the article online, I have pasted it below. Back from Barcelona, where we had a wonderful time! Currently swamped with work and life, so the summary of the congress is...
View ArticleTechnology, the culture of testing, and obstacles to school change
Will simulations be the next form of standardized testing? There has been much talk in recent years about the use of simulations and gaming in education, both for children and adults. The best...
View ArticleTeaching Social Software with Social Software: A report
Abstract This post discusses some of the lessons learned during a graduate course I taught at Teachers College, Columbia University. Social Software Affordances was offered during the Fall of 2005, and...
View ArticleWiki Evaluation Methods
(Updates at the end of the post) I’m trying to put together some criteria for the summative evaluation of wikis as a learning technology in higher-ed courses. Perhaps you can take a look at what I have...
View ArticleMore on Dissertations, Blogs, Knowledge, etc.
In case you missed the excellent comment thread, both authors of the article and rubric I used in my recent post about the blog as literature review replied (within days!) to challenge some of my...
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Video Games, Authority, and Problem-based Thinking
[UPDATE: Raph Koster has replied to this post over at his blog, and Gus offers some interesting thoughts as well.] The September 2006 issue of Harper’s Magazine (contents not online, unfortunately) has...
View ArticleHow does social media educate? – iDC wrap up
Here is my summary of this month’s discussion at the iDC forum. The archive of the discussion can be found here. ********************************************************** It’s time to wrap up this...
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