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Teaching humans who cheat on rationality
In the past year, for diversion I’ve read some books intended for a general audience written by psychologists–several of my department colleagues would find these watered down from research journals, but I can justify the brain candy: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow Antonio Demasi, Self Comes to Mind Claude Steele, Whistling Vivaldi Roy Baumeister and John Tierney, […]
Education politics course, spring 2012 (draft syllabus)
Want to follow the Florida legislative session’s education activity in a structured course? Education Politics EDG 4909-006 (2 credit hours), CRN 26417 Spring 2012 Class time and place: Online with the following face-to-face meetings: Mandatory orientation: Friday, January 13, 2012, 2-4, EDU 115 Mid-term: Friday, March 9, 2012, 2-4, EDU 115 Final exam: time/place TBA (finals […]
“Credentialized badge” is an oxymoron?
A few additional thoughts on the Digital Media and Learning Competition badges for learning competition this year: ((On Friday I had a little Magritte-ish fun with the open badges idea, and in May I explained why badges may not be a great idea for students moving between institutions; think “credit transfer problem” multiplied many times […]
Countering the hidden curriculum of iTunes
When my daughter was looking at colleges a few years ago, she visited a class at every place she considered, and as I told her, part of the reason why I encouraged the classroom visiting is because I wanted her to feel she belonged, to reduce the “imposter syndrome” that affects so many undergraduate and […]
Notes on tech-based teaching-tinkering
With considerable hyperbole floating around about the “transformative” or “disruptive” technologies possible in education, I’m going to record a few of the experiments I have tried in the past few years in my classes. ((I have not yet read Rick Hess’s paper, Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning, and this is about my experiences teaching […]