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Mike Caulfield's latest web incarnation. Networked Learning, Open Education, and Online Digital Literacy

  • What the Heck Is Going On With Lesson Plan Searches?

    Via @fnoschese, here’s the Google Trend on searching for “Lesson Plans” Wow. I can think of lots of little reasons why this might be happening, but none seems sufficient in itself. I know for instance that my wife Nicole used to search a lot more for art lesson plans but two things happened. First, she Continue reading

  • Connexions News: New Editor, Big Announcement on March 31

    I’ve become interesting in how forking content could help OER. The two big experiments in OER forking I know of come from WikiEducator and Connexions. (There may be others I’m forgetting; you can correct me in the comments). Connexions, in particular, has been looking at this issue for a very long time. In an effort not Continue reading

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  • Fauxnership and the Fifth R

    David Wiley started it, Bill and Darren continued the discussion. Stephen Downes jumped in. At issue: is there a need for a “Fifth R” in what we have come to know as classic 4Rs openness? Does openness require a “right to retain” the work? I have some ambivalence here — the fact we need to Continue reading

  • E-textbooks and LMS/Device Integration

    Missed this statement from ECAR 2013 last pass through it: What Is the Current Context for E-Text/E-Textbook Use in Higher Education? According to a recent ECAR/Intemet2 e-text evaluation project, the cost of textbooks was the most important value driver for e-textbooks, but cost-savings potential did not trump functionality when it came to student use of e-text for coursework.‘ “Students Continue reading

  • Spritz, Modes of Reading, and Why Open Matters

    “I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.” – Woody Allen I’ve been using speed reading software for several years now (in combination with more traditional methods) to skim non-fiction books over the weekend. These aren’t like the older programs, which aim to train you to read normal books faster. Instead, they Continue reading

  • Current Design of the Federated Classroom Wiki as of Today

    I’m realizing some of the design description of the Federated Classroom Wiki on Hapgood is out of date. So here is how it is currently working (or soon to work based on some scheduled coding). This is the process you would use as a user. Setup Install! Your institution installs Dokuwiki on a server, on Continue reading

  • Five Uses For the Federated Classroom Wiki

    Ok, I’m playing around with the name of this thing Tim and I are building. If you’re not up to speed on the Federated [something or other to do with education] Wiki, you might want to scroll below and catch up. Or just start with the screencast of the proof-of-concept. Keep in mind when looking Continue reading

  • Learning Is Not One Thing

    Jared Stein has an excellent post up on a point that is near to my heart. People in the humanities who criticize flipped classrooms often don’t realize that their class is already flipped. The reason why they don’t get “flipped classrooms” is it does not solve a learning problem they have. They’ve been able to teach Continue reading

  • The Federated OER Wiki Is Up and Running

    Tim Owens and I have been working off and on the past couple weeks on this Federated OER Wiki idea, and there have been times where I’ve looked at the design of what we are doing and thought maybe this was the Plan 9 from Outer Space of Edtech projects. Has an idea ever so Continue reading

  • Is Paying Adjuncts Crap Killing Technological Innovation?

    A recent article in The Economist expands on the fascinating presentation Larry Summers gave last summer which expanded on an idea that’s been floating around the economic blogosphere a while. In the old view of the future, productivity gains came through the automation of low paying jobs. Today one person digs ditches and another writes Continue reading