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

  • EdCamp Keene 2011 T-Shirts. Thanks Tim & Nicole, they look great! Continue reading

  • EdCamp Keene is Next Wednesday

    I haven’t blogged much about EdCamp Keene this year, partially because we got about to 75% of our 115 capacity within 24 hours of announcing it. So I’ve been letting the rest of the registrations slow-cook so that we don’t have to turn too many people away. But I have to take a moment and… Continue reading

  • The Most Interesting Chart You’ll See On Peer Instruction This Year

    Came across this brand-spanking-new study on Peer Instruction with this cool graph from a previous study in it: What you are seeing here is a chart of right/wrong responses for a 3 question sequence in a Peer Instruction test — 1st question, 1st question after Peer Instruction, then results for an isomorphic question to test… Continue reading

  • A Means A: Solving the problem of unbundled credentialing

    A Means A: Solving the problem of unbundled credentialing I am suspicious of any idea posted on econlib.org, to say the least. I mean really suspicious. But this is an interesting point a poster there is making — we need to come up with a hybrid solution to credentialing. Why? Well, unbundled credentialing tends to lead… Continue reading

  • Rank-order Grading

    I have lots of reservations about rank-order grading, but found this interesting: This paper reports results from a unique classroom experiment that explored the potential of using rank-order grading to improve student performance and learning. Findings suggest that student performance is significantly improved when facing a grading system based on student ranking (norm-reference grading) rather… Continue reading

  • The truck that delivers our groceries

    Neat quote from a 1996 paper by Charles Schlosser: As early as the mid-1960s, reviews of the literature made clear that there was “no significant difference” in the educational effectiveness of various media (Chu and Schramm, 1975). This conclusion was memorably restated by Richard Clark, who offered a powerful analogy: “The best current evidence is… Continue reading

  • Generational Learning Styles Are Bunk, Part 28

    Via Downes, this 2008 summary of the research on whether today’s students really do learn differently. The answer is probably best summed up in these two excerpts: “In contrast to the dubious bromides provided by the “experts” quoted above, a review of educational research reveals that there are virtually no research-based findings or evidence drawn from robust… Continue reading

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  • Skills-banking

    Skills-banking Chomsky via Leigh Blackall: “On the contrary, our so-called democratic schools are based on an instrumental skills-banking approach that often prevents the development of the kind of thinking that enables one to ‘read the world’ critically and to understand the reasons and linkages behind facts.”  I’m not sure I would trust Chomsky’s view on… Continue reading

  • San Diego State To Roll Out New Wave of Classroom Clickers

    San Diego State To Roll Out New Wave of Classroom Clickers A reminder that with Classroom Response Systems reliability is more important than extra functions. Continue reading

  • Just Breathe

    Just Breathe Ze Frank is still one of the coolest people on the planet. That is all. Continue reading