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• Cognitive Load Theory: Failure?

  
  Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily — Authority: 547
  Good shorter description of cognitive load theory (which is used to argue against discovery learning and constructivist methodologies) and a succinct account of why it (probably) fails. "Cognitive load theorists vehemently argue for the basis for their model in cognitive research, and yet ignore quite a huge swath of ...
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• Celebrate creativity and innovation at NYSCATE

  
  Generation YES Blog — Authority: 501
  The New York state educational technology conference, NYSCATE (Nov. 22-24) always has a top lineup of speakers and keynotes. This year is no exception. The featured keynote is Sir Ken Robinson , a world-renowned advocate for creativity and innovation in learning. I’ll be there as well, participating in the ...
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• Tinkering: A “Boys Only” Club?

  
  nashworld — Authority: 100
  Boys only? According to the NCES , since 2004, girls have -in general- been shown to outdo boys in nearly every measure of academic success.  Girls outpace boys on nearly every one of our measures of “winning” when it comes to school.  And yet, when push comes to shove on earning degrees in engineering or ...
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• Jiffy Lube education

  
  More With Les — Authority: 100
  Jiffy Lube has to be one of the greatest ideas in convenient car care ever devised. But disturbingly, many students seem to want a jiffy lube college education experience; pull in without an appointment, and get the full service education poured into you, then pay the bill and drive away. But what works so well for ...
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• Research Interest Clarification, 2009

  
  Silence and Voice — Authority: 124
  I recently had to re- introduce myself to a colleague regarding where my current research interests are, and I thought it may be interesting to share with a wider audience, as I do get asked to explain what I am interested in (since I cannot oversimplify this, however hard I try). One of the things I learned ...
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• Queers, Foucault, truth, justice and the law: guest post by Lorenzo

  
  skepticlawyer — Authority: 494
  [Introduction by SL: Lorenzo is a blogger I admire; he writes quite a bit on Queer history, and also very wisely and thoughtfully on the method of history and scholarship. His home blog is here . Now, Im just a humble linguist and lawyer, but Ive long suspected that a lot of historians have been led up the garden ...
  2 weeks ago

• Op-Ed in yesterdays Philadelphia Inquirer

  
  Out In Left Field — Authority: 418
  Here . Be sure to check out the comments that appear below the article. For all the talking points that Reform Math proponents deploy in response to the general criticisms, I havent yet seen any talking points that respond to concerns about children on the autistic spectrum. Has anyone else? Since its ...
  2 weeks ago

• Open source e-learning development 11: Moodle

  
  E-Learning Curve Blog — Authority: 490
  In all the time that Ive written about Moodle, Ive never really written about Moodle, if you see what I mean. Ill remedy that today. Open source e-learning development 11: Moodle is a post from: E-Learning Curve Blog
  2 weeks ago

• gr8 lol ~ Great Libraries of Learning

  
  HeyJude — Authority: 404
  Support for school libraries in Far North Queensland is gr8!  The team at the Far North Queensland FNQ Learning Development Centre – ICT , have put together a fabulous brochure promoting change and essential development to ensure quality school libraries.  They have allowed me to embed the document here, so that ...
  2 weeks ago

• Constructivistic Instructional Design

  
  Silence and Voice — Authority: 124
  A colleague of mine, Catherine, had a wonderful blog post this week entitled ADDIE Deconstructed , which is somewhat related with my own recent posting on this topic, and is nicely juxtaposed with the work my students are doing with my online PPOCCID course. This area around ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Broken Brothers [Games, Windows]

  
  CreativeApplications.Net — Authority: 574
  Broken Brothers Deluxe is a free indie strategy game available to download at www.spyeart.com . Submitted for this years IGF , Broken Brothers is one of my favourites to win. Somewhat goth/russian constructivist aesthetic strategy game, with a good mix of what you’d expect including unlocking units, fighting ...
  2 weeks ago

• Relevant research: Combining service-learning and technology fosters positive youth development

  
  Generation YES Blog — Authority: 501
  In an ongoing effort to promote youth empowerment in education, we’d like to offer this research synopsis. This one pulls together several of our favorite subjects: youth development, project-based learning, and technology. Best Practices for Integrating Technology and Service-Learning in a Youth Development ...
  3 weeks ago

• no parent hires a constructivist tutor

  
  kitchen table math, the sequel — Authority: 429
  Just saying .
  3 weeks ago

• I wouldn’t wish this “rich” schooling on any child from poverty.

  
  kitchen table math, the sequel — Authority: 429
  Mary Damer on affluent suburban schools: I agree about the combination of explicit instruction and high quality music lessons, field trips that dont eat into the already too short school time, and I would add foreign language or Latin instruction) enriching an explicit curriculum for students from poverty. With a ...
  3 weeks ago

• E-Learning Curve Podcast New Episode: Introduction to Constructivism

  
  E-Learning Curve Blog — Authority: 490
  In this episode of the E-Learning Curve Podcast, I introduce and discuss the basic concepts behind the learning theory of Constructivism. E-Learning Curve Podcast New Episode: Introduction to Constructivism is a post from: E-Learning Curve Blog
  4 weeks ago

• LaaN vs. Social Constructivism

  
  Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily — Authority: 547
  According to Chatti, "learning as a Network (LaaN) differs from social constructivism in four different ways: - In LaaN, knowledge is a personal network rather than an object that can be constructed. - Unlike social constructivism, which views learning as internal developmental processes that result in mental ...
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• The Technology Ecology

  
  Generation YES Blog — Authority: 501
  Today I’m heading to Denver for the T+L conference . T+L is the Technology + Learning conference of the National School Board Association. This year it’s in Denver, Colorado, October 27-29. I’ll be doing a new session on Wednesday, Oct 28th at 3:30 PM called, “Engage Them! Project-based 21st Century ...
  4 weeks ago

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