http://www.diigo.com/user/Christyinsdesign/education Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:13:22 -0000 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:13:22 -0000 http://www.onlineteachingandlearning.com/blog/assessing-the-online-learner <p>15-minute podcast interview with Palloff and Pratt on assessing online learners and social presence. They talk about authentic assessment rather than closed-book quizzes, based on the assumption that students will cheat on tests and quizzes but responding to scenarios is a better measure of learning.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/assessment' rel='tag'>assessment</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/highered' rel='tag'>highered</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/e-learning' rel='tag'>e-learning</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/rubric' rel='tag'>rubric</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:13:22 -0000 http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/PDF/1543.pdf <p>Book-length literature review on learning styles research, concluding that the usefulness of learning styles of pedagogy depends greatly on what model you use.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/learningstyles' rel='tag'>learningstyles</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/research' rel='tag'>research</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/pedagogy' rel='tag'>pedagogy</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:16:57 -0000 http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/PDF/1540.pdf <p>Long PDF (84 pages) on learning styles research and how it can--and should--influence pedagogy. Examines 13 learning style models and finds a lot of variety in relability, validity, and general usefulness of the models.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/learningstyles' rel='tag'>learningstyles</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/pedagogy' rel='tag'>pedagogy</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/research' rel='tag'>research</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:15:04 -0000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIv9rz2NTUk <p>A cognitive psychologist argues that learning styles, as the theory is generally understood, don't exist and aren't supported by research. He acknowledges that there are differences in visual and auditory memory, but says the research doesn't show that differentiating instruction based on learning styles actually has any effect.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/learningstyles' rel='tag'>learningstyles</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/cogpsych' rel='tag'>cogpsych</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:29:26 -0000 http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/ <p>Wiki collection of resources and examples for using Voicethread for education purposes. Also includes some best practices and professional development examples.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/wiki' rel='tag'>wiki</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/tools' rel='tag'>tools</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/voicethread' rel='tag'>voicethread</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/audio' rel='tag'>audio</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:04:21 -0000 http://www.classtools.net <p>Free games, tools, and graphic organizers, including a Venn Diagram, priority chart, timeline, and timer. You can create your own casual games with questions, like a word game based on &quot;Space Invaders.&quot; </p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/tools' rel='tag'>tools</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/flash' rel='tag'>flash</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/games' rel='tag'>games</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:59:43 -0000 http://clarkaldrich.blogspot.com/2008/08/techniques-for-grading-student.html <p>When using simulations for learning, how do you assess what people have learned? Clark Aldrich shares some suggestions.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/simulations' rel='tag'>simulations</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/assessment' rel='tag'>assessment</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:18:34 -0000 http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66505_1 <p>Interview with Stewart Mader on how wikis can be used in higher ed for teaching, research, and administration. He discusses issues of &quot;ownership&quot; of content and how using a wiki can make assessment easier.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/wiki' rel='tag'>wiki</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/highered' rel='tag'>highered</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/productivity' rel='tag'>productivity</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/assessment' rel='tag'>assessment</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:12:21 -0000 http://www.ion.illinois.edu/Resources/pointersclickers/2005_09/FERPAPoint2005.pdf <p>FERPA guidelines for online education, include what laws apply and what don't</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/ferpa' rel='tag'>ferpa</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/privacy' rel='tag'>privacy</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/e-learning' rel='tag'>e-learning</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/highered' rel='tag'>highered</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:34:15 -0000 http://www.aacrao.org/ferpa_guide/enhanced/main_frameset.html <p>FERPA guide for higher ed, with more detailed explanations of what constitutes directory information vs. personally identifiable information. According to this, email addresses are OK to disclose, which isn't what I was previously told.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/ferpa' rel='tag'>ferpa</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/privacy' rel='tag'>privacy</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/highered' rel='tag'>highered</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:24:46 -0000 http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html <p>Official summary of FERPA</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/ferpa' rel='tag'>ferpa</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/privacy' rel='tag'>privacy</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/k-12' rel='tag'>k-12</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/highered' rel='tag'>highered</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:23:03 -0000 http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=510&action=article <p>The authors argue that Net Gen students are used to hyperlinked, nonlinear content, so they don't necessarily approach learning with the same kind of linear approach most of their professors do. The premise here focuses on how this affects writing, organizing information, and sense-making. They argue that multimedia projects can demonstrate the same depth of thinking as a traditional linear text. Registration required.</p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content">Texts that do not look like books or essays and that are structured in unfamiliar ways may leave educators with the perception that the authors of these texts lack necessary literacy skills. Are these students missing something, or are they coming to us with skills as researchers, readers, writers, and critical thinkers that have been developed in a context that faculty members may not understand and appreciate? The striking differences between the linear, print-based texts of instructors and the interactive, fluctuating, hyperlinked texts of the N-Gen student may keep instructors from fully appreciating the thought processes behind these texts. Learning how to teach the wired student requires a two-pronged effort: to understand how N-Gen student understand and process texts and to create a pedagogy that leverages the learning skills of this type of learner.</div></p><p><div class="content">However, these digital texts do not necessarily lack style, coherence, or organization; they simply present meaning in ways unfamiliar to the instructor. For example, a collection of images on Flickr with authorial comments and tags certainly does not resemble the traditional essay, but the time spent on such a project, the motivation for undertaking it, and its ability to communicate meaning can certainly be equal to the investment and motivation required by the traditional essay—and the photos may actually provide more meaningful communication for their intended audience.</div></p><p><div class="content">As a result, while N-Gens interact with the world through multimedia, online social networking, and routine multitasking, their professors tend to approach learning linearly, one task at a time, and as an individual activity that is centered largely around printed text (Hartman, Dzubian, and Brophy-Ellison <a href="http://www.webcitation.org/5Xw4B5bKP" target="_blank">2007</a>).</div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/netgeneration' rel='tag'>netgeneration</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/learning' rel='tag'>learning</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/writing' rel='tag'>writing</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/highered' rel='tag'>highered</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:37:06 -0000 http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/literacy/129762.htm <p>NCTE's literacies for the 21st century, including technology, problem-solving, information literacy, multimedia, and ethics</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/21stcenturyskills' rel='tag'>21stcenturyskills</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/informationliteracy' rel='tag'>informationliteracy</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/ethics' rel='tag'>ethics</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/problemsolving' rel='tag'>problemsolving</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:04:07 -0000 http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/MovingtoMoodleReflections/47088?time=1218149614 <p>Reflections on the transition process moving from an in-house LMS to Moodle, including discussion of change management challenges</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/moodle' rel='tag'>moodle</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/lms' rel='tag'>lms</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/highered' rel='tag'>highered</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/changemanagement' rel='tag'>changemanagement</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:57:28 -0000 http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/2008/08/more-educational-games_07.html <p>Collection of educational games. Learn about the Darfur crisis, wolf ecology, or brain structures, or practice vocab.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/games' rel='tag'>games</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/k-12' rel='tag'>k-12</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/science' rel='tag'>science</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:39 -0000 http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/2008/07/it-is-all-fun-and-gamesand-then.html <p>Annotated list of educational games, all related to science and math.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/games' rel='tag'>games</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/learning' rel='tag'>learning</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/k-12' rel='tag'>k-12</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/science' rel='tag'>science</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:34:10 -0000 http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/2008/08/best-way-to-learn-in-online-course.html <p>Advice for online learners to get the most out of their courses. Includes cognitive, behavioral, and self-regulation strategies. Even though this is geared towards learners, instructional designers can also benefit from thinking about how to teach and model these strategies.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/e-learning' rel='tag'>e-learning</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/blended' rel='tag'>blended</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/learning' rel='tag'>learning</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/learnercontrol' rel='tag'>learnercontrol</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:39:46 -0000 http://jolt.merlot.org/vol4no2/hurlburt0608.htm <p>Examines blogs as learning tools for creating a &quot;community of discourse.&quot; This article focuses more on the role of the facilitator in shaping the learning community than on the instructional design of assignments using blogs. There's some interesting ideas about evaluating success and determining whether students are reading blog posts beyond just how much commenting happens.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/blog' rel='tag'>blog</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/highered' rel='tag'>highered</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/web2.0' rel='tag'>web2.0</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/teaching' rel='tag'>teaching</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:58:44 -0000 http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/evalonline/evalonline.pdf <p>80-page PDF from the US Department of Education on evaluating K-12 online learning. I haven't read it all yet, but some of this would probably apply to higher ed settings, and maybe corporate settings. Includes examples &amp; case studies of successful online K-12 programs.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/e-learning' rel='tag'>e-learning</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/k-12' rel='tag'>k-12</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/assessment' rel='tag'>assessment</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:00:11 -0000 http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling <p>Directory for the educational uses of digital storytelling website. Resources include getting started with digital storytelling, examples, tools, and evaluation. The Evaluation section includes information on some of the research being done in this area.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/digitalstorytelling' rel='tag'>digitalstorytelling</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/k-12' rel='tag'>k-12</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/highered' rel='tag'>highered</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign/digitalliteracy' rel='tag'>digitalliteracy</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/christyinsdesign'>christyinsdesign</a></p> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:40:29 -0000 60