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A list of web based scholarly writings.
Updated on Dec 04, 10
Created on Jul 29, 10
Category: Schools & Education
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Wolpert-Gawron, H. (2010, December 3). Equation of success: Top ten responsibilities that students must own. Retrieved from Edutopia: http://ht.ly/1aipUp
Excellent open access journal: The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Current Issue - Volume 45, Number 4\nThe Open Future - Openness as Catalyst for an Educational Reformation by David Wiley\nThe Open Student - Questioning the Future of the Open Student\nby Vicki Davis\nThe Open Course - Through the Open Door: Open Courses as Research, Learning, and Engagement by Dave Cormier and George Siemens\nThe Open Faculty - To Share or Not to Share: Is That the Question? by Maria H. Andersen\nThe Open Ed Tech - Never Mind the Edupunks; or, The Great Web 2.0 Swindle by Brian Lamb and Jim Groom\nThe Open World - Access to Knowledge as a Foundation for an Open World by Carolina Rossini
Charles W. Bailey, Jr.'s list of many open access resources.
"# People prefer prototypical and familiar stimuli over highly unusual examples. What’s familiar is easier to process.
# Symmetry is valued more than non-symmetry, particularly vertical symmetry.
# High figure-ground contrast makes graphics clear and text legible.
# Visual clarity creates an effortless experience, which is preferred over experiences that are highly effortful.
# Less information is preferred over more information."
Fun wikiHow article about thinking outside the box and the processes and changes that requires.
Scientific American article exploring the intersects in psychology with biology and other areas of human "beings". Fuller had it right, we're all verbs and it's all connected!
Berkeley University list of teaching materials and strategies.
As colleague Rhonda Epper described, "There is also an excellent article in this month's issue of Educause Review on Ebooks in Higher Education. The author speculates more widespread adoption in the next several years, but he says there needs to be an "i
A useful primer on collaborative learning designs.... even after all these years. From the hard copy book: Davis, B. G. (1993). Tools for teaching. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Full citation: Lane, L.M. (April-June 2008). Toolbox or trap? Course management systems and pedagogy. EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol. 31(2). Available from http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/ToolboxorTrapCourseManage/46576?time=1212494680
Grabbed from the Half an Hour blog ... it's an argument to consider.
http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2007/11/kirschner-sweller-clark-2006-summary.html
19 items | 2 visits
A list of web based scholarly writings.
Updated on Dec 04, 10
Created on Jul 29, 10
Category: Schools & Education
URL: