As a teacher and frequent presenter, I always carry a MacBook Pro DVI to VGA adapter in my bag so I can connect to any overhead projector or flat screen wherever I’m speaking. This approach works well, but has several downsides th...
I was recently quoted in Devon Haynie’s U.S. News and World Report article on the topic of Automated Essay Scoring, and when I saw the finished article I realized that there’s more to say.
Ms. Haynie’s article was intended to briefly introd...
A friend reminded me of the site Spurious Correlations, which shows absurd “relationships” between data that couldn’t possibly be related– though it’s fun to think that it is.
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One of the most frustrating things about Professional Development (for both teachers and trainers) is that it’s difficult to get teachers together, and then the training happens, ends, and there is often too little follow up (on both sides).
I think part of the problem with this approach is the wa...
My previous post on using MOOC technology to Support Educators to Support Students generated quite a bit of interest, and I realized there was more to be said on the topic of using Community Managers in online education. That post analyzes what MOOC providers like Udacity and Coursera are d...
In the previous post, Saving Universities in the Era of MOOCs, I discuss the value proposition of traditional universities, and how those values are changing as massive, free online courses gain traction in higher education. This post will exami...
In response to Anya Kamenetz’ post, Let them Eat iPads?
Thanks for posing the issue this way. I was a charter school teacher for years, teaching in different communities in California with vastly different...
Promoting Interaction in Your Assignments – Broadband from Samuel Merritt U Academic Tech on Vimeo.
Do you wish you could make one change in your course that would increase student engagement and boost your course evaluations? Research shows that courses with high rates of in...
Response to The Trouble with Online College, NY Times
I think this article is right on the money about the ch...
I just attended the Flipped Classroom conference yesterday and it gave me a chance to think carefully about how we might approach flipping instruction at SMU. Most of the attendees were K‑12 teachers using free tools to flip their own classroom, so it’s a different proposition to try and recommend...