http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=haUj3qUncOs A heartfelt thank you to teachers across America for their unwavering dedication to the next generation. Dr. Jeff Goldstein, Center Director National Center for Earth and Space Science Education http://ncesse.org John Boswell Symphony of Science http://symphonyofscience.com Symphony of Science Remix Keynote Address “Science – It’s Not a Book of Knowledge … It’s a Journey” [...]
Notes from workshop from the WASC Assessment Leadership Academy presented by Mary Allen. Mary Allen writes on her hand out “Developing and Applying Rubrics” June 14, 2011 WASC Assessment Leadership Academy 1. “Rubrics provide criteria for assessing students’ work. …Rubrics can be used to provide formative feedback to students, to grade students, and/or to assess [...]
Many students believe that if they receive a college degree they will “get a good job”. They are anxious to “get the degree” rather than getting the education. This mindset is analogous: getting a degree is like getting a plane ticket, rather than qualifying them for a passport
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Reynolds’ boids, cormorants in Cape Town, and why collective behaviour emerges from simple individual rules http://www.livemint.com/2011/05/26224925/Collective-complexity.html
Doug Engelbart received a doctorate from Yale last week adding this to his impressive collection of Ph.Ds. 1955. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley 1994. Honorary Doctorate, Oregon State University 2001. Honorary Doctorate, Santa Clara University
In the blog post from “eLearning Roadtrip” called Data Change Everything the author lays out a case for investment and innovation. We’ve seen what data analytics does for business and I’ve heard from reliable sources that the for-profit online universities are having some success with this field. The Apollo Group (University of Phoenix) hired tip wiz kids [...]
In this interview with the EE Times Interview Steve Wozniak creates a compelling case for how schools are squelching creativity.
In the article “Measurement of ‘Learning Outcomes’ Comes to Graduate Schoolin The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 1, 2010, David Glenn asks three deans why graduate schools should require detailed student learning outcomes. The main points: “Making the invisible visible”
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