June 2012
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“The skill of writing is to create a context in which others can think.”
– Edwin Schlossberg - via ..my heart is in Accra
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Group study - Grockit study
We found that…
… learners studied longer when they were in a group study session than when they were alone. Studies have shown that time on task is a key predictor of study effectiveness.
… learners studied over 2x as many questions when they were in a group study session as when they were alone.
… learners were more likely to answer questions correctly when they were...
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“This could be the DNA for a physical school where students spend 20 percent of...”
– I like this vision of Salman Khan (see article), founder of KhanAcademy. Did not know he had this in mind.
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“The O’ and A’ level system is only producing a generation of youth embroiled in...”
– Very interesting post by a brave Pakistani teacher.
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Open Access costs @SpringerOpen
I received this invitation from the Springer Open Access journal of Interaction Science and the following grabbed my attention;
To enable the journal to make all of its content open access, Journal of Interaction Science levies an article-processing charge (APC) for each manuscript accepted after peer review.
I wondered, what does it cost then per manuscript? In their clear FAQ, it is stated...
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What Facebook knows..
..is not known, not even by Facebook researchers, but it is a lot and offers a unique, first time ever dataset that will definitely create new insights.
“For the first time,” Marlow says, “we have a microscope that not only lets us examine social behavior at a very fine level that we’ve never been able to see before but allows us to run experiments that millions of...
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MOOC and open education business models
Well written post about how to make money with open education. I actually believe most in the model suggested by Udacity, which is one of making money as a people-broker.
Udacity has suggested that it might double as a headhunter for companies that might like to hire some of its more impressive students. Instead of simply selling those students credentials that they can list on their resumes...
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We the parasites.
Are we nearing a global biological tipping point?
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A learner contract - innovative assessment...
I just stumbled upon Dave Cormier’s learner contract, a more personalized way that allows students to choose what kind of effort they want to put in the course for which grade. Maybe it’s not new, but I have never heard of it.
Student work in this course is evaluated by ‘contract’ – meaning that each of you decide how much work you would like to do for what grade. Individual...
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