Diversity of Instructional Design Models/a> One of the most interesting aspects of teaching is the diversity of models that are appropriate in different classes. This is perhaps most noticeable amongst adults who start working in schools as a second career. These folks tend to believe “The Standard Model” of education is assumed to be, well, Read More
Yet another post drawn from some writing I found in cleaning up an old drive. My guess is this is about 20 years old, and it is still valid in most ways. Good students are good students. Students who engage with the course content, their classmates, and their instructors in a reflective and active manner Read More
150: Spinning Up Distance Learning Classes Quickly I uploaded the syllabus for a course I planned, but never taught, to NotebookLM which generated this post Introduction: The Challenge of the “Empty Classroom” If you’re an educator, you’re likely familiar with this scenario: you’re handed an empty digital “course shell” in your learning management system and Read More
I’m messing around with rehashing my old writing with AI… here is an example from a chapter I wrote several years ago Educational environments today demand that teachers constantly evolve their curriculum to reflect rapidly changing content expectations and new discoveries from the learning sciences. For educators who are developing previously untaught curricula or using Read More
Especially when educators include significant amounts of deeper, active, and authentic activities in their classrooms, there is frequent need for students to be reminded of how to perform certain tasks or to solve particular problems. This need often arises at different times in different students as they study independent inquiries, therefore demand is irregular and Read More
While individuals in each group do select their preferred classroom for recognized reasons (e.g. online learners’ preference for flexible attendance schedules), the best students in both settings are those who engage with the content, classmates, and the teacher. Learners who react to new and challenging ideas with reasons (excuses) why the ideas have no connection Read More
187: On Advertisements in School Another overlooked aspect of IT use in schools is students’ exposure to advertisements. Many sources of online information used in schools, including mainstream media and journalism sites, the sites of professional organizations and edited periodicals, and especially social media sites (like YouTube) are funded by advertisements. When students access these Read More
I recently discovered some materials I uploaded to MERLOT had been orphaned after I moved my web site over a year ago. I have uploaded links to: Online Course Development Embed a Twitter Timeline in Your Virtual Classroom Introduction to Derivatives for Physics Students
Some former students appeared in my Twitter followers last week. One reached out with a very complimentary direct message in which he described how he attributed my course to his success and the success of several friends. For context, they we my students in a range of “computer” course while they were in high school. Read More
Socrates, so let’s say 23 centuries), discussion seems to be one of the least well-understood by today’s teachers. One challenge in using discussions well seems to be the confusion between the measurable outcomes that focus so much teaching and the less obvious (but more important) outcomes of discussion. First, let’s be clear. If your goal Read More