By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Flipping the classroom
Rosanna Tamburri, University Affairs, April 10, 2013
Nice article basically summarizing Desire2Learn in University Affairs, a Canadian magazine read mostly by university professors and administrators. It covers the original founding of the company by John Baker, its struggles to grow amid the Blackboard lawsuit controversy, and its current success explanding internationally and launching new learning support tools. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Taking a test is better than studying, even if you just guess: We need to flip the flipped classroom
Mark Guzdial, August 1, 2013
The title of the post is a bit misleading, because Mark Guzdial isn't talking about 'taking a test' specifically, "the critical feature of learning is trying to understand, trying to generate an answer." According to the study, "students are better prepared to understand a theory after first exploring by themselves, and that tangible user interfaces are particularly well-suited for that purpose." Of course, Daniel Willingham, who is cited by Guzdial, looks at results like that and reads "test", which he then cites as 'the testing effect'. More...