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5 mars 2016

Dear Blackboard, I am Confused

By . The good news is that Blackboard, after going quiet for a while, is out giving updates again. The bad news is that the more they talk, the less I understand. More...

5 mars 2016

One Thing Blackboard is Doing Right

By . After Monday’s post on my confusion with Blackboard’s overall Learn strategy, I thought I would follow up with a reminder that there is one really important area where there are strong early signs that Blackboard is doing something right in a very important area: learning analytics. More...

5 mars 2016

A Big Reason That Digital Textbooks Are Misunderstood

By . Far too often people assume that digital equals low costs, even for textbooks. Then we get reports and surveys looking at digital textbooks as a method to “save money”, where it is almost assumed that digital textbooks do save money; it’s just a question of whether faculty take this fact into consideration. More...

4 mars 2016

Does a larger mallet actually change the game?

eCampus NewsBy Jeremy Cunningham. Whack-a-mole: the classic arcade game where a player is faced with a never-ending stream of moles popping up from the ground. When a player hit one in the right corner of the board, one pops up on the left side. Reforming education is a lot like Whack-a-Mole; the industry has so many interconnected issues and contradictory problems that no solution can cover every need. More...

4 mars 2016

The Impact of an Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) Program on the Professional Practice of Graduates

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThis paper examines the impact of a distance education program offered by the University of Pretoria, South Africa, on the professional practice of teachers. A pilot study was conducted using a combination of surveys and focus group interviews. Findings reveal that the program was beneficial to graduates’ personal development, professional practice, schools, learners, and colleagues. More...

2 mars 2016

Connectivism: Learning theory of the future or vestige of the past?

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningSiemens and Downes initially received increasing attention in the blogosphere in 2005 when they discussed their ideas concerning distributed knowledge. An extended discourse has ensued in and around the status of ‘connectivism’ as a learning theory for the digital age. This has led to a number of questions in relation to existing learning theories. More...

1 mars 2016

Four centuries after Galileo was silenced, UK students are still curbing free speech

The ConversationBy . It’s 400 years since the Catholic Church censored Galileo and denied him a platform for his arguments for the motion of the Earth – a theory now considered entirely uncontroversial and, indeed, part of our understanding of life, the universe and everything. But in those days, with the Inquisition at the height of its powers, heterodoxy was seen as threatening the very fabric of the Church. More...
1 mars 2016

Why the A-Level psychology exam is already out of date

The ConversationBy  and . As two university lecturers, we are concerned about the new psychology A-Level, which has been taught to teenagers since September 2015. Our concern is that the new syllabus is narrow and out of step with much psychological research and practice. More...
1 mars 2016

The importance of play: what universities can learn from preschools

The ConversationBy . Almost as soon as they begin school, children start getting tested. With the introduction of tests for four-year-olds and the explicit link between test results and school performance, education policies of successive governments have led to an increased emphasis on results at all levels of schooling. More...
1 mars 2016

Is your child taking a test? When is the right time?

The ConversationBy . Standardized tests have become the primary tool for determining a student’s academic ability. Legislators and administrators use test data to evaluate the effectiveness of schooling on children and create curriculum. More...

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