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August 30, 2017
Learning How To Learn: Anatomy Of A Good MOOC
Barbara Oakley's "Learning how to Learn" MOOC has had over 2 million learners and a retention rate 5 times what other MOOCs typically have. This article explores why.
August 5, 2017
Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Useful Way Of Looking At The Web
Look at the Internet as a collection of smaller units than a monolithic whole makes for a better user experience.
July 1, 2017
Teaching Using Interactive Visualization: Project-Based Learning At UVA
Interactive visualization is an effective way of teaching many subjects, especially history. The University of Virginia's Research Seminar Initiative uses project-based learning coupled with state of the art digital visualization techniques in the humanities.
June 24, 2017
The Book As An Interactive Device
Looking closer at the features books have had for centuries may be useful in understanding today's educational technology.
June 3, 2017
Venture Capital In Educational Technology: Should EdTech Be Venture Funded?
Venture capital has fueled amazing growth in the overall technology marketed, but is this form of funding as effective in the edTech industry?
May 27, 2017
Digital Video 101: Understanding How Digital Video Works
Digital video's inner workings are invisible, but it is not that different than old-fashioned moving pictures conceptually.
May 6, 2017
Mad Men: Media Theorist Marshall McLuhan’s Branding Of Timothy Leary’s Message
Timothy Leary’s famous message on LSD, “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out,” became so viral during the 1960s, thanks in large part to media theorist Marshall McLuhan.
April 22, 2017
Technology In K12: The Shape Of School Vs. The Shape Of EdTech
We need to consider not just the tech, but how it is actually used to be effective in the K12 classroom.