When I started this blog 8 years ago, it was described as ‘eclectic’. Part of that is because, like most blogs, it is a slow form of stream of conscious, blogging about stuff that interests me. But also as a…
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Educational Research Blogs, Twitterers
The research blogging awards were just announced, listing the top blogs and twitterers who share info about the latest research. There isn’t even a category for educational research, however. I was going to list my own top ‘educational research’ bloggers,…
Need Much Much More “D” in Education R & D
I already blogged about this matter 3 years ago in a post entitled “The State of Educational Research & Development.” But a few recent things made me think of it again: @newsweek tweeted for us to tell them our thoughts…
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Misconceptions about Design
Design is the process of going from function to structure. There is some purpose, or goal, or effect on the environment desired (a function), and structures are created or organized to achieve that function. See more about structure-behavior-function models of…
Cognitive Load Theory: Failure?
The title of this post is meant to be a joke (not a troll). The inventor of cognitive load theory (Sweller) and others labeled problem-based learning and other constructivist and inquiry-based instructional techniques a ‘failure’ in an oft-discussed 2006 paper…
Free Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education books
The National Academies (of science, engineering…) have produced a number of educational books over the past decades, and it has been harder to keep track of them all, so I’m copying descriptions of some recent ones below. The nice thing…
Recent Sightings
Some recent educational books – posted to the Learning Sciences & Educational Technology group GameMaker 8 and Wonderland 0.5 have released preview versions Learn 4 Life wrote a great summary of educators using the OpenSim virtual world and ReactionGrid (opensim…
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