I was talking to one of our graduate students, Mark Jones, and he showed me a Wordle cloud he made using his dissertation literature review. I thought it was a cool idea, and I thought I’d show you the cloud I made using my dissertation, Can advance organizers reduce computer anxiety in preservice teachers?.
Well, yesterday Cammy has responded to my post on the disconnect between academic instructional design and practical instructional design. Subsequently, the last five hours or so has been interesting. First of all, I see that Stephen Downes has mentioned our conversation on OLD~Daily, and that has led to a number of comments on my blog [...]
Here’s what I found interesting this week: Top Ten Obscure Google Search Tricks. I thought I knew a lot, but even I learned something here . Keep Your Weight Loss Plan Simple to See Results. Ugh. I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been, and I’ll take any help I can get . . . you know, [...]
I just ran across this, and I think it’s great. Go see the Crash Course in Learning Theory. Talk about tailoring instruction to today’s crowd! BTW, I’ve also started browsing the blog it comes from, Creating Passionate Users. It’s a hoot!
Now, now, all you constructivists out there just settle down. I approach the whole behaviorist/constructivist conversation with my own beliefs, but without judgement for those who don’t see it like I do. I very much adhere to the behaviorist philosophy, and personally have major issues with some of the tenets set forth by constructivism. I [...]