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What my graduate students need to know

dr.curry @ April 1, 2006 # One Comment

As I’ve begun advising graduate students again, I’ve thought a lot about things they “need to know.” With that in mind, I’ve attached three files that I think they should all read and follow the counsel therein.
Write your dissertation first and other essays on graduate education by M. David Merrill
Suggested self-study program for Instructional Systems [...]

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A great definition of what we do

dr.curry @ March 28, 2006 # No Comment Yet

So today I finally got in the mail a book I had ordered about a month ago, Teaching Concepts: An Instructional Design Guide, by Merrill, Tennyson, and Posey. I’m so excited to read it. I’m really looking at trying to validate more of what we say we do. But that’s just the kicker isn’t it? [...]

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Look what the cat drug in!

dr.curry @ December 16, 2005 # No Comment Yet

So I’m unpacking the last boxes for my office yesterday, and I came across the craziest thing. In my first class with David Merrill, he asked us the first day, “What makes something instructional?” He then told us to write our answer up. Well, I found my response. I must say [...]

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