Article describes a classroom broken down into stations, each one designed to teach specific skills in different ways. A kid who needs to learn how to calculate the area of a circle could be taught in a group with a teacher, with a virtual tutor, or with a computer program.
Khan Academy - hadn't heard of this before but I LOVE the way instructors are using this to "flip" the classroom. Using these short videos to deliver the content (lecture) and using the class time to do the homework where students can receive the help they might need.
Could be another option for students. Wish we had time to pilot this in one class. This is the kind of thing we should be flexible enough to explore at BU.
Based on the book, Understanding by Design (Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe) this article summarizes the process of designing courses as "backward process." The process has 3 basic steps -
1) Identify desired results, 2)Determine Acceptable Evidence, and 3) Plan Learning Experiences
"The commons serves to increase access to publicly-held photography collections, and to provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge." This is a great example of the socialization of information