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Mark Morton

OpenSim - 0 views

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  • Mark Morton on 01 Feb 13
     
    OpenSimulator is an open source multi-platform, multi-user 3D application server. It can be used to create a virtual environment (or world) which can be accessed through a variety of clients, on multiple protocols. 
Mark Morton

Free reference manager and PDF organizer | Mendeley - 0 views

www.mendeley.com

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  • Mark Morton on 30 Jan 13
     
    Automatically generate bibliographies Collaborate easily with other researchers online Easily import papers from other research software Find relevant papers based on what you're reading Access your papers from anywhere online
Mark Morton

Learning outcomes are corrosive - 2 views

www.cautbulletin.ca/en_article.asp

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    "Learning outcomes are frequently dismissed as a nuisance to be dutifully completed & swiftly put aside, but Frank Furedi believes their prescriptive nature & underlying utilitarian ethos make them an altogether more corrosive influence on higher education. "
Mark Morton

Teachers | StoryCorps - 1 views

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shared by Mark Morton on 25 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Mark Morton on 25 Jan 13
     
    Audio interviews of people talking about teachers who have had a profound influence on their lives. 
Mark Morton

Introduction to Discussion Forums - YouTube - 0 views

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shared by Mark Morton on 05 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Mark Morton on 05 Apr 12
     
    A three-minute screencast on using discussion forums in a learning management system. 
Mark Morton

Improved Learning in a Large-Enrollment Physics Class - 1 views

www.sciencemag.org/...862.full

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shared by Mark Morton on 12 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Mark Morton on 12 Dec 11
     
    Abstract: 'We compared the amounts of learning achieved using two different instructional approaches under controlled conditions. We measured the learning of a specific set of topics and objectives when taught by 3 hours of traditional lecture given by an experienced highly rated instructor and 3 hours of instruction given by a trained but inexperienced instructor using instruction based on research in cognitive psychology and physics education. The comparison was made between two large sections (N = 267 and N = 271) of an introductory undergraduate physics course. We found increased student attendance, higher engagement, and more than twice the learning in the section taught using research-based instruction." 
Mark Morton

How to Boost Your Reading Comprehension by Reading Smarter and More Conscientiously - 1 views

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shared by Mark Morton on 04 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Mark Morton on 04 Jan 12
     
    Tips on how to read efficiently and effectively.
Mark Morton

Interactivities and Simulations - 0 views

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  • Mark Morton on 22 Feb 12
     
    A collection of interactive learning activities (interactivities) and simulations. If you try just one of them, check out the "Scale of the Universe" interactivity. 
Mark Morton

EcoMUVE: Virtual learning environment - 0 views

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    An understanding of complex causality is a necessary foundational skill for advanced science and mathematics. Ecosystems science, an important strand of the life science content standards, requires an understanding of complex causal relationships. However, even after instruction, students often retain inaccurate interpretations about ecosystems' structural patterns and systemic causality. To address this issue, we are developing a Multi-User Virtual Environment (MUVE)-based ecosystems science curriculum called EcoMUVE, based on middle school life science standards.
Mark Morton

Using Padlet in Education - 5 views

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  • Mark Morton on 04 Apr 14
     
    Padlet is a tool that allows you to easily create a "blank wall" on the web where you and others can share photos, documents, files, web pages, videos, and more.
Mark Morton

UW CIP - International Connections Report - Current - 0 views

www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/...intreport7.html

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shared by Mark Morton on 09 May 08 - Cached
  • The environment on campus is already international in many respects, due to a multicultural and diverse student body with many ethnic and international students' clubs. Exchange programs are a tremendous learning experience for students and interest in them is growing every year, as evidenced by the number of active student exchange agreements and students participating. Faculty coordinators work on a volunteer basis, and the success of the exchange programs is due in large part to their enthusiasm and dedication. Some exchange agreements provide possibilities for work terms abroad, and these are very attractive to students as a way of broadening their international experience and providing potential employment opportunities upon graduation. In spite of resource limitations, the Department of Co-operative Education and Career Services has been quite successful in finding international placements for students. Waterloo has a strong National Alumni Council and alumni in approximately 100 countries around the world, many in positions of influence.
Trevor Holmes

Gene Expression: Graphs on the death of Marxism, postmodernism, and other stupid academ... - 0 views

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shared by Trevor Holmes on 23 Sep 08 - Cached
  • Trevor Holmes on 23 Sep 08
     
    Kinda funny, iconoclastic etc.
Trevor Holmes

Solo taxonomy - 0 views

www.dmu.ac.uk/...solo.htm

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  • Trevor Holmes on 08 Aug 08
     
    This page explains in a nutshell what John Biggs is on about; the SOLO taxonomy is a really nice alternative to Bloom from a different tradition entirely; however, it isn't without its own problems.
  • Trevor Holmes on 08 Aug 08
     
    I%20like%20the%20visuals%20to%20explain%20the%20different%20levels%3B%20I%20love%20the%20site%20creator's%20critiques%20too!%20Worth%20poking%20around%20his%20other%20pages.
Trevor Holmes

Soil Infiltration and Saturation - 0 views

www.trentu.ca/...infiltration

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shared by Trevor Holmes on 08 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Trevor Holmes on 08 Aug 08
     
    One of my favourite learning objects of all time. I watched it being created by the late Jonathan Swallow with support from then-workstudy student Brad Carson when I was running the Interactive Learning Centre at Trent U. I loved how Jonathan was able to take something in the prof's head and reconceptualize it / build it for students.
Alan Kirker

visualcomplexity.com | A visual exploration on mapping complex networks - 2 views

www.visualcomplexity.com/vc

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shared by Alan Kirker on 07 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Alan Kirker on 07 Jan 10
     
    from the site: "VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web. I truly hope this space can inspire, motivate and enlighten any person doing research on this field."
Trevor Holmes

Cultivated Play: Farmville | MediaCommons - 0 views

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  • Trevor Holmes on 18 Apr 10
     
    on farmville as game/ social capital etc.
Mark Morton

The Pitfalls of Academic Mentorships - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher E... - 0 views

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shared by Mark Morton on 25 Nov 09 - Cached
  • At the height of Plumb's career through the 1960s and early 1970s, the word "mentor" was used only occasionally in academe or the corporate world.
  • The era of the mentor began in earnest only in the mid-1970s. The Yale psychologist Daniel J. Levinson, best known for his studies of middle age, had a precise definition quoted in The Christian Science Monitor on February 14, 1977: a person 8 to 15 years older than the "mentee," a "peer or older brother" rather than a "distant father." Levinson continued: "He takes the younger man under his wing, ... imparts his wisdom, cares, sponsors, criticizes, and bestows his blessing."
  • Corporate mentoring took center stage in 1978 and 1979 with two articles in the Harvard Business Review. The title of the first, an interview with a group of senior executives from the Jewel Companies, echoes to this day: "Everyone Who Makes It Has a Mentor."
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  • Harriet Zuckerman's 1977 book on the scientific elite and American Nobel laureates had shown how crucial the system of graduate supervision had been; more than half of America's Nobel laureates by the year 1972 had been students, postdoctoral fellows, or junior collaborators with older laureates, and many others had worked with major nonlaureates.
  • For all my gratitude for such support, I remain skeptical about the mentor-protégé bond and see the "Much Ado about Mentors," to quote the title of Roche's late 1970s Harvard Business Review article, as the start of a disturbing trend.
  • Yet the search for a mentor, for a safe initiation into academic or corporate mysteries, can overshadow the entrepreneurial spirit. Roche himself pointed out that mentored executives "do not consider having a mentor an important ingredient in their own success." They credited their aptitudes, hard work, and even luck ahead of mentoring.
  • The current trend toward overvaluing mentors is understandable but mistaken.
Mark Morton

How First-Year Faculty Members Can Help Their Chairmen - Advice - The Chronicle of High... - 0 views

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shared by Mark Morton on 25 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Ask for multiple mentors so you can get the benefit of experts in more than one topic. Many professors are overworked and overassigned, so getting a single, good mentor can be a pretty tall order. Instead, work with your chairman to determine four or five topics on which you would like to receive guidance from several mentors.
  • Some suggestions: Find out who the whizzes are at teaching the various kinds of courses in your department and ask to meet with them. Believe me, most good teachers will find time to talk about their own approaches to teaching; it's quite flattering. Ask to be linked with someone who can help you to understand how to balance scholarship and good teaching, or how to make the service expectations of the institution jibe with the teaching expectations. After you meet with your colleagues, talk about these things with your chairman.
Mark Morton

Mobile as the Catalyst for Student Engagement - 0 views

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    A pre-recorded webinar on how mobile learning can engage students.
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