Interesting blog entry. Great graphic.

"A system that values obedience over curiosity isn't education and it definitely isn't science."

Interesting... as if more information is going to change teacher behavior in their classroom.

Research Report: Measuring What Matters Most: Choice-Based Assessments for the Digital Age.

David Knowles sent me this link today. This is what we've been saying all along, so most of it is preaching to the choir. The key piece I see in it is that his list of critical technology includes an LMS! Here's the quote: Device-agnostic technology that provides access to the Internet and appropriate Learning Management Systems, coupled with a committed teacher, is often all that is needed to help students become powerful consumers and producers of knowledge.

This links goes to the Methods section, but there are phrases for all sections of a proposal/thesis/dissertation.

Etienne and Bev's site

Interesting website -- details seem elusive, though. This particular page mentions an author "Chris Dede" who I think is the same author Brenda sent me an article by that she found very useful.

"Write every day" is fabulous advice. But, how do you actually do it? That was my question for a long time before I finally convinced myself to give it a try.

Blackboard's rebranded Elluminate

Interesting!

Cristina Cost shared this chapter of the book: Academics as Public Intellectuals: Rethinking Classroom Politics.

It was Giroux's chapter that the link went to. He was a little hard to read, but I'm hoping one day I'll be able to read it. $1.00 is a BARGAIN!!

Just thought this was interesting to share.

Excellent blog post about how to deal with comments for articles submitted to peer reviewed journals. Tucking this away for the day when we start writing these things.

A book for writing proposals recommended by a friend of mine who has finished his PhD.

An easy read about the difference between Positivism and Post-Positivism. Still trying to get my head around all this philosophical stuff.

Found this gem in Sylvia Currie's "My Practice" discussion. Lots of good stuff in here.

The Doctoral Colloquium is a forum in which Ph.D. students meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced CSCW researchers and practitioners.