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Putting the Education Back in Ed Tech | Patrick Woessner's blog - 0 views

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The tech has truly arrived once it has become transparent

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t r u t h o u t | Obama's Betrayal of Public Education? Arne Duncan and the Corporate M... - 0 views

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Unless Duncan is willing to reinvent himself, the national agenda he will develop for education embodies and exacerbates these problems and, as such, it will leave a lot more kids behind than it helps.
- Ed Webb on 29 Jan 09
  
  Well, if the point is to help them, it doesn't look good. But if the point is to produce 'disciplined bodies' (so much Foucault in this piece) or productive citizens in a narrow sense, perhaps Arne is the man for the job. Seems likely higher ed will have to continue undoing the damage for the ones lucky enough to get there, if it's more of the corporate, test-driven model on offer.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Well, if the point is to help them, it doesn't look good. But if the point is to produce 'disciplined bodies' (so much Foucault in this piece) or productive citizens in a narrow sense, perhaps Arne is the man for the job. Seems likely higher ed will have to continue undoing the damage for the ones lucky enough to get there, if it's more of the corporate, test-driven model on offer.</div>
  
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Weblogg-ed » "Oh, and You Have a Degree, Too?" - 0 views

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Read the comments as well as the post - a rich and interesting discussions

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A must-read!

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Imagining College Without Grades :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education's Source for N... - 0 views

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the elimination of grades — if they are replaced with narrative evaluations, rubrics, and clear learning goals — results in more accountability and better ways for a colleges to measure the success not only of students but of its academic programs.
- Ed Webb on 28 Jan 09
  
  This strikes me intuitively as correct. Grades are a substitute for thoughful assessment of learning outcomes, not an equivalent to it.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This strikes me intuitively as correct. Grades are a substitute for thoughful assessment of learning outcomes, not an equivalent to it.</div>
  
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the idea of consistent and clear grading just doesn’t reflect the mobility of students
- Ed Webb on 28 Jan 09
  
  Absolutely. My own institution, Dickinson College, sends ~70% of its students abroad for at least a semester, and most often a year. I have experience in education in different national contexts, and grading conventions simply do not translate.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Absolutely. My own institution, Dickinson College, sends ~70% of its students abroad for at least a semester, and most often a year. I have experience in education in different national contexts, and grading conventions simply do not translate.</div>
  
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ending grades can mean much more work for both students and faculty members.
- Ed Webb on 28 Jan 09
  
  Aye, there's the rub. Those of us who are serious about learning - students and faculty - have to recognize that better learning is more work. On the other hand, it's more fun, too.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Aye, there's the rub. Those of us who are serious about learning - students and faculty - have to recognize that better learning is more work. On the other hand, it's more fun, too.</div>
  
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When faculty members are providing written, detailed analyses of multiple course objectives and are also — for majors — relating performance to larger goals for the major, so much more is taking place she said, than in a letter grade.
- Ed Webb on 28 Jan 09
  
  Yes. Grades are a terrible assessment tool.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yes. Grades are a terrible assessment tool.</div>
  
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the training that colleges provide to professors before they start producing narrative evaluations, and officials of the no-grades colleges all said that training was extensive, and that faculty members needed mentors as they started out.
- Ed Webb on 28 Jan 09
  
  And how much training do faculty get before they start handing out grades?
  
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they end up favoring the evaluation system
- Ed Webb on 28 Jan 09
  
  This is the point. Users have to be educated in the advantages of the system - once they have been, they are likely to favor it over grading.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is the point. Users have to be educated in the advantages of the system - once they have been, they are likely to favor it over grading.</div>
  
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Websites 'must be saved for history' | Technology | The Observer - 0 views

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while the Domesday Book, written on sheepskin in 1086, is still easily accessible, the software for many decade-old computer files - including thousands of government records - already renders them unreadable. The ephemera of emails, text messages and online video add to the headache of the 21st-century archivist.
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In 2007 the library worked with Microsoft and the National Archives at Kew to prevent a "digital dark age" by unlocking millions of unreadable stored computer files. Microsoft installed the Virtual PC 2007, allowing users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on the same computer and unlock what are called "legacy" Microsoft Office formats dating back 15 years or more.
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Do we want to keep the Twitter account of Stephen Fry or some of the marginalia around the edges of the Sydney Olympics? I don't think we necessarily do."
- Ed Webb on 27 Jan 09
  
  Hell yes!
  
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Ed Webb on 27 Jan 09

Something to ponder as we rely increasingly on the web for information and for publishing.

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Dawn of the cyberstudent | University challenge | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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students often have more experience of using new technologies than many university managers — even if they need guidance in using them effectively
- Ed Webb on 27 Jan 09
  
  And there's the rub. Students can often read, too, in the basic sense. But our job as higher educators is to get them to really read, to read critically and do something with that reading. So, too, with the affordances of web2.0.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">And there's the rub. Students can often read, too, in the basic sense. But our job as higher educators is to get them to really read, to read critically and do something with that reading. So, too, with the affordances of web2.0.</div>
  
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the research process is likely to become much more open
- Ed Webb on 27 Jan 09
  
  We can hope
  
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"If you are in Second Life listening to a lecture, your ability to fly through a bush isn't that relevant,
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a balance that suits them, which may lead to more varying degrees of face-to-face and online contact,
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All this will put added pressure on university staff, with increasing demands to respond to students 24/7. Read suggests one answer could be for universities in different parts of the world to share the load so that, as often happens already in industry "the work moves around with the sun".
- Ed Webb on 27 Jan 09
  
  Interesting concept. Dickinson and other internationally-connected institutions would be in good shape to innovate here.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting concept. Dickinson and other internationally-connected institutions would be in good shape to innovate here.</div>
  
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Ed Webb on 27 Jan 09

Guardian on how higher ed will have to adapt. Not sure the revolution is here quite yet.

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Ed Webb on 27 Jan 09

"Cyberstudent" is a hideous term.

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