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By Paco Martorell and Isaac McFarlin, Jr., Sept 2007. Evidence on the effectiveness of remediation from the state of Texas.

By Kevin Carey in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Issue #15, Winter 2010. In this editorial, Carey (policy director of think tank Education Sector) argues that colleges are not fulfilling their mission to students: costs are rising and students are not learning (or even graduating). He argues for transparency and studies of the effectiveness of teaching and learning, and warns of the education-related lobbies that keep the rest of us in the dark about higher education.

This is the blog of Gráinne Conole, professor of e-learning in the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University. Conole writes about a variety of e-learning projects that she is working on, as well as reporting on conferences that she attends.

Automated essay scoring (AES) has many benefits such as immediate grading, reliable reporting, and diagnostic feedback. While automation poses certain operational and technical challenges, more states are adopting AES for both formative and summative assessments. This presentation presents empirical data from the state of West Virginia online writing assessments on the reliability and validity of machine scores.

By Thomas A. Angelo, DePaul University - School for New Learning. "This paper synthesizes theories, findings, and strategies from a variety of literatures into seven transformative ideas which, taken together, have the potential to make our mental models of and approaches to faculty development more effective."

Shared by Y.H. in January coffeeklatch

Based at Indiana University, "NSSE annually collects information at hundreds of four-year colleges and universities about student participation in programs and activities that institutions provide for their learning and personal development." According to NSSE, student engagement represents both "the amount of time and effort students put into their studies" and "how the institution deploys its resources and organizes the curriculum."

Distinction between primary and secondary sources, on Ithaca College library's website.

N.H. Lesson 10, semester 2.

NH used this website to help teach about primary and secondary sources (week 10, semester 3).

In addition to bookmarking the home page of this site (follow tag: wep), I have bookmarked the About page where James Gee welcomes users and explains his vision for worked examples.

The mission of this organization is to improve community college effectiveness and student success by engaging in relevant and applicable research related to community college practice and policy.

By David Brooks, The Opinion Pages, The New York Times, March 7, 2011. Growing interdisciplinary research into the importance of the unconscious parts of our minds, emotions and our relationships, and how these lead to a different view of human capital.

R.A. posted the link to this article in March's coffee klatch. "[article] seems to capture the complexity of our pedagogy and our classrooms..."

By Jennifer Gonzalez, Students column, The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 10, 2011. Studies conducted by MDRC have found that, "while students [in learning communities] do make academic gains, such as progressing more quickly through developmental courses, the gains don't persist beyond the semester students are involved in the learning community." Authors acknowledge that these are early findings and that later findings may prove different results.

On YouTube, uploaded by researchtutorials

R.O. Lesson 13, Semester 2