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Jennifer Bartecchi

It Stems from Algebra: Professor Chris Dede and Assistant Professor Jon Star | Harvard ... - 4 views

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    "It Stems from Algebra: Professor Chris Dede and Assistant Professor Jon Star" Chris & Jon Star investigate the effects of online learning in math instruction & STEM.
Danna Ortiz

What to test instead - Ideas - The Boston Globe - 2 views

  • A new wave of test designers believe they can measure creativity, problem solving, and collaboration – and that a smarter exam could change education.
  • Reengineering tests has become a kind of calling for a group of educators and researchers around the country. With millions of dollars of funding from the federal government, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as from firms like Cisco Systems, Intel, and Microsoft, they have set about rethinking what a test can do, what it can look like, and what qualities it can assess.
  • computer simulations, games, and stealth monitoring
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  • Chris Dede at Harvard
  • Such predictions require a clear sense of the qualities a person needs in order to thrive.
  • There are just a lot fewer jobs where you’re not doing information-seeking, interpreting, problem-solving, and communication than in the past.”
  • engineer tests
  • equire people to exercise a bundle of complex skills at the same time,
  • rafting computer programs that take advantage of so-called stealth assessment, a method of judging test-takers without telling them exactly what’s being judged.
  • When we test, we’re really probing for certain qualities—the particular mix of knowledge and ability—that tell us a student is ready to move ahead, or an employee will be an asset to the firm.
  • developed a 3D video game to test scientific skills
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  • evaluated
  • rocess they go through to attack a problem.
  • Harvard developmental psychologist Howard Gardner participated in an effort to design new kinds of tests in the humanities that could be graded objectively.
  • Ultimately, he found that the nuance required to measure softer skills collided with the demands of standardization.
  • A test becomes a sign post,
  • t becomes an example of what to strive for.”
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    How test designers are trying to move away from standardized tests to computer programs that can measure a myriad of skills simultaneously through simulations and "stealth monitoring."  Both Chris Dede and Howard Gardner are mentioned.
Jennifer Bartecchi

An Odd Couple of Measuring 21st Century Skills - Getting Smart by Tom Vander Ark - blen... - 1 views

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    Has this article about Chris Dede & EcoMuve been shared yet? I like its take on stepping up field trips...
Michelle Chung

Augmented Reality Technology Brings Learning to Life - 0 views

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    Article from Usable Knowledge regarding augmented reality from the perspective of Mr. Dede himself!
Malik Hussain

Into the wild: Checking learning environments against learning science - Bror's Blog - 0 views

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    Definitely worthwhile to keep a pulse on Dr. Bror Saxberg's work, esp. if you are interested in learning science. He is the Chief Learning Office at Kaplan and has a unique academic background (a Rhodes Scholar with MD from Harvard, PhD from MIT, Masters from Oxford, etc.) Professor Dede had also mentioned him in one of our previous lectures. Your's truly had the honor of having breakfast, one-on-one, with Dr. Bror Saxberg at his office in DC. :-) This posting talks about a beta course at Kaplan to train "learning architects" on how to build learning environments.
Chris Dede

epic-ed Newsletter - 2 views

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    2 webinars of interest, including David Rose and Chris Dede doing tag-team on emerging technologies
Rupangi Sharma

Looking to the Future with Chris Dede and David Rose - 2 views

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    Must see webinar. >>Dr. Glenn Kleiman, Executive Director of the Friday Institute of Educational Innovation in the College of Education at North Carolina State University moderated this discussion with Chris Dede and David Rose held on November 15, 2012. The intersection of mobile computing, social software, and augmented realities enhances and increases opportunities for personalized learning. How do we capitalize on the rich array of technologies to not only engage students, but to provide multiple pathways for expression by all students? David and Chris, both members of the working group that developed the National Education Technology Plan in 2010, discussed future directions for digital learning, including universal design for learning, augmented realities, and social and mobile technologies.
Hongge Ren

Chris Dede and John Richards Discuss Differentiation and Digital Teaching Platforms (Ex... - 0 views

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    Chris Dede and John Richards, editors of Digital Teaching Platforms: Customizing Classroom Learning for Each Student, discuss differentiation and digital teaching platforms.
Malik Hussain

"Rabbit has Brain" [said Piglet] . . . "[T]hat's why he never understands anything" [sa... - 1 views

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    Dr. Saxberg's blog on an interesting research finding about teachers' misconceptions about how learning works. He also mentions (towards the end) his upcoming book. As you would recall Professor Dede had mentioned Dr. Saxberg in the context of EdX a few weeks ago.
Irina Uk

Digital learning: The future of schooling? - 1 views

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    This recaps an event on digital learning. Professor Dede is mentioned in this article.
aybüke gül Türker

Harvard Professor Chris Dede Encourages Teachers to Embrace Mobile Learning Devices to ... - 1 views

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    " teaching is like an orchestra "
Maung Nyeu

Tom Vander Ark: 2011 Was an Inflection Point for Digital Learning - 4 views

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    This article reminds of what Professor Dede said in the class, that we are at the inflection point in the history of of educational technologies. The author confirms that with eleven marked changes.
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    This is a very exciting time but I noticed that the author cited evidence that I believe will only contribute to the achievement gap. He cites that poverty is increasing and every new educational effort requires money or families with time to spend with their children. The adults who focus on children in poverty are the teachers. Where are they in the list?
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    I agree overall about 2011 being an inflection point, but I also remember that IBM 360 and TV were supposed to revolutionalize education too.
Ando Endano

Future AR Possibilities Video By HP - 0 views

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    Here is a dynamic video by HP forecasting future possibilities in the realm of AR, sort of in the same genre as the Microsoft video shown by Professor Dede in T561.
Jennifer Hern

Currents - Virtual Classrooms Could Create a Marketplace for Knowledge - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • The magazine told of a new building at the University of Miami, doughnut-shaped and carved up into 12 rooms. Professors stood in the hole and had their image projected into every room simultaneously. Faculty productivity was said to have soared. What was lost in intimacy would, readers were assured, be made up for by feedback buttons on students’ chairs, including one for “I don’t understand.”
  • Thanks to broadening Internet access, advances in multimedia and the market potential of millions of historically underserved learners among the developing world’s youth and the rich world’s adults, modern versions of the doughnut building are flowering globally: systems through which chunks of teaching can be “scaled up,” in business jargon, and beamed to hundreds of thousands worldwide.
  • Allow anyone anywhere to take whatever course they want, whenever, over any medium, they say. Make universities compete on quality, price and convenience.
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    Virtual professors? I think a virtual Dede would be cool, but I like knowing his mustache is real, and not bought in a virtual hair salon.
James Glanville

EdTechTeacher2012 Winter Conference | Leading Change in Changing Times - 1 views

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    Tom Daccord and Justin Reich have a great blog on their EdTechTeacher website.  Coming up on March 3-4, they are hosting the EdTechTeacher2012 Winter Conference "Leading Change in Changing Times"  featuring familiar faces:  Chris Dede and Stone Wiske.
Katherine Tarulli

Microsoft's new video of the future with augmented reality - 1 views

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    This is Microsoft's updated take on what the future looks like with augmented reality. It seems to be an update on the video Chris Dede showed us at the beginning of the semester. Similar, but more reflective of the current zeitgeist. 
Hongge Ren

Researchers Meet at Harvard's Graduate School of Education to Discuss the Emergence of ... - 4 views

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    "The digital teaching platform is an innovative approach to personalizing student learning in a group classroom setting," said Chris Dede, Ed.D., the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and a member of the Research Advisory Board.
Jason Hammon

MOOCs: Two Different Approaches to Scale, Access and Experimentation |e-Literate - 2 views

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    Scaling MOOCs
Jason Hammon

How an Upstart Company Might Profit From Free Courses - College 2.0 - The Chronicle of ... - 1 views

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    This article links to the contract between Coursera and the University of Michigan, mentioning the monetization possibilities, among others. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/400864-coursera-fully-executed-agreement.html#document/p40
Uche Amaechi

Educating Players: Are Games the Future of Education? | Observations, Scientific Americ... - 3 views

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    Notes from a conference on emerging technologies (not sure if Professor Dede was there or not). Count me as a skeptic re: OLPC's Ethiopia experiment, but the Institute of Play/EA partnership is an interesting one. 
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    I was at EmTech  at MIT during this panel discussion.
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    Thanks for sharing Mohit. I think the implementation of OLPC in numerous countries have been beneficial and a step in the right direction. Maybe if you do place a laptop in a child's hands, he/she could learn certain basic skills (like what the article suggested). But to go beyond that to higher-order thinking skills, a robust curriculum would be needed to complement the technology. Still, credit to these folks for reaching out to the children in need.
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