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http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/schacterlab/files/schacterszpunar_sotlip_2015.pdf - 1 views

  • This article provides a conceptual framework for thinking aboutattention and memory during video-recorded lectures, particularly as related toonline learning, that builds on 3 key claims: (a) online learning can be conceivedas a type of self-regulated learning, (b) mind wandering reflects a failure ofexecutive control that can impair learning from lectures, and (c) providing inter-mittent tests or quizzes can benefit attenti
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    enhance lecture learning in traditional classroom settings and in online education. This article provides a conceptual framework for thinking about attention and memory during video-recorded lectures, particularly as related to online learning, that builds on 3 key claims: (a) online learning can be conceived as a type of self-regulated learning, (b) mind wandering reflects a failure of executive control that can impair learning from lectures, and (c) providing intermittent tests or quizzes can benefit attention and learning. We then summarize recent studies based on this framework that examine the effects of interpolating brief quizzes in a video-recorded lecture. These studies reveal that interpolated quizzing during a video-recorded lecture reduces mind wandering, increases taskrelevant behaviors such as note taking, boosts learning, and also improves calibration between predicted and actual performance.
Stephen Allen

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. - 1 views

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    This is the test. It takes about one second. I suppose it could point to or eliminate connection speed as an issue when a user is having trouble with one of our videos.
Stephen Allen

Check Streaming Video Speed With Youtube Test Video - 1 views

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    I never saw this tool before. I wonder if it can help us figure out what's going on when UA-hosted videos aren't playing nicely with others.
wlampner

Facebook testing features to let users teach online courses - 0 views

  • Facebook is testing new features in its developer community that, if rolled out across the platform, could let anyone on the social networking service teach online courses.
  • initiative, known as Developers Circles,
  • The company is working with online education provider Udacity to create training programs for developers who participate in the circles.
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  • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently taken an interest in education. He and pediatrician Priscilla Chan, his wife, in 2015 founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which among many initiatives is exploring whether personalized learning can benefit students.
  • I'm nervous about a deep integration of social media and learning. The mix of constant interruption (social media) with a need to focus (learning) seems counterproductive.”
Patrick Tabatcher

Toggle JavaScript in Safari with Keyboard Maestro | Breaking Apple News, Tips and Revie... - 0 views

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    Good tip for testing and trouble-shooting.
wlampner

Baked In: How BenchPrep Is Turning e-Textbooks Into Virtual Study Groups | Fast Company - 2 views

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    Social networking-enabled test prep textbooks with interactive quizzes.
wlampner

"Individualized learning environments are still a long way off" - 0 views

  • Creating content is an involved process. You can’t simply take a textbook, perhaps in digital form, and load it into a learning management system, bit by bit. The material needs to be organized by degree of difficulty and learning objectives. It has to be grouped into modules and tagged to identify the information that is intended for experts, the material students are expected to learn, and the material that is primarily meant to provoke thought.
  • Students need to be able to rate content and view others’ ratings and reviews.
  • he system might determine early on that a given student will find it difficult to pass a test. It could then offer materials to enhance that student’s understanding.
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  • privacy regulations are an obstacle
  • he material needs to be organized by degree of difficulty and learning objectives. It has to be grouped into modules and tagged to identify the information that is intended for experts, the material students are expected to learn, and the material that is primarily meant to provoke thought.
  • Students need to be able to rate content and view others’ ratings and reviews.
  • he system might determine early on that a given student will find it difficult to pass a test. It could then offer materials to enhance that student’s understanding.
  • How well the team works together is also assessed.
  • But if I have upwards of 5,000 students, a certain dynamism is created. Suddenly I have 100 or 200 people in the “first row of the lecture hall” who are very active and serve to motivate the rest of the group. It’s fascinating to see how that works in the online environment.
wlampner

"The Audrey Test": Or, What Should Every Techie Know About Education? - 0 views

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    thought provoking and useful
Patrick Tabatcher

The Writers, Directors, and Producers who Make Films that Fail the Bechdel Test - 0 views

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    Another page that looks at gender in films. Also with some nice charts.
wlampner

U.S. Department of Education Expands Innovation in Higher Education through the Experim... - 0 views

  • The Department took those suggestions, and will be providing institutions with greater regulatory flexibility to design and test new approaches to student financial aid designed to meet the need of these students through several new experiments that will: Enable students to earn federal student aid based on how much they learn, rather than the amount of time they spend in class by providing federal aid to students enrolled in self-paced competency-based education programs. Provide flexibility for an institution to provide a mix of direct assessment coursework and credit hour coursework in the same program. Allow the use of federal student aid to pay for prior learning assessments, which can allow students—including returning adults or veterans—to decrease their time to get a degree.
  • Institutions that apply for and are granted these limited waivers would be able to have more flexibility over a portion of their federal student aid in order to implement experiments suggested by colleges, universities and the higher education community. Applications for the new experiments will be due in late September
  • Department is also announcing today that it will collaborate with the Department of Labor to develop a $25 million grant competition for an Online Skills Academy to support the development of a platform to enable high-quality, free or low-cost pathways to degrees, certificates, or other employer-recognized credentials
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  • release a notice inviting applications this week for a $1.5 million grant to study online education which will contribute to the growing body of evidence about what works in online education, especially for low-income and first-generation students.
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