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Jonathan Becker

Humans Still Win: A Comparison of Two Robo Essay Readers From Turnitin and WriteLab | E... - 0 views

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    "Robots may replace me as a journalist, but English teachers can rest assured that machines have a long way to go to before being able to offer quality feedback. "
anonymous

What we've learned after several decades of online learning (essay) - 2 views

  • The professor’s direct involvement in all facets of course development and management -- including design, instruction, meaningful and frequent interactions with the learners and assessment -- enhances student learning outcomes across all degree levels and programs. When the learning experience is divided (unbundled) among several segments, student learning outcomes are considerably lower. We have tried unbundling the learning process and have experimented with course developers and designers, teaching assistants, mentors, success coaches and a learning team, and we have always received inferior results compared to when a faculty member is fully involved in all facets of the course.
Tom Woodward

Letter: What We've Learned - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "It's no accident that many of the most-read New York Times articles of the last few years have been complex takes on serious subjects in a form other than a traditional article: an explainer of the Ebola crisis, a photo essay on aging, a video on ISIS and, from us, the rent-vs.-buy calculator, a graphic on nonemployed men, a map on poverty and an interactive on generational politics."
Tom Woodward

the #swag syllabus - the #swag class - Medium - 0 views

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    Bet you never thought of the adjective "cool" when writing your syllabus. In case you want to start, this syllabus is very cool. I will be following this class as they publish their writing openly. I am optimistic that the teaching & learning will be pretty cool.
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    " This course is not one in which an instructor feeds you information and you regurgitate it for a good grade. You (the student) and I (the instructor) are almost certainly going to disagree on some things, and that's just fine (see the Grading section below). It's probably easiest to think of this course as a small, independent publication/think tank focused on the concept of 'cool'. Your job is to look carefully and thoughtfully at the world around you, and produce a series of essays that would help a potential reader understand your stance on what 'cool' means to you. You'll be using the process of writing and editing to help you define, and refine, that stance for yourself. You're also responsible for helping your fellow writers do the same. " h/t Stan
Yin Wah Kreher

'Voice' Isn't the Point of Writing - The Atlantic - 3 views

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    Not that I think there's much actual merit in the "find your voice" theory, but you've just conflated being a good (that is, literary) writer with being an employed writer, and also your "voice" with grammatical minutiae. Read any essay by Benjamin and you'll find it unmistakable, no matter what the format of publication. Perhaps it's time to stop longing for the day you find your own voice. The second-worst kind of writing is committed by those struggling to find their voice (the worst kind being by those who think they have found it).
Yin Wah Kreher

Ways of Seeing: The Contemporary Photo Essay | TIME - 1 views

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    "In this seven-part series, TIME looks back over the past 12 months to identify some of the ways of seeing-whether conceptually, aesthetically or through dissemination-that have grabbed our attention and been influential in maintaining photography's relevance in an ever shifting environment, media landscape, and culture now ruled by images."
Enoch Hale

The Ph.D. Octopus, by William James - Classic British Essays - 0 views

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    "Originally published in the Harvard Monthly in March 1903, "The Ph.D. Octopus" by philosopher William James offers a powerful critique of the "tyrannical Machine" of graduate education and the growing obsession with examinations, diplomas, and "decorative titles.""
sanamuah

Circles Sines and Signals - Introduction - 1 views

  • This text is designed to accompany your study of introductory digital signal processing.1 It’s an eccentric piece of not-so-rigorous literature with a preoccupation for explaining things using interactive visualizations, animations and sound.
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    In the vein of Bret Victor's Explorable Explanations, this site uses several interactive visualizations to explain complex topics
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    Great example. He even references Victor's Magic Ink essay http://worrydream.com/#!/MagicInk
sanamuah

"Know Thy Selfie": A Selfie Group Discussion Assignment - ProfHacker - Blogs - The Chro... - 3 views

  • Mark C. Marino, assistant professor of Writing at the University of Southern California, came up with this admirable assignment titled “Know Thy Selfie”, in which students are directed to unpack their own selfies for signifiers of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and other identity markers, and to write a thesis-driven essay based on this analysis.
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    What an insightful assignment- I will keep this one in mind for teaching cultural awareness and empathy
Jonathan Becker

Why Has Ed Tech Made So Little Difference? - Top Performers - Education Week - 0 views

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    "But that will not happen unless countries and states make very large investments in their teachers. Not, I might add, to teach them how to use technology.  That will get us nowhere. Their lack of knowledge about how to use technology has never been the problem. It is their lack of deep knowledge about the doors that the technology can open that is the problem."
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