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Organizing your personal research library and compiling bibliographies: I was an EndNot... - 0 views
When Getting Rid of College Lectures Makes Sense - Slashdot - 1 views
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"NPR reports that Harvard physicist and professor Eric Mazur has largely gotten rid of the lecture in his classes, after finding that in lecture-based classes, students tend to commit to memory formulae and heuristics, but fail to develop deep understanding of concepts. Mazur has tried - and seemingly succeeded - to cultivate deeper learning with a combination of small group peer-instruction and a tight feedback loop based on in-class polling about particular problems."
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Hey guys. Happy new year, hope yaz had a nice break. The idea posted in this thread at /. no doubt isnt new to you all, neither the whole learning-styles thing, but the thread itself is actually not a bad read, lots of differing opinions, not all geeks.
As We May Think -Vannevar Bush - The Atlantic - 0 views
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The classic 1945 article describing the Memex machine - a pre-cursor to hypertext linking and the web.
Science of the Invisible: Rant for the Day - 1 views
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"Competencies not Literacies! Measurable, deliverable, understandable. Why are people trying to burden students [& staff] with things they can't even define?"<--hmm something rang true for me here.
Importing ePub files into Dynamic Learning Maps - MEDEV, School of Medical Sciences Edu... - 0 views
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Not sure I follow this but it's ePub so should be worthwhile!
Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived - The Oatmeal - 0 views
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Milk and crackers. That's al I need to be a genius!
Can't tweet or won't tweet? What are the reasons behind low adoption of web 2.0 tools b... - 1 views
Open Educational Resources and Change in Higher Education: Reflections from Practice - 0 views
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Book on OER practice.
Who gives a tweet? Evaluating microblog content gives us an insight into what makes a v... - 0 views
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"Taking first steps in the Twitterverse can be a nerve-wrecking experience with new users unsure what thoughts to tweet to the world. Here, Paul André, Michael Bernstein and Kurt Luther attempt to fill the void and give some insights into what makes interesting and valuable microblog content." Actually doesn't give any real insights about 'academic' content - the first comment makes that point well. Perhaps the full paper is better.
ICT Education: Australia vs NZ :: IITP Newsline - 1 views
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Thought you WCELers might be interested in this... Dean ICT Education: Australia vs NZ by Prof John Hosking, Formerly Auckland Uni, now Australia National University Auckland University's Professor John Hosking was a leading figure in New Zealand's Computer Science community. However in 2011 he followed Phar Lap, Russell Crowe and Pavlova across the ditch, in his case taking up the role as Dean of the College of Engineering and CS at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Citation management tool for open science | Opensource.com - 1 views
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Quick description of why one researcher uses Zotero
Impact of Social Sciences - Academic publishing can free itself from its outdated path ... - 0 views
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thoughtful article on the idea that path dependance has led to an academic publishing system that works but is sub-optimal in the new technology environment.
Impact of Social Sciences - Whose ideas are they anyway? Academic work as a form of pub... - 0 views
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Interesting article looking at the ownership of ideas. It made me think of Connectivism - ideas and knowledge exist in the network, not in the individual. If we recognised this would the problem discussed disappear?
Impact of Social Sciences - Formal academic conferences and informal blogging play comp... - 0 views
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Why conferences and blogging are both good for academics.
Cell biology animations - 0 views
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Flash based animation showing processes in cells - DNA, photosynthesis, glycolysis, etc.
BioVisions - 0 views
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Videos on biology. Click through to 'All Media'.
DLM - 0 views
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"In a traditional teaching laboratory environment, students typically arrive at the laboratory to do an experiment without a clear idea of the practical techniques they will be using, the skills they will need, or the chemistry behind the practical."
Gen Y not so hi tech (Science Alert) - 0 views
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Report on DBEL survey.
'iTunes university' better than the real thing - science-in-society - 18 February 2009 ... - 1 views
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"New psychological research suggests that university students who download a podcast lecture achieve substantially higher exam results than those who attend the lecture in person." Would have been nice to cite this morning ;-)
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