Skip to main content

Home/ Writing Across the Curriculum/ Group items tagged research

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Keith Hamon

The Necessity of Funding Failure | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

www.wired.com/...e-necessity-of-funding-failure

Jonah Lehrer risk ambiguity failure Education 2.0 education critical thinking

shared by Keith Hamon on 05 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • The moral is that these scientists weren’t producing better research because they were smarter or more creative or had more money. Instead, they had more success because they were more willing to fail.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 05 Oct 11
       
      These scientists both failed and succeeded at a higher rate than the other group because they were given space to play in. How do we create those spaces in our classrooms? I think games and free, non-graded writing help.
  • Keith Hamon on 05 Oct 11
     
    A few years ago, a team of economists at MIT and UCSD analyzed the data from NIH and HHMI funded labs to see which funding strategy was more effective. … The data was clear: In every biomedical field, the risky HHMI grants were generating the most important, innovative and influential research.
Keith Hamon

How to Create Excellent Courses with Open Education Resources | online learning insights - 0 views

onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/...-with-open-education-resources

Debbie Morrison OER elearning oercommons Open Tapestry

shared by Keith Hamon on 04 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 04 Dec 12
     
    Open Educational Resources abbreviated as OER, are openly formatted and licensed documents and media accessed on the Web that are useful for teaching, learning, education, assessment and research that anyone can openly use and reuse, without charge.
Keith Hamon

How to Use Google Search More Effectively [INFOGRAPHIC] - 0 views

mashable.com/...google-search-infographic

Josh Catone Google Search howto writing

shared by Keith Hamon on 20 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 20 Apr 12
     
    "Sadly, though web searches have become and integral part of the academic research landscape, the art of the Google search is an increasingly lost one. A recent study at Illinois Wesleyan University found that fewer than 25% of students could perform a "reasonably well-executed search.""
Keith Hamon

Why Flip The Classroom When We Can Make It Do Cartwheels? | Co.Exist: World changing id... - 4 views

www.fastcoexist.com/...n-we-can-make-it-do-cartwheels

Cathy Davidson flipped classroom elearning Education 2.0

shared by Keith Hamon on 13 May 12 - No Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 13 May 12
     
    In some ways, the flipped model is an improvement. Research shows that tailored tutoring is more effective than lectures for understanding, mastery, and retention. But the flipped classroom doesn't come close to preparing students for the challenges of today's world and workforce. As progressive educational activist Alfie Kohn notes, great teaching isn't just about content but motivation and empowerment: Real learning gives you the mental habits, practice, and confidence to know that, in a crisis, you can count on yourself to learn something new. That's crucial in a world where, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, adults change careers (not just jobs) four to six times or where, as an Australian study predicts, 65% of today's teens will end up in careers that haven't even been invented yet. We don't need to flip the classroom. We need to make it do cartwheels.
  • Thomas Clancy on 13 May 12
     
    I find this paragraph particularly telling: "The cartwheeled classroom not only connects text books and classrooms to the real world, but it also inspires, uplifts, and offers the joy of accomplishment. Transformative, connected knowledge isn't a thing--it's an action, an accomplishment, a connection that spins your world upside down, then sets you squarely on your feet, eager to whirl again. It's a paradigm shift." Imagine what this could mean for our ASU QEP, for example, if we told our twelve 2012-2013 teachers that each of their QEP courses was going to be taught within the larger context of being meaningful to the population of a Haitian, African, Muslim, or Afghan village or community. The difference for the students in their real-world learning would be immeasurable.
Keith Hamon

On Facebook, Librarian Brings 2 Students From the Early 1900s to Life - Wired Campus - ... - 1 views

chronicle.com/...34845

Nick DeSantis writing Facebook history elearning

shared by Keith Hamon on 09 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 09 Jan 12
     
    Donnelyn Curtis, the director of research collections and services at the University of Nevada at Reno, created Facebook profiles for Mr. McDonald and his wife, Leola Lewis, to give students a glimpse of university life during the couple's college days. Ms. Lewis graduated in 1913, and Mr. McDonald earned his degree in mechanical engineering two years later.
Keith Hamon

Future Work Skills 2020 - 0 views

apolloresearchinstitute.com/...52

edFutures

shared by Keith Hamon on 30 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 30 Jan 12
     
    An introduction and links to a study by the Apollo Research Institute that list 6 cultural shifts and 10 skills that help people handle those shifts as productively as possible.
Keith Hamon

Language and Your Brain [INFOGRAPHIC] | Voxy Blog - 1 views

voxy.com/...age-and-your-brain-infographic

language infographic

shared by Keith Hamon on 14 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 14 Nov 11
     
    For centuries, researchers have studied the brain to find exactly where mechanisms for producing and interpreting language reside. Theories abound on how humans acquire new languages and how our developing brains learn to process languages. We take a look at the mysteries of language and the brain in the infographic below.
asinha123

SMART - Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation - Part of the National Defen... - 0 views

smart.asee.org

Engineering

shared by asinha123 on 20 Jun 12 - Cached
  • Welcome and thank you for your interest in this exciting scholarship opportunity. The Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program has been established by the Department of Defense (DoD) to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
    • asinha123
      asinha123 on 20 Jun 12
       
      Great opportunity for scholarship
Thomas Clancy

Hype Cycle Research Methodology | Gartner Inc. - 0 views

www.gartner.com/...hype-cycle.jsp

technology methodology elearning

shared by Thomas Clancy on 09 Jul 13 - Cached
  • Thomas Clancy on 09 Jul 13
     
    This chart could apply to MOOCs or to any innovation that we bring to our teachers and that they bring to their classrooms.
Stephanie Cooper

Writing the Methodology - Quantitative Approach - 0 views

www.bcps.org/...iting_method_quantitative.html

writing methodology quantitative writing

shared by Stephanie Cooper on 25 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Descriptive research seeks to describe the current status of an identified variable or phenomenon.  The researcher does not usually begin with an hypothesis, but is likely to develop one after collecting data.  Analysis and synthesis of the data provide the test of the hypothesis.  Systematic collection of information requires careful selection of the units studied and measurement of each variable in order to demonstrate validity.
Stephanie Cooper

Effective Assignments Using Library and Internet Resources-The Library-University of Ca... - 1 views

www.lib.berkeley.edu/...assignments.html

assignments resources research

shared by Stephanie Cooper on 29 Jun 10 - Cached
  • A well-designed assignment can teach students valuable research skills and improve the quality of their papers. Unfortunately, assignments also have the potential to confuse and frustrate students, leading to a poorly-written product.
Keith Hamon

Education Week: Schools Blend Virtual and Face-to-Face Teaching - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...4edtech_collaboration.h30.html

Katie Ash education hybrid elearning social networking PLN Education 2.0 Web 2.0

shared by Keith Hamon on 22 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 22 Sep 10
     
    Blended, or hybrid, learning has caught the eye of many looking into the potential of online learning, especially after the release of a meta-analysis and review of online-learning research by the U.S. Department of Education in May 2009. The authors found that "instruction combining online and face-to-face elements had a larger advantage" than either purely online or entirely face-to-face instruction.
Keith Hamon

Foundation for Critical Thinking: Books, Conferences and Academic Resources for Educato... - 0 views

www.criticalthinking.org/index.cfm

critical thinking education teaching learning writing

shared by Keith Hamon on 20 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 20 Sep 10
     
    The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking aim to improve education in colleges, universities and primary through secondary schools. We present publications, conferences, workshops and professional development programs, emphasizing instructional strategies, Socratic questioning, critical reading and writing, higher order thinking, assessment, research, quality enhancement, and competency standards.
Stephanie Cooper

100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School | Online Colleges - 0 views

www.onlinecolleges.net/...t-will-save-you-time-in-school

Google Tricks Google Tricks Education search technology

shared by Stephanie Cooper on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Google Specifically for Education From Google Scholar that returns only results from scholarly literature to learning more about computer science, these Google items will help you at school. Google Scholar. Use this specialized Google search to get results from scholarly literature such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, and academic publishers. Use Google Earth’s Sky feature. Take a look at the night sky straight from your computer when you use this feature. Open your browser with iGoogle. Set up an iGoogle page and make it your homepage to have ready access to news stories, your Google calendar, blogs you follow in Google Reader, and much more. Stay current with Google News. Like an electronic clearinghouse for news, Google News brings headlines from news sources around the world to help you stay current without much effort. Create a Google Custom Search Engine. On your own or in collaboration with other students, put together an awesome project like one of the examples provided that can be used by many. Collect research notes with Google Notebook. Use this simple note-taking tool to collect your research for a paper or project. Make a study group with Google Groups. Google Groups allows you to communicate and collaborate in groups, so take this option to set up a study group that doesn’t have to meet face-to-face. Google Code University. Visit this Google site to have access to Creative Commons-licensed content to help you learn more about computer science. Study the oceans with Google Earth 5. Google Earth 5 provides information on the ocean floor and surface with data from marine experts, including shipwrecks in 3D. Learn what experts have to say. Explore Knol to find out what experts have to say on a wide range of topics. If you are an expert, write your own Knol, too.
  • Stephanie Cooper on 18 Mar 10
     
    There's so much Google can do that most of us aren't even aware of! Some of these might come in handy for yourself as well as your students.
Keith Hamon

Connectivism - 2 views

www.connectivism.ca

Web 2.0 power hierarchies networks rhizome

shared by Keith Hamon on 21 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Early research results aren’t surprising: - Students are heavy users of computers, but not for education. - Teachers make limited use of computers and other technologies in class - Parents are limited computer users - Teacher training is lacking in utilizing computers effectively in classrooms
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 21 Mar 10
       
      To my mind, age is the real digital divide, not poverty. Even when given devices, olders will not use them as often or as well as youngers, which says to me that we QEP teachers must device strategies to work around our technological disabilities.
  • At the core of the discussion surrounding the future of education is a concern of how to navigate shifting power and control. What is the role of the student? The teacher? The school? The parents? If learners have the ability to do what educators have done in the past (access information directly), what role should the educator play?
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 21 Mar 10
       
      This is the core question that will bedevil educators for the next decade: do we really want to create and empower independent learners? And if we do, then what role do we teachers assume when we can no longer dictate what happens in a class?
  • Perhaps face-to-face time should take on a different model than we currently utilize. We should do what we can with technology outside of classrooms. Then we wouldn’t need to meet in classrooms as often.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 21 Mar 10
       
      This matches my own experience in F2F classrooms, where more of the classwork shifted outside the room to the Net, forcing me to shift what happened in the room. Mostly we shifted away from mere transfer of information, which is more efficiently done on the Net, and more toward group interaction: discussion, debates, group presentations, etc.
  • ...9 more annotations...
  • Most of us in education agree on our needs today: 1. We want good teachers 2. We want good educational content 3. We want to give our learners a bright and hopeful future 4. We want school systems that are relevant to learners and to society 5. We want schools to remedy the social and cultural inequalities that other institutions of society generate
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 21 Mar 10
       
      Nice list, but it omits the most common item listed by American educators: We want students to become productive members of society. Why?
  • We need to surface technology’s hidden ideologies and philosophies. If we don’t surface these aspects, we dance blindly to a tune that we refuse to acknowledge, but still shapes our moves.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 21 Mar 10
       
      We in QEP cannot assume that introducing computers and writing (both are technologies) into our classes will have no effect on either the content or the conduct of our courses. The tech we introduce will absolutely change what and how we teach. We must accept that and be conscious of it.
  • The key question for me is whether we need content in order to start learning or whether content is the by-product of an effective learning experience.
  • In terms of content, learners should create, teachers should curate.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 21 Mar 10
       
      At least one aspect of this orientation is that teachers can provide the historical context, assuming that they are older or more experienced than their students, that students lack.
  • Technology is, possibly in a positive sense, a lever for change. The systemic innovation that many desire may not be possible through policy decisions alone.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 21 Mar 10
       
      In a reverse sense, technology can lead to change despite opposing policies. Thus, Web 2.0 will redefine how we think of privacy, regardless of our policy statements.
  • Leadership can be somewhat attended to by the contributions of many. When we distribute control, we distribute responsibility
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 21 Mar 10
       
      The wisdom of crowds can almost always help, especially in large policy decisions, and especially when the crowd includes those most affected by the decisions.
  • Today, leaders need co-leaders – people who are active in experimenting and exploring future directions.
  • Writing excellent, thorough descriptions of what is happening can be very valuable in coming to understand the nuances of a phenomenon.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 21 Mar 10
       
      Most important observation for QEP. How often do we ask our students to describe, esp. as a gateway to understanding.
  • I have not seen any studies that evaluate the effectiveness of the iPod in listening to music. For end-users, it’s not an issue. They use it because it works. Perhaps research in educational technology should have a similar focus: use it because it exists, because it is a part of society, because it is used in other aspects of their lives. By this metric, simply have computers available and using them for learning is success enough.
Keith Hamon

16 Resources about Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) | Teacher Reboot Camp - 0 views

teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/...ersonal-learning-networks-plns

PLN edTech social networking Education 2.0

shared by Keith Hamon on 11 May 10 - Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 11 May 10
     
    I have researched the what, who, when, how, and why of Personal/Professional/Passionate Learning Networks (PLNs).
Keith Hamon

AJET 26(3) Drexler (2010) - The networked student model for construction of personal le... - 0 views

www.ascilite.org.au/...drexler.html

PLN connectivism Wendy Drexler Education 2.0

shared by Keith Hamon on 18 May 10 - Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 18 May 10
     
    Principles of networked learning, constructivism, and connectivism inform the design of a test case through which secondary students construct personal learning environments for the purpose of independent inquiry. Emerging web applications and open educational resources are integrated to support a Networked Student Model that promotes inquiry-based learning and digital literacy, empowers the learner, and offers flexibility as new technologies emerge. The Networked Student Model and a test case are described in detail along with implications and considerations for additional research.
Keith Hamon

Portfolio - 1 views

sites.helenbarrett.net/...Home

Helen Barrett eportfolio writing elearning social networking PLN connectivism Web 2.0 Education 2.0

shared by Keith Hamon on 08 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Of all the systems that I have tried, this Google Site as my presentation portfolio, with my own domain name, with my Blogger blog as my reflective journal, is my favorite example, and the one that I will continue to update.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 08 Jan 11
       
      Helen Barrett is a recognized expert in the portfolio movement, and her endorsement of Google Site & Blogger as primary eportfolio tools is convincing to me.
  • Keith Hamon on 08 Jan 11
     
    Welcome to the Google Sites version of my e-portfolio. I am exploring the capabilities of using this system to maintain electronic portfolios as part of my research on implementation of online electronic portfolio systems. Of all the systems that I have tried, this Google Site as my presentation portfolio, with my own domain name, with my Blogger blog as my reflective journal, is my favorite example, and the one that I will continue to update.
Keith Hamon

In 500 Billion Words, a New Window on Culture - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...17words.html

Patricia Cohen Google writing Web 2.0 connectivism rhizome critical thinking Education 2.0 social networking

shared by Keith Hamon on 19 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Keith Hamon on 19 Dec 10
     
    Google has made a mammoth database culled from nearly 5.2 million digitized books available to the public for free downloads and online searches, opening a new landscape of possibilities for research and education in the humanities.
Keith Hamon

Teaching Internet Research Skills: Introduction - 1 views

archive.virtualchase.justia.com/...intro.html

shared by Keith Hamon on 27 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • This workshop examines what constitutes searching for information and what comprises research.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 27 Jan 11
       
      This is a very good point.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 27 Jan 11
       
      This is my comment about this point.
‹ Previous 21 - 40 of 95 Next › Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page