Education Focus
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- Contract grading, Part 1 Part 2: two interesting posts from the You're the Teacher blog on using learning contracts, with particular reference to the fit with assessment schemes. I and my colleagues have been using learning contracts for fifteen years or more--the difference in our practice is that students don't work from a apparent "assessment menu". We use them to put the ball in their court--they tell us what they are planning to produce to show that they have met required outcomes.
- Asynchronous Art History: Teaching Online with Picasso "By design, the asynchronous discussion board forum allows the student ample time to answer the question effectively. When an instructor lectures in a traditional classroom, students usually do not have time to reflect on the instructor’s questions, which can often be met with blank stares (and complementary cricket sounds) or the “What do you want me to see?” response. The asynchronous nature of online courses provides students ample time to consider their own knowledge of the topic as well as refer to their course materials when constructing their answers."
- The First Day (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Strange timing, but an interesting reflection on what is involved in the first meeting with a new class.
- Size Isn't Everything (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Some more thoughts on MOOCs.
- A Crash Course in World History (Open Culture) Aimed at a younger audience than the Adelman MOOC, but an interesting comparison.
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- Christmas present for everyone: “This is the story of how culture saved a nation... Estonia, to be precise.
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