Monthly Archives: March 2010
Cheaters Never Win
MIT professor David E. Pritchard conducted a recent study that analyzed cheating on homework in his introductory physics course. He arrived at some interesting conclusions. Chief among these, that cheating occurs about 50% more than is reported by students in … Continue reading
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Tagged cheat, email, ethical behavior, MIT, online, online learning, physics, plagiarism, pritchard, students, teachers, Technology
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Thoughts on Student Motivation
Dan Pink delivered an interesting talk on motivation and the problems associated with extrinsic motivation. According to Pink, research has shown that certain sorts of extrinsic incentives or what Pink refers to as “contingent motivators” actually dull thinking and stifle … Continue reading
Think About This!
In An Open Letter to Educators, Dan Brown challenges educators, as well as our past notions of education. It is bound to spark controversy in some areas. Nevertheless, this should cause each teacher to re-examine the relationship between teacher, student, … Continue reading
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Tagged change, dan brown, education, information, learning, letter, video games, Web 2.0
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Web 2.0 at CCSAC 2010
I’ve just returned from presenting at the California Charter Schools Conference in Sacramento. With so many topics and such diverse backgrounds it was quite enlightening. The interest in Web 2.0 technologies was intense. It seems to be one of the … Continue reading
New Moodle4iPhone
New Moodle app presents exciting opportunities for online learning!