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Four Student Misconceptions about Learning - Faculty Focus
By Sandra Law in the group Teaching and Learning at Athabasca July 26, 2017 - 3:15pmPosted to group: Teaching and Learning at AthabascaList of most common student misconceptions about learning cited in Stephen Chew's chapter on helping students to maximize their study time.The electrified oak tree in Frankenstein
By Megan White August 7, 2021 - 6:17am Comments (1)During the storm that young Victor witnesses in Belrive, an oak tree is stuck by lightning and subsequently mangled. “I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak” (47). This is an interesting scene for a few reasons,...
Activity Theory in Distance Education
Last updated November 24, 2012 - 11:53pm by Rob PowerResources for Further Study The following is a list of resources that might be of help for anyone who wants to learn more about Activity Theory or the zone of proximal development in a distance and mobile education context. These resources...Periodic Table visualization of presentation methoids
By Terry Anderson 31 December 2013 @ 8:54amwww.visual-literacy.org - Heather Scarlett-Ferguson from cohort 1, shared this excellent tool for thinking about ways that concepts- or final models and explanations in your final dissertation chapter can be displayed- Excellent resource!!The LMS of the future is yours! | Michael Goudzwaard
By Jon Dron 6 March 2016 @ 11:37am Comments (2)mgoudz.com - I think this is, from a quick skim through, the beginnings of a very good idea. An LMS that does almost nothing. Quoting directly: "What would this LMS look like? In my view, it would have three things: 1) a course roster with stellar SIS...mLearning and the Mona Lisa
By Rob Power November 5, 2014 - 2:28amLeave it to John Traxler to get me thinking! In his keynote address at mLearn 2014, Traxler used the Mona Lisa as an analogy for the disconnect between mLearning research and practice, and policy makers' expectations. He described policy makers'...Just a Game? Study Shows No Evidence That Violent Video Games Lead To Real-Life Violence -...
By Jon Dron 6 November 2021 @ 11:32amneurosciencenews.com - This is a report on a plausible US-based study on the effects of violent video games, with a fairly large number of subjects (all boys for the detailed study, though also investigating broader patterns across genders). It finds no causal...Monroe, Rachel. "Baltimore Feminists Prank Victoria’s Secret - And Spark an Internet...
By Mark A. McCutcheon 11 December 2012 @ 8:31pm Comments (1)www.baltimorefishbowl.com - Not only an effective, progressive prank, but one that highlights the fair use of others' intellectual property for parody and critique.
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