Category Archives: education

EdTechPost: Unicon provides Sakai ‘Test Drive’ sites

EdTechPost: Unicon provides Sakai ‘Test Drive’ sites

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EdTechPost: Why does ‘Freesound’ succeed when so many learning object repositories fail?

Scott Leslie asks EdTechPost: Why does ‘Freesound’ succeed when so many learning object repositories fail? – and of course for me the interest is in the second clause. I have claimed to have ideas about what is wrong with LOR’s … Continue reading

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What I Learned by Teaching Real Analysis

What I Learned by Teaching Real Analysis

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Introductory Economic Analysis

Introductory Economic Analysis

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Introductory Economic Analysis

Introductory Economic Analysis

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Squashed Philosophers

Squashed Philosophers– Condensed Plato Aristotle Augustine Descartes Hume Marx Freud Copernicus Hobbes Sartre Ayer Sade Wittgenstein Einstein

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Interactive Java Applets

Interactive Java Applets

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The Chronicle: 10/28/2005: But Can You Teach?

The Chronicle: 10/28/2005: But Can You Teach? came via Arts&Letters Daily. We get more than enough of the “student blunder” stories – at least this is a bit closer to home.

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iterating toward openness � Structured Blogging for Learning Objects?

Was pointed to this iterating toward openness � Structured Blogging for Learning Objects? by sDownes in OLDaily on Nov10. . . .Might be worth looking at.

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Physics Flash Animations

Physics Flash Animations by Dave Harrison @UofT

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Java Applets

Java Applets by David Little at PennState

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BBC NEWS | Health | Scientists discover dyslexia gene

BBC NEWS | Health | Scientists discover dyslexia gene

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Gamasutra – Feature –

Gamasutra – Feature – “Proof of Learning: Assessment in Serious Games”

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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ Proof of Learning: Assessment in Serious Games

Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ Proof of Learning: Assessment in Serious Games from Stephen Downes’ OLDaily

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A Difference: Rip Mix Learn

A Difference: Rip Mix Learn is a workshop on ‘blogging’ for Manitoba math teachers on oct21 by Darren Kurotapwa. I hope I have time to look at it in more detail.

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Teach and Learn Online: Lawsuit forces Web2 learning strategies

Leigh Blackall comments on the WebCT accessibility lawsuit and outlines some more open alternatives. But the overhead of learning the tools is substantial. Which is fine if that’s what the course is about – ie if the medium really is … Continue reading

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Non-accessible e-learning: lawsuit against an institution using WebCT – FLOSSE Posse

I’m no fan of WebCT (or “vendor-lock-in” of any kind) but in their discussion of a lawsuit against an institution using WebCT (on the basis of non-accessible e-learning) FLOSSE Posse say: “In WebCT they probably seriously think that learning happens … Continue reading

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The brains business | Economist.com

The brains business | Economist.com is an article identified by Stephen Downes as “the plan for destroying” public university systems.

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Guardian Unlimited | Life | Don’t dumb me down

Guardian Unlimited | Life | Don’t dumb me down is the article referred to in the previously referenced article by Styhphen Downes

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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ Web Site Link Checker

This Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ Web Site Link Checker might be useful for the MathWebResources project

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