Google Wave – Ideas for Teaching & Learning
I began the following Google Wave yesterday as a means of orienting myself to its functionality and features, but more importantly as a way to move past the more mundane and obvious applications for...
View ArticleReconsidering dotProject
We’ve used dotProject in my Instructional Design Services unit for almost two years. dP is an open source project management and task tracking tool that has benefited our unit organizationally, and has...
View ArticleBloom’s 2 Sigma Problem on Wikipedia
Wikipedia had no article on Benjamin Bloom‘s 2 sigma problem (1984), and virtually no references to the observed phenomena or related studies, so I drafted one:...
View ArticlePoking at Metacognition and Solitude
I’ve written very briefly and meekly shared with a few close colleagues my interest in the role of solitude in learning–especially in context of modern networked communication media–i.e. the web....
View ArticleEvaluation Logic Models Module at UWEX
University of Wisconsin – Extension hosts what I think is a pretty thorough introduction to evaluation logic models, a topic that grabbed my attention when first encountered in the Fitzpatrick,...
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Verbal, Non-Verbal; Visual, Non-Visual
Pavio distinguishes between verbal and non-verbal information as a basis for dual-coding theory–an important concept for educators designing and developing learning media. The distinction between these...
View ArticleDual-Coding, Dual-Route
Late last week I spent some energy questioning and answering my current understanding of dual-coding theory and it’s distinction between verbal and non-verbal, vs. visual and non-visual. Dual-coding...
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A Diagram of Reading Media
I was in diagramming mode this afternoon, thinking through different aspects of the processes and interactions of reading. One sketch led me to the following simple visualization of printed vs. digital...
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Forced mouse tracking of reading behavior
I just had the wacky idea that I could force users in an experimental situation to engage in movements that help track their reading behavior in a web browser. This method would employ Javascript and...
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Diagram of Types of Reading, Take 1
I’ve been trying to sort out types of reading processes (aka “styles”, aka “strategies”, aka “patterns”) that relate to differing goals. Let me summarize a handful of key identifications and...
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