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Mea culpa, but in the preparations for the holiday season, I let slide by my report on the publication of the latest edition (Vol. 10, No. 6) of the always excellent International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. The December edition includes articles on the following: Rory McGreal’s evaluation of the Commonwealth of Learning’s [...] Barak Obama has announced a number of initiatives to improve the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). One of these initiatives are two competitions for developing video games for these subject areas. Supporting President Obama’s call for a renewed focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, the Entertainment Software Association [...] Molz, D. (2009) Home dissection kits and more Inside Higher Education, June 5 Another form of blended learning: online courses with home kits. The interesting question is the extent to which virtual labs can replace or more likely reduce the need for home kits. This is where course design becomes critical – what skills are we [...] Tinker, R., et al (2009) ‘Community-Authored Resources for Education’ Concord Consortium Newsletter, Winter An analysis of the use of community-authored resources for science teaching. Quote: ‘Imagine creating the materials collaboratively through a community of educators who share their knowledge, critique each other, and shepherd the evolution of a cluster of good materials. The result would not [...] |
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