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Study finds on-line education beats classroom, but what does that mean?
A recent study for the Department of Education (NY Times piece; full 93-page PDF report) performed a meta-analysis of 99 students over the past 12 years, and found that students in on-line courses did slightly, but statistically significantly, better than those in traditional classrooms.
It’s an interesting study, and likely to spur a whole new slew [...]
Posted in Education Also tagged change, classroom learning, department of education, face-to-face, Morris, on-line communities, on-line learning, students, teacher, teaching, traditional classrooms, UMM, University of Minnesota Morris, web Comments closed
Huge props to kindergarten teachers
I’m completely exhausted. I had the pleasure today of explaining a little bit about computers and algorithms to some kindergarteners, and it just about wiped me out :-).
Timna Wyckoff (one of our biologists and mother of a kindergartener) arranged to have all the local kindergarten kids comes to the science building for 90 minutes [...]
Posted in Computing, Education, Events Also tagged bubble sort algorithm, computers, kids, kindergarten kids, kindergarteners, Science, students, teacher, teaching Comments closed
This is really why I teach
Tyler Hutchison did a wonderful drawing of himself, Brian Ohs, and me for possible use as an illustration for a UMM piece on our best paper award at EuroGP 2008 in Naples.
Education’s an investment, not an expense!
Just did a pile o’ dishes and listened to a SciAm podcast featuring the remarks of Robert Rosner (head of Argonne National Laboratory). The short version is that science (and, I would argue, education in general) is a matter of necessity plus vision. First, science is not a luxury, but instead a necessity:
Without [...]
Contemplating a major change in direction
I'm considering changing First Year Seminar topics from American Roots Music to Global Climate Change. I have mixed feelings on the matter, and am soliciting feedback from my readers.
Posted in Education, Environment, Music, Science Also tagged climate change, critical thinking, First Year Seminar, roots music, teaching, University of Minnesota Morris Comments closed
So, so cool looking — but I can’t play yet!
Much chops to Bad Science for pointing out Phun, a simulation environment/game/construction engine thingie that (judging from the videos) is just super fun (ho, ho, ho) to fiddle with. It seems a wonderfully open-ended platform for making stuff, which is of course the great strength of a pad and paper, or a bucket of [...]
3.1415927 reasons to tune in to KUMM (on- or off-line)
They have a fancy new redesigned web site.
You can check out cool photos like the one above in their new gallery.
They have the schedule on-line so you know who you’re listening to!
They’re way cooler than the lame radio station that those other people are listening to.
You know you want to listen to a station where [...]
Posted in Education, Music, Photography, Radio Also tagged KUMM, Music, Radio, Sabbatical, students, University of Minnesota Morris Comments closed
Feel free to smack him for me
It actually took me a second to get it – how annoying that a web comic would actually be subtle enough to challenge a little :-).
Tags: bias, discrimination, Education, feminism, Mathematics, Science
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Transforming our thoughts about teaching (2)
Posted in Education, Mathematics, Politics, Science Also tagged bias, discrimination, feminism, Mathematics, Science Comments closed
TechCrunch endorses Obama and McCain
In a well written and thoughtful endorsement that (not surprisingly) focuses on tech related issues, they’ve gone for Obama and McCain (with a strong preference for Obama between the two).
Obviously technical issues aren’t the only important issues facing the country, and silicon valley tech issues aren’t necessarily always the same as general science issues. [...]
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