Professors without borders
Professors without borders. Interesting overview of mass, distributed, web-based teaching tools. Things like Coursera and Udacity are neat but they’re really just an alpha. They take the same model of...
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Learnable Programming: a well-designed system is not simply a bag of features. A good system is designed to encourage particular ways of thinking, with all features carefully and cohesively designed...
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College was my biggest mistake: $44,000 might as well have been a million dollars, because in my mind they were equally unfathomable- with only $300 in my checking account, I had to make a decision...
View ArticleLibrary DIY
Library DIY: I think libraries need to look at how to make the wisdom of the library available to patrons in an unmediated format.
View ArticleHow I Learned to Code
How I Learned to Code: I grabbed the “Learning Python” book and walked straight home. This time, I wasn’t excited; I was terrified. If I didn’t learn to code, we were done. I would have to crawl back...
View ArticleAre you too old to learn to code?
Are you too old to learn to code? But unlike walking, where there really is a developmentally appropriate age to learn to do it, the idea that there is a “right” time to learn to code (or most anything...
View ArticleGood for what?
Good for what? Considering context in building learning objects. I think we often view methods of tutorial creation as good or bad. Really, we would also be evaluating technologies and methods for...
View ArticleExperts Take Notes
Experts Take Notes: There’s an old rule of thumb that if you have something really important you need done, ask for help from the busiest person you know. Here’s an analogous rule: if you want to...
View ArticleThe Investigative Mindset
The Investigative Mindset: I realized if I made good, informed decisions I could solve problems in both normal and edge cases. Instead of a one-time answer, I could build a framework to answer any...
View ArticlePowerful Ideas Need Love Too
Powerful Ideas Need Love Too: The reason is that understanding–like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors–is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling.
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