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Entries from September 23rd, 2010

Thoughts on a Wednesday morning before classes commence

September 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 7:49 AM
Prelude
Getting away from lectures, even with 500+ students – why, and how so?
“Less is more.” “Well, they need to know it all.” “How much do they really know when they ‘learn it all,’ and in what ways do they ‘know’ it?”
Active Learning: when depth, and when breadth? For we cannot [...]

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Learning with the Web

September 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

You are right, Matt, that the web is the place/space for much learning to take place. In modern languages, for example, there is nothing in our classrooms and hardcover books that can replace some of what the web can do. Conversely, some of what is done in hardcover, physical books and in our classrooms cannot [...]

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