Back to school means back to the battles with Blackboard (I’ve posted on that plenty of times). Even if BB was the perfect learning management…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Category: Education
Teaching and learning.
Notice that technical courses and courses that were “automated” had higher completion rates. New study of low MOOC completion rates | Inside Higher Ed The…
Can computer software evaluate student papers? The debate has waged for about three years in higher education, and lately it has taken on a new…
Computers have changed writing education, but many writing teachers wonder if technology is now turning into a threat. Too many politicians, administrators, and non-profit foundations…
As readers of my blogs know, I’m never opposed to using technology when it is an effective tool. I am opposed to the blind embrace…
I have been contemplating if online learning differs by discipline, especially after reading a few studies on the topic. One of the studies (Xu &…
This article is one of the better examinations of the MOOC trend… MOOCs: Will Online Education Ruin the University Experience? | New Republic
Online education still represents a “digital divide” between socioeconomic groups. Notably, young male minority students seem to struggle in online settings. We are now 30…
People have asked me (okay, two people) what “Poet Ponders” is meant to be. What is my purpose? I now will attempt to clarify what…
Comments and Marginalia in Manuscripts
Published by Poet Ponders on May 23, 2013As I was writing a post about “comments” in computer programming source code, I noted that I like comments and marginalia when I write for…