Category Archives: 52

52 Research, Evaluation

Public trust in scientists and science is less than desirable, perhaps due to collaboration and communication methods that are less open than desirable.

Science Denial

Posted on January 4, 2022 by x28

Book by Sinatra & Hofer. A different picture of science. Continue reading →

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Gaps

Posted on February 20, 2020 by x28

Know more, or convince this audience?
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Cmaps and the “Split Attention Effect”

Posted on June 23, 2018 by x28

The “Split Attention Effect” from Cognitive Load Theory demands that an annotation needs to be close to the item it refers to. I wonder if this is still true if the annotation can be reached by a saccadic eye movement.
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Myths, semi-myths etc.

Posted on April 29, 2018 by x28

I bought Clark Quinn’s new book about training myths, semi-myths and misconceptions, and I can whole-heartedly recommend this exciting, in-depth, clinical and precise work. Continue reading →

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What counts as effectiveness?

Posted on November 2, 2017 by x28

If measuring the ‘effectiveness’ is mainly about traditional criteria such as knowledge content and storing it safely away, it will be very unbalanced. Measuring OERs, by contrast, offers the opportunity to try out and define new criteria.
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First approximation?

Posted on March 7, 2016 by x28

Why is the denial of brain lateralization so grim, piqued and emotional? The very idea that there are different modes, may be unsettling. The complacency that there is just one right way (and of course this is mine) may be threatened. Furthermore, the notion of two hemispheres suggests that the two modes are equitable.
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#change11 Scholars’ network, group, and personal practices

Posted on May 2, 2012 by x28

Week 33 Task 4.
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#PLENK2010 Assessment as Proxy

Posted on October 14, 2010 by x28

I like Stephens’s notion that tests are used as proxies. It is consistent with the notion that learning works indirectly, by induction rather than by transmission.
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Peer review before or after publication

Posted on February 3, 2010 by x28

why are Web2.0 affordances not embraced for scholarly communication? A new report from UC Berkeley gives a shattering answer and a discouraging advice to young scholars. Perhaps there is hope that older scholars and elite universities can be more broad-minded?
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CCK08 Week 12: Research, Evaluation

Posted on November 27, 2008 by x28

I think the most urgent research need in Connectivism is not to gain still more insights but to develop a conceptual arsenal, or toolbox, for expressing and proving these findings.
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