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Learning in the Digital Microlaboratory of Educational Data Science
In the last few years, Educational Data Science has emerged as a new field of inquiry in educational research. Where did it come from, what is its likely future impact on the...
Category: EdtechBlended, Hybrid, Flipped, Online: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
This is my second post in a series exploring my journey to develop and teach a graduate “Multimodal Literacies” course for pre-service and in-service teachers based on the connected learning framework. You...
Category: Educational PracticeHow to Answer John Gardner’s Challenge
John W. Gardner (1912-2001, no relation) was the most impressive public citizen of my time. Trained as a psychologist, president of the Carnegie Foundation at an early age, and a dedicated public...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipThe Closed Loop of Digital Literacy Debate
Here's a quiz for you, reader. The following quotes were written about popular books on the effect of technology on our behavior and culture. One was written in the late 1990s and...
Category: Digital CitizenshipConnecting Colleagues in Cyberspace
If #connectedlearning is an educational approach designed for our ever-changing world, then Virtually Connecting is a #connectedlearning community that is reshaping the ways we think about professional collegiality. In a traditional...
Category: Connected LearningLoss, Trauma and the Digital Language of Empathy in Schools
My father passed away part way through my second year as a teacher. This happened in the middle of one of our school breaks and I was able to use the time...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeHenry Jenkins on Participatory Media in a Networked Era, Part 2
This is the second installment of a two-part interview with Henry Jenkins, co-author with Mizuko Ito and danah boyd of the brilliant new book, “Participatory Culture in a Networked Era.” In the...
Category: Digital CitizenshipHenry Jenkins on Participatory Media in a Networked Era, Part 1
You are probably reading this because you are interested in the use of digital media in learning. My single strongest recommendation to you: if you want the best and latest evidence-based, authoritative,...
Category: Digital CitizenshipDeliberate Practice and Digital Literacies
There are some phrases — “communities of practice” and “close reading” spring to mind — that we as educators tend to use automatically. It’s never just an “online community” or “reading.” Sometimes,...
Category: Digital Citizenship
