Lab Notes
Doing Great Work
Writing in Inc. Justin Bariso draws on examples from Jeff Bezos to discuss the importance of defining the scope of a project. Understanding the scope of a project, particularly the amount of work and time […]
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Distance Learning
Online Teacher / On-Campus Students
Sometimes hybrids are awkward, ineffective, and out of place. At other times they combine the best of quite different breeds into something with unique capacity and impact. As educational institutions attempt to bridge the physical […]
Lab Notes
Virtual Brainstorming
Writing in Inc., Soren Kaplan explains how to take brainstorming activities that we are accustomed to conducting in face-to-face settings and move them online. With participants widely dispersed and only gathering virtually, there are some […]
Data Analytics Research
Analytics in the Mix: Cheating Online at Dartmouth
The shift to online learning as a result of the pandemic has resulted in increased opportunities for surveillance of student activities, including test taking. A recent incident involving accusations of cheating on online examinations by […]
Lab Notes
Build vs Buy: Software
With growing reliance on software for all manner of work, it is a good time to take up the old question of whether it is better to purchase software or build your own. Writing in […]
Data Analytics Research
Storytelling – A Key Ingredient in Applying Data Science
With the dramatic increase in the availability of data across all sectors and the growing number of individuals who identify as data scientists, the question of how to influence others would seem to be easy […]
Distance Learning
Is Time Running Out for Industrial Era Education?
Writing in Fast Company, Candace Faktor suggests that TikTok may be one model for the future of education because it jettisons the trappings of industrial era education. With traditional education rooted in established institutions finding […]
Data Analytics Research
Facial Recognition Beyond the Lab
Writing in BuzzFeed News, Ryan Mac reports on an investigation of the use of facial recognition software from NYC start-up Clearview AI based on data from thousands of public agencies across the country where employees […]
Self-Directed Learning
Project-Based Learning and Standard Assessments
As enthusiasm about project-based learning grows, there has been some concern about how students engaged in project-based classes might fare on traditional standard assessments. Now, new research sponsored by the George Lucas Educational Foundation and […]
Distance Learning
World of EdCraft
Earlier I highlighted the innovative work of Sean Willems shared in a paper in which he described building his home teaching studio. Now Sean and his colleagues Andrew Lo and Brian Stevens have shared an […]