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Moving Beyond Exams

July 1, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in the World Economic Forum, Conrad Hughes asks whether the pandemic provides an opportunity to disrupt what he refers to as “the social ritual of examination.” With major examination programs cancelled schools have turned […]

A Time for Big Projects

June 22, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

For those of us interested in self-directed learning and project-based learning, the closing of schools due to the pandemic provides an ideal opportunity for students to engage in major projects. Such conditions are a test […]

Grounds for Play and Learning

June 21, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

In a report in the World Economic Forum, Matluba Kahn discusses a project to transform an elementary school lot in Bangladesh into an active playground for both recreation and learning. The project is interesting both […]

Surveillance Infrastructure – Time to Dismantle?

June 17, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in Medium, Jathan Sadowski argues that now is the time to begin dismantling the extensive infrastructure of surveillance that has grown up in recent years. This would include genuine efforts to stop the use […]

Open Book Exams

June 16, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

Following the lead of Delhi University, the Aligarh Muslim University has decided that all end of term exams will be online and open book in light of the pandemic that closed the campus. This move […]

Past and Future Office

June 11, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in the Economist, Catherine Nixley considers the Death of the Office as a possible result of the Covid 19 pandemic. She traces the office from its beginnings in London at the East India Company […]

Employee Data Under Siege

June 10, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

While there has been a good deal of attention on consumer data and the rights of consumers to know what data is being collected about them and how it is being used, there has been […]

Everyone’s Social Network

May 30, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

For an inside look at some of the ways the U.S. National Security Agency uses vast stores of telephone data as a foundation for mass surveillance of the American people, check out an excerpt from […]

Grain Size Online

May 29, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

The rise of online learning has so far failed to generate serious thinking about the appropriate size of learning experiences. The Coursera platform has been no exception as it has stayed with the course as […]

“Cheating” or “Seeking Assistance” via a “Forbidden Online Resource”

May 28, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

According to an article in The Daily Princetonian, students in a Princeton math class relied on an answer posted to Slader, an online help site, for completing a problem on a homework assignment despite being […]