I read once that great researchers pay special attention not so much when the obvious happens or when they find nothing, but when they encounter an outcome that runs contrary to what they expected. It is in these situations that there is the chance to really learn something. A couple of reports this week revealed [...]
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Posted 14 July 2010
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A recent comment by researcher Jakob Nielson is likely to generate a good deal of discussion among bloggers (the MacWorld version, Nielson post) and will likely generate some studies from graduate students. The topic of whether a reader benefits equally from processing content presented as a book, on a Kindle, or on an iPad certainly [...]
My academic upbringing left a residual of guilt. I think that was the idea. I don’t feel quite right when I advocate for something without being able to offer references and the references are much more heavily weighted if they contain a methods and results section. Else, how does one avoid the tendency of falling [...]
I sometimes complain that pundits and keynoters receive too much blog attention and researchers too little. Since the researchers I follow seldom seem to blog, perhaps I should post in support of their activity. So much attention has been focused on the quality of online resources and the skills necessary to critically evaluate these resources [...]
I have not focused much attention here lately due to preoccupation with another writing project. I am working with a grad student to author a book chapter on cyberbullying in the United States. My interest in this topic originally resulted from the realization that schools may block students from using many of the participatory web [...]
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Posted 24 June 2009
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S. Bill 1483 proposes a fund that will encourage states to adopt the 21st Century Skills framework. As part of the rationale Congress has concluded that: In order for our Nation’s students to be prepared to succeed in our communities and workplaces, students need 21st century content, beyond the traditional core subjects, that includes global [...]
The school year is drawing to a close. As the end approaches, people tend to get a little grumpy. That was my reaction to a recent post by Wes Fryer. Frustration seems to be setting in. This post complains about the proposed cuts to EETT. The post goes on from there to claim that President [...]
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Posted 13 May 2009
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