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The relative value of social contributions

I tell my class that while they may not be personally interested in the research process they should appreciate that researchers perform a valuable service. Whatever the outcome of their studies,  researchers take the vague terms that we all use and throw around and translate (operationalize) these terms in a form that can be measured. [...]

Posted 08 November 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Blogging in decline among adolescents (PEW)

The Pew Internet and American Life project has a new report on the online habits of youth. This site is a goto source for tracking trends. The trend that concerns me – youth people are showing less interest in blogging. In 2006, about 28% of 12-17 year olds blogged. Now, only 14% make the effort [...]

Posted 15 March 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Interpreting “Outliers”

Cindy and I have taken a couple of long trips in the car lately and I have used the time to listen to Malcom Gladwell’s book Outliers. It is the kind of book that is interesting and invites interpretation and speculation. The book consists of a series of stories that demonstrate that the reason individuals [...]

Posted 17 February 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Are There Too Many Portals?

I have been working to create an educators portal for about a year now (Learning Aloud). It is a combination of my blog posts, a social bookmarking site focused on topics in educational technology, and most recently something I think of as an online book entitled Meaningful Learning and the Participatory Web. I originally developed [...]

Posted 07 February 2009 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

The Wisdom Of Intro Students

The question of exactly what conditions must be met before online participatory experiences result in increased rather than decreased insight continues to fascinate me. I am using the opportunity presented by teaching introductory topics in social psychology to explore topics in group information gathering and processing. Groupthink and selective bias were known issues long before [...]

Posted 06 December 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friends?

I met my two Fall classes for the first time today. A total of 270 students and an impossible situation for making a personal connection with many of them. In commenting on this topic, I noted that my syllabi offer a link to this blog and suggested that I use this blog to comment on [...]

Posted 28 August 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

BBC on Social Networking

The BBC news site has an interesting article on UK children (8-17) involvement in social networking sites. 50% claim to have an online profile. A claim that 25% of those in the 8-11 range claim to have a page is made at one point. The article references a more detailed report (available via a link) [...]

Posted 02 April 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: