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  1. Aug 2017
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    1. A true STEM education should increase students’ understanding of how things work and improve their use of technologies. STEM education should also introduce more engineer-ing during precollege education

      definition of stem

  3. Apr 2017
    1. Learning analytics” is a more focused usage that refers to the harvesting of data specific to what learners understand in the case of so-called “smart systems” and “intelligent tutors.” When that kind of data is integrated into larger patterns of student behavior and institutional pathways, it becomes what some call “academic analytics” or “institutional analytics.”

      For an accessible critique of learning analytics, check out Rebecca Ferguson and Simon Buckingham Shum's work. One example: http://oro.open.ac.uk/32910/

    2. The starting point has to be that the abundance of knowledge is a good thing. Full stop

      You know...I love this quote. It's a great way to start a faculty development session on digital learning....unpack the assumptions in the room. I'm writing it down on my whiteboard parking lot right this second.

    3. If the ethos of inquiry is applied to institutional policy and practice, digital systems themselves can offer new ways to examine the evidence of student learning and inform decisions that will shape success for our students and our institutions

    4. W hat could liberal education look like if we were inventing it at this moment in history? What forms of liberal education are only possible now?

      I love this, because it is only when we accept and acknowledge the full integration of digital into our everyday lives - rather than an 'either/or' scenario, can we really build relevant learning environments.

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  4. Jun 2015