Participating in another MOOC

This one is about the current/future state of higher education (CFHE 2012) and again spending those first moments trying to figure out the lay of the land. But the organizers are very communicative, which only helps and generates my curiosity.

Reading novels can change your life

Changing Beliefs and Behaviour Through Experience-Taking G.F. Kaufman & L.K. Libby Finally, some research to support what every fiction-fan knows, that readers will live vicariously through the narratives of well-developed lead characters. “This immersive phenomenon of simulating the mindset and persona of a protagonist is what we refer to as experience-taking. Through experience-taking, readers lose […]

Overview & Critiques of Design-based Research

from Terry Anderson and Julie Shattuck in Educational Researcher They chart the cycle of design-based research methodology to date, from initial articulation, to proselytizing, to, most recently, practice. DBR always involve a learning intervention as part of its methodology and most involve multiple iterations of assess/design/develop/deliver/evaluate. …Unlike quantitative studies, most DBR studies do not produce […]