MOOC Participation: See it twice and Click
tokyokevinOver at the #ETMOOC things are humming along nicely. So far, I would call this the Google MOOC, because a lot of the tools have migrated over to Google (calendar,…
MOOCs for Language Learning?
I have been doing research about technology and Attention, but am by profession (and professor) an English teacher. Language learning has included a lot of parallel research to technology, psychology…
Shooting children in the US now commonplace
Another shooting. James Fallows (Atlantic) outlined why nothing would change after the Colorado movie theater massacre. He was sadly right. One reason I am happy to live in Japan. We…
Homework. Does it do any good?
I don't think so. If you consider what is traditionally considered homework (exercises to drill into memory some point taught in class), there is controversy. Andrew Sullivan over at the…
Madoka wins Speech Contest with Open Education
Madoka Madoka, a student in our department at Showa Women's University, won a week-long trip to Boston in the Hitomi Cup Speech Contest yesterday. In "Wonder brings a lifelong love…