Sat.May 17, 2014 - Fri.May 23, 2014

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Going Through the Motions of Active Learning and Engagement

Mistaken Goal

Whether it’s framed as active learning, student engagement, time-on-task, or <insert educational jargon here>, we know that people don’t learn well by simply listening to others talk. Learning requires repeated practice and adjustments made via feedback. A recent metastudy in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) is making the rounds but it’s just the latest in a long line of studies reinforcing these facts.

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3 university web design pitfalls to avoid

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How your university website can avoid looking as though it was designed using a Commodore 64

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MIT Bitcoin Project - Putting their money where their mouth is

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Innovation: the currency for success

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