Learning Sciences and Educational Technology Google Group

Fwd: Google Groups: You've been invited to Breakthrough Learning

2009-12-17T00:17:29Z

Dear Colleagues:
Happy Holidays! It has been over a month since we convened the Breakthrough
Learning Forum at Google Headquarters and we wanted to be back in touch
about
next steps. This communication provides a brief recap of the Forum
proceedings,
and links to the event videos on YouTube. We encourage you to revisit the

Re: Student engagement

2009-12-08T20:07:16Z

Some subscribers to the Learning Sciences and Educational Technology
(LSET) Group might be interested in a recent post "Re: Student
Engagement" [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: Jack Uretsky, in a Phys-L post "Re: Student engagement"

Design Pedagogy, Engineering Ontologies

2009-12-06T23:23:38Z

Design in the Classroom resources:
[link]
including sections on:
7 Models of the Design Process
[link]
Design Pedagogy
[link]

UCET educational technology newsletters

2009-12-03T16:37:26Z

Nathan Smith of USU recently posted the December 2009 UCET (Utah
Coalition for Educational Technology) newsletter. That and previous
issues of the pdf newsletter are here:

[link]

December Newsletter highlights:
* Register for UCET 2010!
* Welcome to the December UCET Newsletter

Fwd: Sloan-C and MERLOT with MoodleMoot - Call for Conference Proposals - Emerging Technologies for Online Learning]

2009-12-01T06:04:52Z

[link]

We invite you to submit a proposal for the 3rd Annual Emerging
Technologies for Online Learning Symposium, to be held July 20-23, 2010
at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. This year the MERLOT
International Conference is going to join forces with both the Sloan

Re: The weaknesses of email discussion lists

2009-11-30T03:55:39Z

Some subscribers to the Learning Sciences and Educational Technology
(LSET) Group might be interested in a recent post "Re: The weaknesses
of email discussion lists" [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: In response to my previous post "Re: The value of

Re: Castles in the Sky #2

2009-11-30T03:52:26Z

Some subscribers to the Learning Sciences and Educational Technology
(LSET) Group might be interested in a recent post "Re: Castles in the
Sky #2" [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: H.G. Callaway, in his Dewey-L post "Castles in the Sky"

CFP: Games+Learning+Society Conference

2009-11-30T01:45:39Z

Games+Learning+Society Conference 6.0
[link]
June 9-11, 2010 Madison, WI

CALL FOR PAPERS

The time has never been more right for the Games+Learning+Society
Conference! The world is finally beginning to catch on: Great videogames
can be
great learning tools. This yearʼs conference will further the work we

Re: The value of email discussion lists

2009-11-24T04:32:29Z

Some subscribers to the Learning Sciences and Educational Technology
(LSET) Group
might be interested in a recent post "Re: The value of email
discussion lists" [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: I list some of the advantages of email discussion lists as

DRK-12: Building the Knowledge Base of Teacher Learning in STEM Education

2009-11-23T16:38:07Z

Proceedings from a meeting of grantees for the National Science
Foundation's Discovery Research K�12 (DR-K12) program:

2009 DR-K12 PI Meeting
Building the Knowledge Base of Teacher Learning in STEM Education
[link]

Other DRK-12 resources:
[link]

Fwd: Job opening, Associate Director, Center for Teaching Excellence

2009-11-19T12:58:21Z

From the POD list:
[link]

Subject: Cornell CTE Job Opening
From: Theresa Pettit <t...@CORNELL.EDU>

POSTING:

Associate Director CTE-11591
Description

The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) is dedicated to the support and
advancement of

Fwd: New book series: Explorations in the Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems and Performance Technologies

2009-11-19T04:39:24Z

The series entitled "Explorations
<[link]> in the
Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems and Performance Technologies"
published by Springer will consist of approximately 13 volumes published
over a three-year period beginning in 2010. New and emerging digital

Ed Tech Conferences & Criticism of Cognitive Load Theory

2009-11-18T04:16:26Z

Clayton Wright has compiled a list of conferences again for 2010.
I converted it to pdf and attached it to this group:
[link]

I also posted a summary of some recently published conceptual and
methodological criticisms of cognitive load theory research here:

Misconceptions in the Population/Energy Debate #2

2009-11-16T23:21:06Z

Some subscribers to the Learning Sciences and Educational Technology
(LSET) Group
might be interested in a recent post "Misconceptions in the
Population/Energy Debate #2" [Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: In response to my post "Energy Efficiency, the Jevons

Learning Progressions in Science Conference Proceedings

2009-11-16T05:40:42Z

Proceedings of the Learning Progressions in Science Conference
have been posted online:
[link]
From the site:
What are learning progressions?
Learning progressions are descriptions of increasingly sophisticated
ways of thinking about or understanding a topic (National Research