I am super excited to let everyone know that Dr. Alistair Windsor and I have been awarded a science, technology, engineering, and math teacher professional development grant with Tipton County Schools and Lauderdale County Schools here in Tennessee. This grant titled “Mobiles, Math, INquiry & Data (mMIND)” is funded by the Tennessee Department of Education‘s higher education commission and our [...]
Given my interest in problem-based and project-based learning, I thought I would share this video that came through my Zite feed late last week. It’s a TEDxLondon video from Ewan McIntosh in September 2011. Ewan blogged about the presentation and “The Problem Finders,” as he calls them recently on his NoTosh site. He says that, I’ve sought out ways that [...]
You may have just read about the new issue of IJPBL in my previous post. I just wanted to let everyone know about this new call for manuscript proposals for a special issue of The Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning. This special issue will celebrate the work of Howard Barrows, who is widely considered the founding father of problem-based learning. [...]
Hey everyone! I wanted to let you know there is a new issue of Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning published today. This is Volume 5, Issue 2. Below is a list of the articles. There a few real highlights to this issue. There is a tribute piece to Howard Barrows. There is an update from David Jonasen on how problem-solving [...]
Upcoming free webinar on project-based learning and distance education. The webinar is inside Adobe Connect, so be sure to do the pre-configuration below. Hat tip to Inge de Waard for letting me know about this: Iain Doherty will discuss the pedagogical principles underlying a taught postgraduate distance course, ClinED 711 eLearning and Clinical Education. The aim of ClinED 711 is [...]
I’m excited to announce that I have new research being published in the the September issue of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning. This article presents the findings of students’ perspectives with project-based learning, conducted with 8th graders studying geography. This is a follow-up to some of my previous writing and research on project-based learning. (See for example, “Getting a [...]
In the past week, I’ve had two really nice (and fun) things happen to me professionally, and I wanted to share them with you guys, too. MOBL21 Interview First, the super-engaging folks at MOBL21 conducted an interview with me on how I’ve been doing mobile learning and mobile learning research over the past year or so. It was a fun [...]
These are my Jumptags for April 19th through April 20th: Making Web 2.0 Work for Project Management – There’s much discussion around Web 2.0 technologies and using them for business purposes. Will these technologies actu Project Learning: Teachers Discuss the Daily Challenges | Edutopia – A team of eighth-grade teachers compare notes on the trials and rewards of working together [...]
These are my Jumptags for March 17th through April 13th: Problems with ADDIE – Moving Your WordPress Site and Database « Weblog Tools Collection – here comes a time you may have to leave one web host for another. No matter the reason the idea of relocating an entire website – especially one that has been online for sometime – [...]
These are my Jumptags for January 31st through February 9th: Project Cartoon: How Projects Really Work (version 1.5) – How Projects Really Work (version 1.5) How Projects Really Work (version 1.5) Malcontent Blogger | bLaugh – Source: ReviewMe Domain: MalcontentBlogger.com <img class="comic" title="Malcontent Blogger" alt="Malcontent Blogger" … The Whole Internet Truth | bLaugh – Source: Wikipedia Domain: WikisGoneWild.com <img class="comic" [...]
