Engineering Education - Week 1.2 - Class Notes

In this second meeting we talked a bit about the landscape of online learning and about our final project group formation. I posted the idea of my Master’s project as an option and it got traction...

Internship - Week 1 - Platform Overview

Internship - Week 1 - Platform Overview

Went to get the Open EdX ‘platform demo’ by Monica Diaz, Course Operations Specialist. Great information about the backend of Open EdX and how Stanford operates it. Great conversations about the ...

VPTL - Weekly Event

VPTL - Weekly Event

Participated in VPTL’s weekly update meeting. Was fascinated to understand more about their role on campus, which ranges from setting up the classroom’s technologies all the way defining the cours...

Internship - Week 1 - Notes

Thursday: Had a great update session with Grace going over the comments I had on completing the To Do list items, what to do next, and quite a bit about my Master’s project. This will be a great opp...

Internship @ VPTL

Internship @ VPTL

One of the requirements to getting the Master’s  degree at LDT is to get internships over 2 quarters. This quarter I am going to work at Stanford’s Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning (VPTL),...

Engineering Education - Week 1 - Reading Notes

Ambrose, S. A., Bridges, M. W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M. C., & Norman, M. K. (2010). How learning works: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. John Wiley & Sons. Opening Quote: Learnin...

Engineering Education - Week 1 - Reading Summary

Readings: Ambrose, S. A., Bridges, M. W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M. C., & Norman, M. K. (2010). How learning works: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. John Wiley & Sons. Nathan, M. J....

Lytics Seminar - Week 1 - Class Notes

Lytics Seminar - Week 1 - Class Notes

Great initial class going over what the Lytics Lab does: looks at data provided by online education and contributes to the emerging field of Learning Sciences. Sounds like it will be a perfect match f...

Brazilian Education - Week 1 - Class Notes

(image unavailable) Had a great talk about Bolsa Familia: here’s the call for the seminar: Nadejda Marques, PhD “Bolsa-Familía, healthy familia? Bridging the gap in health outcomes by linking sch...

Spring Quarter started!

After a well deserved break, here we are again ready for the third quarter. The course line up is a lot lighter, but the pressure to advance the Master’s project and think about the future is expone...