Brazilian Education - Week 6 - Class Notes

*(image unavailable)*We had the honor of being lecture by Claudia Costin, the Senior Director of Global Education at the World Bank and the previous Secretary of Education of the city of Rio de Janeir...

Lytics Seminar - Week 6 - Class Notes

Sorry to say but the class was extremely boring… looking in more detail what we can do with Machine Learning and textual analysis… ...

Internship - Week 6

*(image unavailable)*Met with Alison to talk about helping Professor Thomas Schultz with the creation of an online course on Schoenberg’s Opus. Also met with Grace earlier this week to talk about...

Engineering Education - Week 6.1 - Reading Notes

Engineering Education - Week 6.1 - Reading Notes

Reading: LOFT Process Guides: Define Phase. Techniques: Writing Learning outcomes Summary: Notes: Creating and online course - tips: Establish a community of practice Start small Start early Gather ...

Engineering Education - Week 5.2 - Class Notes

Engineering Education - Week 5.2 - Class Notes

Great class today with guest speaker - NYU professor Jan L. Plass - the author of this week’s reading on the foundations of Game-Based Learning.  The biggest takeaway was the distinction between a...

LDT Seminar - Week 5 - Class Notes

Not much progress on my Master’s project (LXD) but starting to talk more about a new idea James Leo and I had - a staffing agency combined with a bootcamp and mentorship for high-school students. Co...

Engineering Education - Week 5.2 - Reading Notes

Engineering Education - Week 5.2 - Reading Notes

Reading:  Jan L. Plass, Bruce D. Homer & Charles K. Kinzer (2015) Foundations of Game-Based Learning, Educational Psychologist, 50:4, 258-283 Summary:  I highly appreciated the reading in the sense ...

UC Berkley - Robotic Learning Lab Visit

Went to a guided visit of Berkley’s Robotic Learning Lab yesterday. What a beautiful campus and great work they are doing in the field… fascinating. [gallery ids=“6075,6076,6077,6078,6079,6080,...

LDT Seminar - Master's Project - Candace Thille

LDT Seminar - Master's Project - Candace Thille

Met with Candace to talk about my Master’s project. Amazing feedback. What I’m trying to build seems more like a performance tool than a learning tool - which I already knew but phrased this way m...

Engineering Education - Week 5.1 - Class Notes

Ok class - talking about the readings and more about what Benchmark Tasks are and what a Cognitive task analysis entails. A little confusing as to how to translate this technique into my very ‘metaâ...