Why Are Educational Games All Just Brain Training?
Most so-called educational games are really just brain training, which isn’t education at all. Where are the games that teach useful knowledge and skills?
Category: Scholarly Pursuits
How Americans Learn
A recent study coming out of UC-San Diego reveals that Americans consume on average 34 gigabytes (GB) of information per day, 45% of which comes from TV.
Inappropriate Work-related Facebook Checkups
An insurance company, Manulife, has withdrawn a woman’s long-term sick leave benefits associated with a diagnosis of major depression after viewing pictures of her on Facebook.
Uh-oh, I Hit Reply All!: The Perils of Sexy E-mail
A reminder on e-mail and sometimes unintended recipients: a sexually explicit conversation between two Cornell employees was “accidentally” sent campus-wide.
E-Learn Vancouver, Final Thoughts
After reflecting on E-Learn 2009, I decided to post a few final thoughts about overall trends and happenings at the conference this year.
E-Learn Vancouver, Day 3
Like the days before it, Day 3 of E-Learn carried a few interesting presentations with it – including working examples of social networks and virtual worlds (Second Life) in classrooms.