Welcome back all. Here is Digitally Literate, issue #320. I posted the following this week: Think of your life in chunks – Bill Gates is given attribution for stating that “Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.” How you think abotu today…and plan…
Hi all! Welcome back to Digitally Literate. This is issue #303. This was a wild and bumpy week. More to come soon. If you haven’t already, please subscribe if you would like this newsletter to show up in your inbox. Reach out and say hello at hello@digitallyliterate.net. Watch on YouTube Universal Design for Learning (UDL)…
Welcome back, friends and family! This week I also posted the following: Breaking Down the Misinformation & Disinformation Ecosystem – The challenge in identifying misinformation from disinformation rests in the purpose of intent of the sender. My Ratio of Signal to Noise – How might I best leverage these spaces, places, and texts to build…
Hello! Hello! I hope you and those around you are well. This week I also posted the following: Where I’m Going – Share a walk in your world. WalkMyWorld Learning Event 7. Where I’m Going. Life must be lived forwards. We have the opportunity to survive, succeed, and achieve. Guides In The Monster Factory -…
Remember Your Anchors Digitally Lit #247 – 5/23/2020 Hi all, welcome to issue #247 of Digitally Literate. I also helped post the following: What we can do to support our students’ trauma and our own during these uncertain times? – Rachelle Savitz on how we can use the power of sharing our stories and having…
Youth Never Forget Digitally Lit #227 – 1/4/2020 Hi all, welcome to issue #227 of Digitally Literate. Welcome to 2020. I hope the new year…and the new decade treat you well. You’re more than welcome to review these materials on the website. Please subscribe if you would like this to show up in your email…
Learning How to LearnDigitally Lit #217 – 10/5/2019 Hi all, my name is Ian O’Byrne and welcome to issue #217 of Digitally Literate. Thank you for stopping by. Please subscribe if you would like this to show up in your email inbox. This week I posted the following: Shape of My Story – This is…
If you’re interested in reading more about the importance of “chunking” and clear course design, check out Chapter 4 (starts on page 14 of the PDF at the link above) in this excerpt from Design for How People Learn by Julie Dirksen (which is a wonderful book and useful resource).
One economist found that platooning might be harming kids and two other economists found that looping is quite beneficial. “These studies are important because they tell us that teacher-student relationships matter”
The Hechinger Report notes: Two studies on how best to teach elementary schools students — one on the popular trend of “platooning” and one on the far less common practice of “looping” — at first would seem totally unrelated other than the fact that they both use silly words with double-o’s. “Platooning” refers to having…
There are two models of online education: • Preparatory knowledge, in the form of course-based video-delivered teachings: Coursera, Udacity, Thinkful, etc. • On demand knowledge: Wikipedia,…
There are two models of online education: Preparatory knowledge, in the form of course-based video-delivered teachings: Coursera, Udacity, Thinkful, etc. On demand knowledge: Wikipedia, StackOverflow, Genius, etc. Of the two, the latter has been much more widely spread and far more influential. There is, of course, something fundamentally missing when we only have on…
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