education, technology, and productivity
I recently read a blog post about bad productivity habits, and one of the bad habits was using too many tools. This really resonated with me, because in the last couple of years I've found myself paring down the number of tools that I use and simplifying the way that I use them. I had …
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This is an installment in a series of summaries of journal articles that I have been reading. Abedin, B., Daneshgar, F., & D’Ambra, J. (2011). Enhancing non-task sociability of asynchronous CSCL environments. Computers & Education, 57, 2535–2547. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2011.06.002 Social interactions, which enhance learning in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments, involve both on-task and non-task (McNeil, …
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This is an installment in a series of summaries of journal articles that I have been reading. Sung, E., & Mayer, R. E. (2012). Five facets of social presence in online distance education. Computers in Human Behavior, 28, 1738–1747. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2012.04.014 Social presence, the learner’s connectedness to others in the learning environment, has been well studied …
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