Learning – Page 23 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

College and Free Speech: Interesting interview by FIRE with Juan Williams

2013-10-22

Universities should be places to exchange ideas -- a good interview arguing this point via FIRE.
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Applying a psychological theory: A creative way to assess student learning

2013-10-17

An in-depth description of a constructivist task I gave my students to assess their learning -- and get them to learn in the first place. Was a fun course and I think a helpful one.
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Short Update (MinD-Akademie 2013)

2013-10-07

Short report about the MinD-Akademie 2013 and a presentation about Scientific Work and the Scientific Community.
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Plagiarism #1 – What is Plagiarism?

2013-09-17

Beginning of a series about Plagiarism. Starts with a definition of plagiarism and different types of it.
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Enter the MOOC Masochists

2013-09-12

Not all pain is gain and unless you really like painful experiences, why not leave bad MOOC?
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CourseTalk and other things to evaluate MOOCs

2013-09-10

There are countless MOOCs available, yet time is limited. How can you pick a good MOOCs? Some suggestions.
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Reactions to Really, Really, REALLY bad MOOCs

2013-09-09

MOOC participants are not students at a university, okay, not only students at a university: They speak up if the course is bad. Looking at a really bad MOOC, there are three counter-arguments against speaking up -- and valid rebuttals of these counterarguments. Also: One of the worst excuses for bad presentation I have ever read.
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Coursera Course: “Creativity, Innovation, and Change” started today

2013-09-02

Coursera Courses are often interesting and this one deserves a look.
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MOOC Participants vs. Regular University Students

2013-08-30

MOOCs are not university classes. Participants demand more -- and they are not afraid to demand it. So lecturer's and university administrators: take care. But what might sound negative actually has one very big advantage ...
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Recommendation: Georgia Tech Welcome Speech

2013-08-23

A good course should start with a bang, a good semester ... perhaps with this speech.
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A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.