Faculty are Losing Interest in Adopting OER

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I missed this when it was first published, but a few months ago Ithaka S+R shared the results of their Ithaka S+R  US Faculty Survey 2021. The survey went out to 145,099 randomly selected faculty members across the US and over 5% of invitees responded. I was particularly interested in the survey’s findings about the … Read more

Lessons from Treadmills and Owls: The Most Important Feature in Educational Technology Products

empty treadmills in a gym

Treadmills are iconic pieces of exercise equipment for the wrong reason. They’re famous  primarily for sitting unused in basements and spare bedrooms all across the country. These treadmills go unused despite having some pretty sophisticated features, including embedded video trainers who talk to you during your workout, realistic imagery of running routes, automated speed and … Read more

What Memes Can Teach Us About Applying Educational Research in Practice

One does not simply apply learning science.

Do you know the #nailedit meme? In its most common form: Someone sees a recipe or craft online. They try to recreate it. Things go terribly, comically wrong. They graciously post the results online, allowing us all to take joy in the degree to which they absolutely #nailedit. Part of what makes these memes great is … Read more