This Friday I will be in a panel at the SEN symposium (which I was participating in 2 years ago too, talking about autograders) The organizers told me that the “discussion will revolve around opportunities, challenges, and potential solutions” and I was allowed to discuss one statement. Since they only gave me 7 minutes (and […]
Programming and direct instruction
Direct instruction is hot! Whereas in the 1990s we heard a lot about discovering learning, we are now slowly seeing a renewed interest in the ‘direct instruction model’ in the Netherlands. Both in language and in mathematics there is a new interest in rote practice of knowledge (“stampen“). As that is not a surprise, since […]
Flipping the classroom
In previous posts I have written about my motivation for and experiences while making a MOOC. One of the reasons to make a MOOC of course is also to then use this material in traditional, on-campus education. That is what I did this year in my university course IN4400, I “flipped my classroom”. Too lazy […]
Experiences with making a MOOC
Previously I wrote about my motivation to make a MOOC, a massive open online course, in this post I’ll talk a bit about my experiences in developing the material and my recommendations for developing material. Use an existing course If you are running a MOOC and there are thousands of people looking at your slides, everything […]
