Seymour Papert was a mathematician, computer scientist, and educational theorist whose work helped establish constructionism, a view that learning occurs through actively constructing knowledge and… Read More »Seymour Papert: Constructionism, Bricolage, and Hard Fun
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Derek Muller holds a degree in engineering physics and a PhD in physics education research from the University of Sydney. […]
The idea for Logo turned sixty this year. So did I. Logo, a programming language designed for children, began in 1966 at Bolt, Beranek and… Read More »Cynthia Solomon, Co-Inventor of Logo
Bea Leiderman is an instructional designer and technology coach, with experience as a teacher and technologist in K – 12 education. She and her partner… Read More »Using Scrum in the classroom
Richard Mayer is an educational psychologist at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) whose work sits at the intersection of cognition, instruction and technology. He… Read More »RICHARD MAYER: Designing for Limited Cognition
Diane J. Skiba is Professor Emerita and former Coordinator of Healthcare Informatics at the University of Colorado College of Nursing, where she spent over four… Read More »From Bedside to Screen: How Diane Skiba Shaped Virtual Health Education
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Laura Czerniewicz is a South African scholar and former professor at the University of Cape Town whose work in educational technology has focused on digital… Read More »Digital Inequality: Who Gets to Benefit from Educational Technology?
After reading Richard Clark’s article Media Will Never Influence Learning, my first reaction was skepticism. Media has shaped much of […]