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Small pieces loosely joined: A useful way of looking at the web

The new century brought a lot of change to the young Internet, both good and bad. The unbridled enthusiasm of the 1990s that brought us the…

Jul 23, 2017

Small pieces loosely joined: A useful way of looking at the web

Jul 23, 2017

Bill Ferster

Teaching using interactive visualization: Project-based learning at UVA

The University of Virginia is offering a new way to connect students directly with faculty researchers in authentic inquiry using the…

Jul 9, 2017

Teaching using interactive visualization: Project-based learning at UVA

Jul 9, 2017

Bill Ferster

The book as an interactive device: Media doesn’t always need to be digital

The traditional media used in education has at least one major Achilles heel. No matter how well produced and instructional the content may…

Jun 25, 2017

The book as an interactive device: Media doesn’t always need to be digital

Jun 25, 2017

Bill Ferster

Should Ed-tech be Venture funded?

The allure of educational technology is easy to understand. In almost every other area of our modern world, machines have significantly…

Jun 11, 2017

Should Ed-tech be Venture funded?

Jun 11, 2017

Bill Ferster

Digital video 101: Understanding how digital video works

Like analog television, digital video uses a “divide and conquer” strategy. But in addition to dividing the image into a series of…

May 28, 2017

Digital video 101: Understanding how digital video works

May 28, 2017

Bill Ferster

Mad Men: Marshall McLuhan’s branding of Timothy Leary’s message

In his great new book, The Attention Merchants, Tim Wu tells the story about how Timothy Leary’s famous message on LSD, “Turn On, Tune in…

May 14, 2017

Mad Men: Marshall McLuhan’s branding of Timothy Leary’s message

May 14, 2017

Bill Ferster

The shape of school vs. the shape of ed-tech

We tend to look at innovations such as adaptive learning in isolation, out of context of how they might be applied in a real-world…

Apr 25, 2017

The shape of school vs. the shape of ed-tech

Apr 25, 2017

Bill Ferster

Skinner’s Project Pigeon

By Bill Ferster

Apr 15, 2017

Skinner’s Project Pigeon

Apr 15, 2017

Bill Ferster

Statistics 101

Statistics is the process of converting data into information that is usable to people. Collections of numbers are difficult for people to…

Apr 8, 2017

Statistics 101

Apr 8, 2017

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The Rotation of Crops: Mindful career pivoting

I still remember the day some 30 years later, with mixed emotions. Sitting in a conference room with expansive views of Lake Michigan on…

Apr 1, 2017

The Rotation of Crops: Mindful career pivoting

Apr 1, 2017

Bill Ferster

Bill Ferster

Research professor at UVA and technology consultant. Author of Sage on the Screen, Teaching Machines, Interactive Visualization. www.stagetools.com/bill.

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