At the beginning of this year and end of last year, I wrote about branching scenarios and simulations. Those posts were:
Educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom believed that given enough time (and quality instruction) all…
Last time we did a deep dive into a survey, but this week I wanted to come back with some basic things that can help improve your future surveys.
1 — Ask questions if you only want the answer (or include constraints or context)
Moodle quizzes provide a lot of opportunities for things to happen automatically based on your…
Being a student again is a learning experience in more than one way, and my first major assignment has me re-learning some of the great lessons I’ve learned about feedback.
Last time out I was writing about tips for learning to better receive feedback and the topic of praise came up. There was a point in time where I felt that praise and feedback were the same thing. I read an article the other day where it seemed to me that the two were being used…
Learning how to give feedback is an important skill to learn, something I’ve talked about here and here. However, learning how to receive feedback is just as important, if not more important. One of the key things I’ve…
Last time around I mentioned that I thought it a big no-no to refer to feedback as constructive criticism. The notion of something being both helpful and hurtful at the same time is both confusing and, in this case, just plain wrong. Feedback is only…
Over the last few months, I’ve been reading up as much as I could on the topic of feedback. It became something of great interest to me when I realized that the way I was giving and receiving feedback could use some definite upgrades from what I had been taught…
Enough time and quality instruction. Those two things educational psychologist and researcher Benjamin Bloom suggested were all that was needed to help any kind of student reach competence…
