Category: design
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Students Construct
Introduction This is completely Optional! Some of you have access to the T3alliance.org Raspberry Pi Computer Boxes with the included sensor devices, breadboard and other parts. If you do, you can follow along and recreate and improve some of these projects. These are optional. At this point in the course, we have not covered some…
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The Purpose of Pedagogy Review
Preface I’ve been wanting to curate a research collection that points to effective practices in online instruction. Well, now is the time. In conjunction with an upcoming series of iTeachU Live chat events that I’ll be running from UAF eCampus entitled “What Does the Research Say?”, we’ll need a site to serve as a collection…
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Explain It Like I’m 5
I’ve referenced this opening skit to The Office in one of my Teaching Tips. Beyond being superb comedy, this is an interesting from a teaching standpoint. At the end of a content module, no matter what domain knowledge or learning activities students were shepherded through, there has to be some sort of assessment, so both…
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Data from Lab to Cloud
After finishing up my masters project for developing plans for a remote controlled laboratory demonstrating the Faraday Effect, its time to shift from plans into developing a prototype. Recent testing of the RCL concept involves identifying instruments capable of measuring a range of brightness from the laser, as well as being capable of providing visual…
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Sample Embeds
Embed example from my calendar: Embed from Docs: Embed example from sheets: Embed from G+ Embed from slides: Embed from YouTube: Embed from Twitter: The current @HooDooBrew menu. Very glad to see Saison back again! pic.twitter.com/304Ftu9GR3 — Dan LaSota (@DanLaSota) July 18, 2015 Embed from SoundCloud: Embed from Google Trends:
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UBD Tree – A Course on Science Lab Design
If you are a fan or a student of “Understanding by Design” by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, you’ll be familiar with the UBD tree for instructional design. I partially developed one for a possible science lab design course for the online classroom. The UBD tree is complete from big idea, through two essential questions…