Opening Remarks This has been a slightly troublesome post to write, as befits the slightly troubling experience which it reports. The motive for writing this post is to illustrate a perhaps subtle approach employed by a bully. For the sake both of protecting identities and of brevity of language, I refer to the other person [...]
Entries from 17 August 2011
I Want to Learn About …
8 August 2011 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
A Goad I have a small confession to make. It is this: I am thoroughly dissatisfied with the quality of educational resources on the Internet. I say this both as a learner and as an educator. But before I go on too much more with this rant, I had better define what I mean by [...]
The #rscon3 Unconference
5 August 2011 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Random Jottings This post is my last in connection with the recent Reform Symposium conference. It is in a sense an unconference piece: it is a reflection on some of the activity that has followed the conference itself. There has been a lot of blog posting both by participants and presenters, with comments being made [...]
Assessing Assessment: a Panelist’s View
3 August 2011 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Background This post is a personal reflection on my experience as a member of a panel fielding questions from the participants on the topic of “Assessing Assessments” at the recent Reform Symposium virtual conference, #rscon3. Readers wanting to view the recording can find it by following this link . On Being a Panelist I had [...]
