Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Assessment of Climate Change: A Challenge for the University” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: ASSESS subscribers (a) Larry King at http://bit.ly/195skV6 & http://bit.ly/11aNwHy, and (b) Mike Fulford at http://bit.ly/17IgiTZ questioned the relevancy to assessment in higher education of my posts “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY and “Why Democrats in Congress Fail To Support Climate Change Legislation #3” at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY.
Irrelevant to assessment in higher education? King and Fulford may have missed my post “Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?” at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn. If there’s no life on Planet Earth then there's neither Higher Education nor Assessment on Planet Earth.
Karl Pister, Emeritus Chancellor of UC - Santa Cruz, wrote at http://bit.ly/11ymbuk: “. . . we need to encourage innovative ways of looking at problems, moving away from the increasing specialization of academia to develop new interdisciplinary fields that can address complex real-world problems from new perspectives.”
Surely the assessment of the alleged threat to life on Planet Earth by anthropogenic global warming is A Challenge To The University rather than the Irrelevancy seen by King and Fulford.
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- Worthy of - but misattributed http://bit.ly/13hZKMD to - Plato (427-347 BC)
REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 12 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Assessment of Climate Change: A Challenge for the University,” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/11KwHD9. Post of 13 Jun 2013 10:47:32-0700to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Why Democrats in Congress Fail To Support Climate Change Legislation #3
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Why Democrats in Congress Fail To Support Climate Change Legislation #3” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: In my discussion-list post “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY I wrote: “Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress are almost as unenlightened as Republicans.”
In response, a subscriber wrote to me: “In case anyone missed this excellent dissection of climate science opposition, here's why Demos are apparently ‘unenlightened’: [‘Frontline - Climate of Doubt’ (PBS, 2012)] at http://to.pbs.org/192dOxE.”
I list the ALL-STAR cast and their online resumés: 19 Believers in Anthropogenic Global Warming and 20 Doubters of Anthropogenic Global Warming..
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“. . .American politics is being completely defined by huge sums of money. [In 2008] we had really a very broad coalition of people who believed that we ought to move forward [on climate change legislation] and do something. But as the [2012} campaign and the fear built up, people began to retreat. [Conservative organizations] spent huge sums of money in a campaign of major disinformation. . . . . .[[My italics]]. . . . that had a profound impact. And it has now made many people in public life very gunshy because they're afraid of having those amounts of money spent against them. . . . . .There's nothing like a loss in an election . . . . [[as for Bob Ingliss of South Carolina, defeated by BIG $$ from conservative organizations]]. . . . to promote fear in the survivors. And that's exactly what happened in the United States Congress."
- John Kerry, transcript PBS (2012)
REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 12 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Why Democrats in Congress Fail To Support Climate Change Legislation #3” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/11fWHTG. Post of 12 Jun 2013 13:12:52-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
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ABSTRACT: In my discussion-list post “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY I wrote: “Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress are almost as unenlightened as Republicans.”
In response, a subscriber wrote to me: “In case anyone missed this excellent dissection of climate science opposition, here's why Demos are apparently ‘unenlightened’: [‘Frontline - Climate of Doubt’ (PBS, 2012)] at http://to.pbs.org/192dOxE.”
I list the ALL-STAR cast and their online resumés: 19 Believers in Anthropogenic Global Warming and 20 Doubters of Anthropogenic Global Warming..
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“. . .American politics is being completely defined by huge sums of money. [In 2008] we had really a very broad coalition of people who believed that we ought to move forward [on climate change legislation] and do something. But as the [2012} campaign and the fear built up, people began to retreat. [Conservative organizations] spent huge sums of money in a campaign of major disinformation. . . . . .[[My italics]]. . . . that had a profound impact. And it has now made many people in public life very gunshy because they're afraid of having those amounts of money spent against them. . . . . .There's nothing like a loss in an election . . . . [[as for Bob Ingliss of South Carolina, defeated by BIG $$ from conservative organizations]]. . . . to promote fear in the survivors. And that's exactly what happened in the United States Congress."
- John Kerry, transcript PBS (2012)
REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 12 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Why Democrats in Congress Fail To Support Climate Change Legislation #3” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/11fWHTG. Post of 12 Jun 2013 13:12:52-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Orlo Stitt (2013) of the Physoc list has called attention to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s speech “Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” at http://1.usa.gov/13mbZsV. Therein Whitehouse says:
(1) “How wise is it for the Republican Party to wed itself to the deniers and proclaim that climate change is a hoax?”
(2) “I’m willing to do a carbon pollution fee that sets the market in balance, and returns every single dollar to the American people. No new agencies. No new taxes. No bigger government. Every dollar back. Just a balanced market, with the costs included in the price, which will make better energy choices, increase jobs, and prevent pollution."
In my opinion, regarding:
“1”: Whitehouse is correct in asserting that the Republican Party has “wed itself to the [climate change] deniers.” At http://bit.ly/11p423a are the quotes of 23 Senators (all Republicans, 50% of the 46 Republicans in the Senate) and 81 Congressmen (all Republicans, 35% of the 234 Republicans in the House) who deny the deleterious effects of anthropomorphic climate change. Their uninformed statements indicate their appalling science illiteracy and that of the voters who elected them.
Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress are almost as unenlightened as Republicans - see “Few Democrats In Congress Support Capps Climate Legislation” (IT, 2013) at http://bit.ly/13NDgn3 - hence Hansen's (2013) proposal at http://huff.to/13gcjcR for a new “American Party.”
“2”: Whitehouse is in the economically sagacious company of: (a) conservatives George Schultz and Gary Becker (2013) in “Why We Support a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/11ZoaOr; and (b) James Hansen (2013) in “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf.
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“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
-Worthy of - but misattributed http://bit.ly/13hZKMD to - Plato (427-347 BC)
REFERENCES [URL’s shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 09 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY. Post of 8 Jun 2013 19:40:10-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
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ABSTRACT: Orlo Stitt (2013) of the Physoc list has called attention to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s speech “Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” at http://1.usa.gov/13mbZsV. Therein Whitehouse says:
(1) “How wise is it for the Republican Party to wed itself to the deniers and proclaim that climate change is a hoax?”
(2) “I’m willing to do a carbon pollution fee that sets the market in balance, and returns every single dollar to the American people. No new agencies. No new taxes. No bigger government. Every dollar back. Just a balanced market, with the costs included in the price, which will make better energy choices, increase jobs, and prevent pollution."
In my opinion, regarding:
“1”: Whitehouse is correct in asserting that the Republican Party has “wed itself to the [climate change] deniers.” At http://bit.ly/11p423a are the quotes of 23 Senators (all Republicans, 50% of the 46 Republicans in the Senate) and 81 Congressmen (all Republicans, 35% of the 234 Republicans in the House) who deny the deleterious effects of anthropomorphic climate change. Their uninformed statements indicate their appalling science illiteracy and that of the voters who elected them.
Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress are almost as unenlightened as Republicans - see “Few Democrats In Congress Support Capps Climate Legislation” (IT, 2013) at http://bit.ly/13NDgn3 - hence Hansen's (2013) proposal at http://huff.to/13gcjcR for a new “American Party.”
“2”: Whitehouse is in the economically sagacious company of: (a) conservatives George Schultz and Gary Becker (2013) in “Why We Support a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/11ZoaOr; and (b) James Hansen (2013) in “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf.
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“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
-Worthy of - but misattributed http://bit.ly/13hZKMD to - Plato (427-347 BC)
REFERENCES [URL’s shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 09 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/100EVIY. Post of 8 Jun 2013 19:40:10-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
The Carbon Tax: Merely a Ploy for Wealth Redistribution?
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “The Carbon Tax: Merely a Ploy for Wealth Redistribution?” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: In response to my discussion-list post “Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?” [Hake (2013)] at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn, David Marx at http://bit.ly/14fAjhl wrote: “Now, we finally get to the real purpose of carbon caps and taxes . . . . . . . IT'S ALL ABOUT WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION. . . . .” [My CAPS.]
James Hansen, in his article “The American Party” at http://huff.to/13gcjcR had this to say about “wealth/income redistribution” (paraphrasing): “Yes, the Carbon Tax is progressive: some ambitious low-income people who pay special attention to their carbon footprint will be able to save money for other purposes, wealthy people will pay more in added costs than they receive in the dividend. However, the added cost to them is small compared with change of income tax rates -- and lower income tax rates would be much more likely when the economy improves as the system moves toward honest pricing of fossil fuels. . . . . . . . . After I spoke to a group of conservative politicians, one of them said ‘THAT’S INCOME REDISTRIBUTION!’ ” [My CAPS.]
But not all conservatives are so disposed - see e.g., the WSJ piece “Why We Support a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/11ZoaOr, by George Shultz http://bit.ly/ZOTqiJ and Gary Becker http://bit.ly/ZtDT5I, both senior fellows at the conservative Hoover Institution http://bit.ly/SPGxwb.
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REFERENCES [URL shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 05 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “The Carbon Tax: Merely a Ploy for Wealth Redistribution?” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/13FUcvQ. Post of 05 Jun 2013 11:23:12-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists.
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ABSTRACT: In response to my discussion-list post “Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?” [Hake (2013)] at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn, David Marx at http://bit.ly/14fAjhl wrote: “Now, we finally get to the real purpose of carbon caps and taxes . . . . . . . IT'S ALL ABOUT WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION. . . . .” [My CAPS.]
James Hansen, in his article “The American Party” at http://huff.to/13gcjcR had this to say about “wealth/income redistribution” (paraphrasing): “Yes, the Carbon Tax is progressive: some ambitious low-income people who pay special attention to their carbon footprint will be able to save money for other purposes, wealthy people will pay more in added costs than they receive in the dividend. However, the added cost to them is small compared with change of income tax rates -- and lower income tax rates would be much more likely when the economy improves as the system moves toward honest pricing of fossil fuels. . . . . . . . . After I spoke to a group of conservative politicians, one of them said ‘THAT’S INCOME REDISTRIBUTION!’ ” [My CAPS.]
But not all conservatives are so disposed - see e.g., the WSJ piece “Why We Support a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/11ZoaOr, by George Shultz http://bit.ly/ZOTqiJ and Gary Becker http://bit.ly/ZtDT5I, both senior fellows at the conservative Hoover Institution http://bit.ly/SPGxwb.
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REFERENCES [URL shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 05 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “The Carbon Tax: Merely a Ploy for Wealth Redistribution?” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/13FUcvQ. Post of 05 Jun 2013 11:23:12-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Economic Outcomes of a U.S. Carbon Tax
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Economic Outcomes of a U.S. Carbon Tax” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: In response to my post “Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?” [Hake (2013)] at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn, POD’s Ed Gehringer at http://bit.ly/15xY57m wrote: “Those interested in the other side of the story might be interested in reading ‘Economic Outcomes of a U. S. Carbon Tax’ [NERA (2013)] at http://bit.ly/18Lvai3 . . . . . ."
Unfortunately NERA (2013)] fails to mention the global threat to life on Planet Earth - see e.g., Storms of My Grandchildren [Hansen (2010)] at http://bit.ly/LfiwzY. Without life on Planet Earth there will be no need for the NAM. Thus in its “Letter to Congress on Carbon Tax” [NAM (2013b)] at http://bit.ly/11pDulw, the NAM essentially lobbies in support of its own demise.
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REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 04 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Economic Outcomes of a U.S. Carbon Tax,” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/16HDFxh. Post of 04 Jun 2013 12:31:30-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists.
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ABSTRACT: In response to my post “Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?” [Hake (2013)] at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn, POD’s Ed Gehringer at http://bit.ly/15xY57m wrote: “Those interested in the other side of the story might be interested in reading ‘Economic Outcomes of a U. S. Carbon Tax’ [NERA (2013)] at http://bit.ly/18Lvai3 . . . . . ."
Unfortunately NERA (2013)] fails to mention the global threat to life on Planet Earth - see e.g., Storms of My Grandchildren [Hansen (2010)] at http://bit.ly/LfiwzY. Without life on Planet Earth there will be no need for the NAM. Thus in its “Letter to Congress on Carbon Tax” [NAM (2013b)] at http://bit.ly/11pDulw, the NAM essentially lobbies in support of its own demise.
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REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 04 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Economic Outcomes of a U.S. Carbon Tax,” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/16HDFxh. Post of 04 Jun 2013 12:31:30-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: James Hansen, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, in "The Courage to Fight Climate Change" at http://bit.ly/12djtSf wrote: “We must have a simple, honest, across-the-board carbon fee collected from the fossil fuel companies at the small number of domestic mines and ports of entry. All of that money should be distributed to the public-100 percent of it - with equal amounts going to all legal residents.”
A Google http://www.google.com/ search for “Carbon Tax” turned up 4,210,000 hits at http://bit.ly/153PQQV on 03 June 10:30-0700, including the Wikipedi entries on “Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/118dUBp and on “Emissions Control” at http://bit.ly/15tshjV. In my opinion: (a) The more important hits are listed in the over twenty references in the REFERENCE list in the complete post at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn, and (b) the most important hits are these six:
(1) “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf,
(2) “The People vs. Cap-and-Trade” [Hansen (2010b)] at http://bit.ly/17OhN3w,
(3) “The American Party” [Hansen (2013)] at http://huff.to/13gcjcR,
(4) “Herman Daly on Carbon Fees and Tax Shifting” [Gravitas (2011)] at http://bit.ly/1aTHNH3,
(5) “Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills” [Sanders (2013a)] at http://1.usa.gov/12oSeUT,
(6) “Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment” [CBO (2013)] at http://1.usa.gov/13y4MF6.
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REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 03 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?" online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn. Post of 03 Jun 2013 12:34:27-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
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ABSTRACT: James Hansen, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, in "The Courage to Fight Climate Change" at http://bit.ly/12djtSf wrote: “We must have a simple, honest, across-the-board carbon fee collected from the fossil fuel companies at the small number of domestic mines and ports of entry. All of that money should be distributed to the public-100 percent of it - with equal amounts going to all legal residents.”
A Google http://www.google.com/ search for “Carbon Tax” turned up 4,210,000 hits at http://bit.ly/153PQQV on 03 June 10:30-0700, including the Wikipedi entries on “Carbon Tax” at http://bit.ly/118dUBp and on “Emissions Control” at http://bit.ly/15tshjV. In my opinion: (a) The more important hits are listed in the over twenty references in the REFERENCE list in the complete post at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn, and (b) the most important hits are these six:
(1) “The Courage to Fight Climate Change” [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at http://bit.ly/12djtSf,
(2) “The People vs. Cap-and-Trade” [Hansen (2010b)] at http://bit.ly/17OhN3w,
(3) “The American Party” [Hansen (2013)] at http://huff.to/13gcjcR,
(4) “Herman Daly on Carbon Fees and Tax Shifting” [Gravitas (2011)] at http://bit.ly/1aTHNH3,
(5) “Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills” [Sanders (2013a)] at http://1.usa.gov/12oSeUT,
(6) “Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment” [CBO (2013)] at http://1.usa.gov/13y4MF6.
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REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 03 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?" online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn. Post of 03 Jun 2013 12:34:27-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Re: ‘Laptop U’ Misses the Real Story
Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Re: ‘Laptop U’ Misses the Real Story” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Joshua Kim in his Inside Higher Ed report “ ‘Laptop U’ Misses the Real Story” at http://bit.ly/11b4tNd correctly pointed out two problems in Nathan Heller’s otherwise exemplary New Yorker article “Laptop U” at http://nyr.kr/10MmItb (paraphrasing):
1. “The online and blended education world, really the higher ed world where most of us spend our days, fails to make any appearance.”
2. “If in fact the real story is the rise of blended and online learning, then [that story] will go completely untold if MOOCs are the sole focus.”
In my opinion, two other problems are that “Laptop U”:
3. Fails to emphasize the fact that MOOCs, like most Higher Ed institutions, concentrate on DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION rather than STUDENT LEARNING to the detriment of their effectiveness - - see “From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education” [Barr and Tagg (1995)] at http://bit.ly/8XGJPc.
4. Ignores the failure of MOOC providers to gauge the effectiveness of their courses by pre-to-postcourse measurement of student learning gains utilizing “Concept Inventories” http://bit.ly/dARkDY. As I pointed out “Is Higher Education Running AMOOC?” [Hake (2013) at http://yhoo.it/12nPMZB, such assessment would probably demonstrate that MOOCs are actually MOORFAPs (Massive Open Online Repetitions of FAiled Pedagogy). There would then be some incentive to transform MOOCs into MOOLOs (Massive Open Online Learning Opportunities).
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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Hake, R.R. 2013. “Re: ‘Laptop U’ Misses the Real Story” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/13JDqKM. Post of 22 May 2013 16:26:51-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold.
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ABSTRACT: Joshua Kim in his Inside Higher Ed report “ ‘Laptop U’ Misses the Real Story” at http://bit.ly/11b4tNd correctly pointed out two problems in Nathan Heller’s otherwise exemplary New Yorker article “Laptop U” at http://nyr.kr/10MmItb (paraphrasing):
1. “The online and blended education world, really the higher ed world where most of us spend our days, fails to make any appearance.”
2. “If in fact the real story is the rise of blended and online learning, then [that story] will go completely untold if MOOCs are the sole focus.”
In my opinion, two other problems are that “Laptop U”:
3. Fails to emphasize the fact that MOOCs, like most Higher Ed institutions, concentrate on DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION rather than STUDENT LEARNING to the detriment of their effectiveness - - see “From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education” [Barr and Tagg (1995)] at http://bit.ly/8XGJPc.
4. Ignores the failure of MOOC providers to gauge the effectiveness of their courses by pre-to-postcourse measurement of student learning gains utilizing “Concept Inventories” http://bit.ly/dARkDY. As I pointed out “Is Higher Education Running AMOOC?” [Hake (2013) at http://yhoo.it/12nPMZB, such assessment would probably demonstrate that MOOCs are actually MOORFAPs (Massive Open Online Repetitions of FAiled Pedagogy). There would then be some incentive to transform MOOCs into MOOLOs (Massive Open Online Learning Opportunities).
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To access the complete 9 kB post please click on http://yhoo.it/13JDqKM.
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Links to Articles: http://bit.ly/a6M5y0
Links to Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs: http://bit.ly/9nGd3M
Academia: http://bit.ly/a8ixxm
Blog: http://bit.ly/9yGsXh
GooglePlus: http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE
Google Scholar: http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3
Twitter: http://bit.ly/juvd52
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm
REFERENCES [URL shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 22 May 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Re: ‘Laptop U’ Misses the Real Story” online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/13JDqKM. Post of 22 May 2013 16:26:51-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold.
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