My colleague Mike DeSchryver and I wrote a article arguing for the use of new literacies and computational thinking to promote creative thinking. We discuss the design decisions we make to integrate computational thinking through new literacies and computational thinking for inservice teachers enrolled in our Masters in Educational Technology (MAET) program at Michigan…
Below is an activity I have used in our Masters in Educational Technology program at MSU to allow students to visualize data using Infographics. Visualizing Data Activity In this project, you will create an infographic to highlight statistical, timeline, process, or geographical-based information. Your goal should be to show your…
During October 2014, I spent a week at Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany) for a workshop sponsored by the German Ministry of Education & Research on modeling and measuring competencies in higher education. (KoKoHS) With my colleagues, Leigh Graves Wolf and Jon Good from Michigan State University we collaborated with two…
Yadav, A., Vinh, M., Shaver, G., Meckl, P., & Rose, S. (2014). Case-based Instruction: Improving students’ conceptual understanding through cases in a mechanical engineering course. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 51 (5), 659-677, doi: 10.1002/tea.21149 Recently, there has been a push within engineering curricula to adopt more learner-centered pedagogies, such as case-based…