J M Smith

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@syardi The Learning Technologies PhD program at UNT has 'associate graduate faculty' for precisely this purpose.

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@amyjko I sent you an email with some thoughts.

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@constatively @Gigemags11 @courtdlcftworth @AubreyRieder @AmyMathGoodman @TDavisUNT @DavidSy28764093 #6010a3 I think the reification problem is exacerbated by the fact that a junk website or software package can be just as professional looking as the real thing.

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@courtdlcftworth @AubreyRieder @Gigemags11 @constatively @AmyMathGoodman @TDavisUNT @DavidSy28764093 #6010a3 But how much should we consider student wants? We don't give kids carte blanche for food choices, etc., because we recognize that sometimes, adults know better what they *need*, if not what they *want*. How can we find the balance?

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@Gigemags11 @2ndRevision @constatively @AubreyRieder @AmyMathGoodman @TDavisUNT @DavidSy28764093 #6010a3 That K12 / higher ed gap is a huge problem, not just for ed tech. I just saw an article this week that about 1 in 5 college students take a math class they don't need.

https://t.co/BHLJwLkWXl

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@KrishnaGathwal Do you think the results would be the same today? (I.e., multimedia from 1983 was way different.)

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@constatively @Gigemags11 @AubreyRieder @AmyMathGoodman @TDavisUNT @DavidSy28764093 I <heart> backwards design.

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@KrishnaGathwal That's a really provocative idea!

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@AubreyRieder @Gigemags11 @2ndRevision @constatively @AmyMathGoodman @TDavisUNT @DavidSy28764093 Ed is like a Rube Goldberg machine--but we have to change all of the parts at the same time to get anything to change (at least, to change well).

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@TDavisUNT #6010a3 Maybe not all. E.g., importance of classical education, traditional learning, etc., are harder to mesh with ed tech.

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@TDavisUNT #6010a2 Agreed, but ed tech is extremely hard to vet. Hand me a textbook, I can flip through it and "get" it. Hand me a software package (esp. personalized, differentiated) and . . . what does it do? How can I tell?

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@CarolineKairu @constatively #6010a2 Really good point--I often have a hard time judging tone/meaning in text messages. Are the gains worth it when we lose so much?

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@TDavisUNT #6010a2 Good observation. Where are the productivity gains? I'd argue they are lost to (1) ed tech pref. low level skills, (2) learning curve, and (3) distraction factor.

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@constatively @Gigemags11 @AubreyRieder @TDavisUNT And it's hard to study because the life cycle is so short. #6010a1

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@constatively @atikah18070788 #6010a1 Also, how would we control for a novelty effect, which is easy to get with tech?

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@fil0s0fin #6010a1 So I think this is really important. We've been held hostage to the idea that the profit motive determines everything, but that simply isn't true. Look at all the time people spend adding content to Wikipedia . . . or the monkey puzzle experiments.

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@constatively #6010a1 Is the cost too high *not* to, if it means worse outcomes? (IOW, there's an opportunity cost.)

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@constatively @ROBODAVISWFISD @AmyMathGoodman #6010a1 That's why I asked, but I'll shelf it until next week!

[J M Smith @JMSinAustin]

@KrishnaGathwal @constatively #6010a1 @KrishnaGathwal, I can see why/how that would make sense in the business world, but do you think it should be applied everywhere? My worry would be that we don't study philosophy, history, etc. if we can't translate them into action.