There are three great media events coming up in the next 30 hours.
Author: Justin Reich
Grading Automated Essay Scoring Programs- Part III: Classrooms
I arrive at the final of my three part series of Automated Essay Score Predictors.In this final post, I offer a scenario of how Automated Essay Score Predictors could be used in a progressive history course in an elite private school.
Grading Automated Essay Scoring Programs- Part II: Policy
How could machines that automatically grade essays lead to Deeper Learning? On the face of it, the premise sounds preposterous. But I’m increasingly convinced that there is a potentially powerful policy strategy here, and this post provides an overview. But first, a review of what Automated Essay Scoring programs are.
Digital Media and Civic Ed: Amplification or Transformation? (@bjfr)
Do new technologies and new media truly transform practice, or are they amplifiers of well-established pedagogies?
Grading Automated Essay Scoring Programs- Part I (@bjfr)
Automated Essay Scoring software programs can grade essays as well as humans. That was one of the key findings from a new Hewlett Foundation study of Automated Essay Scoring (AES) tools produced by eight commercial vendors and one open source entry from Carnegie Mellon University.
Are Great Wikis Born or Made? (@bjfr)
I was getting all ready to write up my two presentations from AERA today, when I found out on twitter that my new friend and colleague Janine Lim had already done it (on her fabulously titled blog Out on a Lim). These are two works in progress, papers where I have some findings but haven’t put things together in a publishable form.
Will Free Education Technology Benefit the Rich? (@bjfr)
My own contribution to the Hewlett Grantee Meeting was a talk entitled “When Open Encounters Different Classrooms,” which is part of my ongoing campaign to raise serious concerns about issues of equity and education technology.
When Teachers Demand to Be Co-Creators, Not Consumers
The richest exchanges on day two of the Hewlett Open Educational Resources Grantee Meeting came from those who challenged the fundamental premises of the meeting.
Massive Online Courses Create Bragging Rights for Universities, and Other Insights From Hewlett's OER Meeting
I spent the afternoon at the Hewlett Open Educational Resources Grantee Meeting, and the heart of the agenda was brainstorming obstacles to the widespread adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) and giving the Hewlett program officers a chance to talk about trends and changes in the landscape related to OER.
Researchers and Educators Gather at the Hewlett Open Educational Resources Grantee Meeting
I’m spending this week at the annual Hewlett Open Educational Resources Grantee Meeting, where a group of developers, educators, and researchers are gathering to discuss the advancement of Open Educational Resources or OER.