Paul’s Blog

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EVERY USA UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBER should read this. This is crucial, and not just in some tree-hugging-save-the planet-way (a criticism STUPID faculty have been using for years, to prolong their techno-IGNORANCE). This is crucial because if you CLAIM to support (at least in principle) the VALUE of learning, this represents a quantum leap forward for [...]

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From March 27th to March 29th, 2009 – the education community of Second Life will be hosting a 3 day conference on best practices in education. This conference will promote the best and brightest from the Second Life education community in various fields of practice including everything from demonstrations to hands on theory.
This year’s host [...]

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This episode of the new Science Channel TV series called “Weird Connections” is incredibly important to the field of Cognitive Load Theory.
Check it out:

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The idea of literary toil and the related concept of long-windedness have been on my mind of late, based on comments I get from time to time about my style of writing. Most of the time though, I see these as diversions or stimulating exercises which are good for the mind. It’s almost like [...]

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First principles first, right? (that is, one should consider first principles in any serious academic endeavor, at least before a “Toward a Theory Governing [insert two-dollar words here] . Blah blah”)? Well, I would like to begin by stating that a simple definition does not meet the traditional scientific criteria for a theory. Although in [...]

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