My Blog Posts on Educational Technology

This is a list of my blog posts on educational technology starting in April of 2020.

I have a similar list from my old blog, which goes from 2010 to April of 2020. You can find a link to that list here.

---

2022

A quick overview of College Disrupted by Ryan Craig
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/a-quick-overview-of-college-disrupted-by-ryan-craig/

Thoughts on Kevin Carey’s book – The End of College
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/thoughts-on-kevin-careys-book-the-end-of-college/

The Feynman Effect – aka the Illusion of Understanding
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2022/05/19/the-feynman-effect-aka-the-illusion-of-understanding/

On deciding what we should teach in our public schools and elsewhere
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2022/05/18/on-deciding-what-we-should-teach-in-our-public-schools-and-elsewhere/

If we cancel student debt, then we should also create a US Open University.
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2022/05/08/if-we-cancel-student-debt-then-we-should-also-create-a-us-open-university/

Discussion of the relative merits of F2F Dialog and Writing
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2022/02/14/discussion-of-the-relative-merits-of-f2f-dialog-and-writing/

Technological progress: Should we freeze it, go back, or go forward with caution?
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2022/01/18/technological-progress-should-we-freeze-it-go-back-or-go-forward-with-caution/

Notes on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Handbook 2021
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/notes-on-computer-supported-collaborative-learning-handbook-2021/

Discussion of why college tuition is so expensive
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2022/01/11/discussion-of-why-college-tuition-is-so-expensive/

---

2021

Thoughts on the challenges of using EdTech during the pandemic
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/thoughts-on-the-challenges-of-using-edtech-during-the-pandemic/

Wouldn’t it be better if we just could meet face-to-face at places like Olney or Circle Pines?
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/12/15/wouldnt-it-be-better-if-we-just-could-meet-face-to-face-at-places-like-olney-or-circle-pines/

Derek Bok on the two cultures in Higher Education
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/12/03/derek-bok-on-the-two-cultures-in-higher-education/

Educational Technology and the Process of Teaching and Learning
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/11/27/educational-technology-and-the-process-of-teaching-and-learning/

Why society should want to automate the work of college professors.
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/07/27/why-society-should-want-to-find-ways-to-automate-the-work-of-college-professors/

Rules for Handling Distance Education During a Crisis
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/05/19/rules-for-handling-distance-education-during-a-crisis/

Do Elite Universities Need To Limit the Number of Seats at the Table?
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/do-elite-universities-need-to-limit-the-number-of-seats-at-the-table/

A long rant on student loan debt.
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/a-long-rant-on-student-loan-debt/

What is missing from this classic Chinese proverb on learning?
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/02/13/what-is-missing-from-this-classic-chinese-proverb-on-learning/

Remote Learning and the Motivation to Learn
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/remote-learning-and-the-motivation-to-learn/

TVI and Scaling the Small Seminar
Tutored Video Instruction is both an old and effective idea – one that could be used as a substitute for large lecture classes.
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/02/07/tvi-and-scaling-the-small-seminar/

Faculty to get help with websites
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/faculty-to-get-help-with-websites/

Seminar examines standards for developing online course
management and digital library systems
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/seminar-examines-standards-for-developing-online-course-management-and-digital-library-systems/

New tools help instructors create and maintain course websites
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/new-tools-help-instructors-create-and-maintain-course-websites/

A Brief History of Learning Management Systems at UC Berkeley
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/a-brief-history-of-learning-management-systems-at-uc-berkeley/

Archive of Educational Technology Articles from UC Berkeley
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/archive-of-educational-technology-articles-from-uc-berkeley/

My answer to Quora question about the UK and US education systems.
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/19/my-answer-to-quora-question-about-the-uk-and-us-education-system/

The Purpose Of Education
by Martin Luther King
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/18/the-purpose-of-education/

Thoughts on what students should look for in a course and a school.
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/16/thoughts-on-what-students-should-look-for-in-a-course-and-a-school/

Letter responding to Newsom’s plan for free public textbooks.
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/letter-responding-to-newsoms-plan-for-free-public-textbooks/

How Gavin Newsom’s open textbook plan differs from Schwarzenegger’s plan to use ebook readers
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/14/how-gavin-newsoms-open-textbook-plan-differs-from-schwarzeneggers-plan-to-use-ebook-readers/

My Thoughts on California’s Plan to Develop Free Textbooks
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/13/my-thoughts-on-californias-plan-to-develop-free-textbooks/

How Bloom and Anderson Categorize Thinking and Learning
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2021/01/11/how-bloom-and-anderson-categorize-thinking-and-learning/

---

From April 2020 to December 2020

The Polymath Professor’s Role in Online Education
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/12/18/the-polymath-professors-role-in-online-education/

How is educational technology integrated in the teaching and learning process?
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/12/14/how-is-educational-technology-integrated-in-the-teaching-and-learning-process/

Will Brain-Computer Interface Technology take over College Education? Bowling Alleys may come first.
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/will-brain-computer-interface-technology-take-over-college-education-bowling-alleys-may-come-first/

Tony Bates on the Lone Ranger Model of Courseware Development
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/11/30/tony-bates-on-the-lone-ranger-model-of-courseware-development/

David L. Kirp on the British Open University
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/11/30/david-l-kirp-on-the-british-open-university/

Opposition To Academic Labor Saving Technology At UC Berkeley
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/11/19/opposition-to-academic-labor-saving-technology-at-uc-berkeley/

The High Tech Small Study Group Saga
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/11/19/the-high-tech-small-study-group-saga/

Thoughts on the Costs of Flipping Big Lecture Classrooms
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/11/18/thoughts-on-the-costs-of-flipping-big-lecture-classrooms/

The Case for Creative Commons Textbooks
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/11/05/the-case-for-creative-commons-textbooks/

The value and importance of remote learning starting in 3,200 BCE.
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/10/15/the-value-and-importance-of-remote-learning-starting-in-3200-bce/

The Cost Disease Problem in Higher Education and the Winner-Take-All Solution
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/09/21/the-cost-disease-problem-in-higher-education-and-the-winner-take-all-solution/

How to Create a Tuition Free, Public, Online University to Produce Free Online Textbooks and Courses
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/07/09/how-to-create-a-tuition-free-public-online-university-to-produce-free-online-textbooks-and-courses/

In the Midst of the Pandemic, Academia Rediscovers Tutored Video Instruction
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/07/08/in-the-midst-of-the-pandemic-academia-rediscovers-tutored-video-instruction/

John Seely Brown on Tutored Video Instruction
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/06/23/john-seely-brown-on-tutored-video-instruction/

Some Follow Up Thoughts on Doing Online Education at Circle Pines
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/06/10/some-follow-up-thoughts-on-doing-online-education-at-circle-pines/

Coursera Courses for Circle Piners
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/coursera-courses-for-circle-piners/

Cooperatives, Folk Schools, and Quaker Work Camps
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/cooperatives-folk-schools-and-quaker-work-camps/

My background with educational technology and online learning at UC Berkeley
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/05/25/my-background-with-educational-technology-and-online-learning-at-uc-berkeley/

Is it time for Circle Pines to dream about an online folk school?
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/05/22/is-it-time-for-circle-pines-to-dream-about-an-online-folk-school/

Can online learning be a partial RX of Higher Education’s Cost Disease?
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/can-online-learning-be-a-partial-rx-for-higher-educations-cost-disease/

The Promise and Peril of AI in Education
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/the-promise-and-peril-of-ai-in-education/

Why is UC Berkeley known as a bad college for undergrads?
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/04/27/why-is-uc-berkeley-known-as-a-bad-college-for-undergrads/

The Three Uses of Educational Technology: Instrumental, Informational, and Instructional
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/the-three-uses-of-educational-technology-instrumental-informational-and-instructional/

Story Tellers, Scribes, and the Long Term History of Educational Technology
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/story-tellers-scribes-and-the-long-term-history-of-educational-technology/

---

From 2010 to April 2020

My Blog Posts on Educational Technology
https://innovationmemes.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-blog-posts-on-educational-technology.html