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Handan við skyndilausnir: Skynsemi, skrun og vísindaleg vinnubrögð

Posted on February 15, 2026 by admin

Rýnt í gjána á milli rannsókna og tilfinningalegra/pólitískra viðbragða í Torginu á RÚV TL;DR – Hvers vegna kallar stjórnmálafólk eftir lausnum sem vísindin segja að virki ekki? Í þættinum Torginu 10. febrúar 2026 mættust fræðin og stafrænt paník almennings. Umræður … Continue reading →

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Generative AI Is already here: Why schools cannot opt out

Posted on December 30, 2025 by admin

TL;DR: Public discourse tends to treat generative AI (genAI) as a monolithic threat to be managed through avoidance or bans. Here, I use the concept of affordances to argue that these tools have already fundamentally transformed the environments in which … Continue reading →

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You call that a history of Open Educational Resources?!?

Posted on June 4, 2012 by admin

An infographic on the history of open educational resources (OER) recently published by Course Hero has been making rounds on the intertubes. It’s an interesting overview of some key developments and milestones regarding OER but misses many major points. Want … Continue reading →

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Middle school teacher turns classroom into a RPG

Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin

Richard Incorvia is a teacher at the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment’s middle school who likes video games. He decided to turn his class into a role-playing-game. I’ll leave it up to him to explain as he does … Continue reading →

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How have schools and classrooms been portrayed in science fiction?

Posted on April 21, 2012 by admin

I’ve written a new article here where I discuss some things closely related to this article’s topic, especially about how science fiction might be used in school development & research. I’ve written before about how science fiction shapes our visions … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day – On creating…

Posted on April 15, 2012 by admin

One more quote for my still non-existent quote-of-the-day series: To create anything — whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom — is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic. Tom … Continue reading →

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