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- Feed Preview I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game designer, and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA. : edtech
/u/sharpfork on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I signed up to audit the class because of this AMA, thanks! I'm about 1/4 of the way through a Udacy android dev course And hope to work on a bit of cross pollination.
/u/isaacbonyuet on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
visit /r/vzla and let me know what you think
/u/adianortegasalgado on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
PROFR. HAVE A GREAT CONCERN REGARDING EDUCATION REFORM THAT WE PRESENTAA IN BASIC EDUCATION IN MEXICO, WE KNOW TECHNOLOGY CURRENTLY GOES AHEAD, BUT THIS IS NOT PART WITH THE THEME ACLOPA CONTENT ...
/u/adianortegasalgado on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
FROM THEORY TO TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES COULD FOCUS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION? And we would take AS A VIDEO GAMES WITHIN THE CURRENT EDUCATION, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PLAN AND SCHEDULE D IN BASIC EDUC...
/u/pdxy on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Thank you, that's a great way to think about it! I hope you offer your course again, that's exactly the kind of thing I have been doing in the distance learning department at my University, and I...
/u/totes_meta_bot on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, lear..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
This thread has been linked to from elsewhere on reddit. ] Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game designer, and director of an educational technology research lab is doing an AMA over at /r/e...
/u/mallen5 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Prof. Klopfer, thank you for your response. I am very interested in learning more about the current work into assessing deeper forms of learning. I hope you'll find time to touch on this topic la...
/u/DEYADIRA on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Existen otros elementos de que dispongamos para que los próximos años la brecha tecnológica sea menor??
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
> I don't need any app at all. I just access the course using my > smartphone.
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I don't need any app at all. I just access the course using my smartphone.
/u/MarielaLlovera on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, lear..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hello Marcelo, Adult education is a challenge itself, if you add the workplace factor the challenge gets bigger and more interesting. As Pedro told you, it's important to identify the prior kno...
/u/heigor on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning gam..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hello Prof. Klopfer. Which are the main gaps between the generation of our current professors and the new generation of students? How to minimize the difficulties to adopt new technologies wanted...
/u/tomasdore on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi, Prof Klopfer, Is the key to constructionism: to hypothesise, try to make it, judge the result, then tweak the hypothesis? If it is, the difference that computers make, e.g. when programming...
/u/dawsonism on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
the "next" course, will it be new version of the current course or a new topic?
/u/dvivkon on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Eric, how do you understand an educational innovation? I think your answer about technologies is applicable in discussion about innovation. But technology and innovations are different things. Ho...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Sure. We will definitely share what we learned from this course with others. We can do that through the course platform at the end of the course as we sign off. And we'll feed that knowledge into...
/u/ankanad on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Do you think there is any value in a solution that helps in the classroom collaboration? where the context of a classroom, its students (classmates), a library of references, the submissions and ...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
My colleague Mitchel Resnick has often said that we "value what we can measure rather than seeking to measure what we value". The current state of assessment is that we do assess relatively trivi...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I think the first instinct of many technology designers is that they should just make their technology "work" on mobile devices. I remember a time many years ago when The Onion (a satirical US-ba...
/u/mlkmnsgrl on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Great little video from code.org about how important learning to code is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKIu9yen5nc Hope I'm not annoying anyone with my posts.
/u/Negin1 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning gam..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi dear Prof.Klopfer, Thanks a lot for the opportunity you gave to the all learners who are interested in Educational Technology on edx. My questions is about dissection simulator for biology, wa...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I think this is an important consideration in the design of such games (or other similar experiences). It is hard to retrofit good learning around games that may not have taken this into account ...
/u/LaurenceBrighton on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, le..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Thanks - that sounds very positive. I guess the issue with assessment is that age old question of how do we evaluate the success of educational strategies in a way that makes sense to policy make...
/u/phdmaggie on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I asked the same question using different verbiage - hopefully they'll address.
/u/SanaHawasly on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I'm working now on an educational hardware-toy startup for kids, I would ask how can I make my product more scalable, especially adding more optional/paid features without making major changes...
/u/heigor on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning gam..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
If I can contribute to this question, here in Brazil we had an important change on education field regarding the open source LMS such as Moodle. Some of our public universities in the northeast c...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Let me dissect this question into two parts. I think there are often outside pressures from administrators or the community to take learning "seriously", which means not using games. But games ca...
/u/jperry429 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I would say the Augmented Learning is accessible to a broad audience.
/u/carmenteijeiro on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, lear..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
> Prof. Klopfler - I work in medical education. What do you see as > being relevant issues in designing educational technology for the > interprofessional healthcare team...
/u/dawsonism on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Professor Klopfer, you mentioned that you "thought that the best way for (you) to really learn about what we can do with MOOCs (having already taken some) was...to make one (yourself). Would you ...
/u/viki2002 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
What we must remember is that when schools adopt new technology and services, they must be evaluated.This way, as a school, you know if they are successful and what improvements are needed.Staff ...
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Have you used social networks?
/u/mlkmnsgrl on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Is your book Augmented Learning: Research and Design of Mobile Educational Games accessible for the public, or will I need more than this course to prepare me to read it? I mean, I've got a MA An...
/u/viki2002 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
A couple of weeks ago I was asked what I thought the future of technology in education was.It is a really interesting question and one that I am required to think about all the time.By its very n...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Wow. Good question. And this is one we are often faced with designing and implementing technologies that we are developing. Teachers will tell us - "This deep constructivist learning sounds wonde...
/u/sanchezh on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Some teachers use Twitter and Facebook as a way to make school relevant/interesting to their students.
/u/pedroparalizabal on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, le..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I feel you will have to design a thorough procedure to identify trainee's pre-knowledge to any particular course. Well-designed surveys
/u/Negin1 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning gam..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi dear Prof.Klopfer, Thanks a lot for the opportunity you gave to the all learners who are interested in Educational Technology on edx. My questions is about dissection simulator for biology, wa...
/u/supraja78 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hello Professor, I'm Supraja from California.Do you think the way the Ed Tech is progressing today, it is going to make Education more cost-effective and affordable for everyone in the future? or...
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
In my case, I would like to see more simulations for training in medical education, similar to those flight simulators developed for training pilots.
/u/evesbenla on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I am a teacher in Cameroon west of Africa. I have basic computer skills and use some basic technology in teaching. Do you think I will be able to go through this course and be able to design a ga...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Absolutely. I think as adults we often think that our ability to learn may be a bit rusty, or we have gotten stuck in our ways of learning. But these same principles apply to adults, adolescents ...
/u/pedroparalizabal on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, le..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
How do you feel tech and ed will widen the gap between developed and non-developed countries?
/u/mlkmnsgrl on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Thank you. Yes, inclusion seems to make the best sense.
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Actually, LOGO language was for kids.
/u/jperry429 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
In the 11.132x Forums, if you go to Course Admin > Looking for Groups or Partners, you may be able to find likeminded participants in the humanities. You can also post there as well.
/u/pedroparalizabal on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, le..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I submitted a first draft for peer review but will post the final draft there to see if I get a response. Too much work
/u/deoppan on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Prof, I am very interested in the area of gaming as a tool for learning and this is one of the reasons why i joined the edx course you are offering. My challenge is how to extend these learnin...
/u/supraja78 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hello Professor, I'm Supraja from California. I observe that students are sometimes more excited about the game aspect rather than learning the actual concept that the game is intended for. Moreo...
/u/dahstar on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Professor Klopfer , thanks for your great course I always wonder what it’s like to teach at MIT although can’t be teacher because my some speaking disability. But my question is that “wh...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I think that technology will certainly become more pervasive in learning environments. But I think the way that this will happen is by technology becoming more integrated into classes, not as a s...
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
What I've seen is learners controlling the digital tools to fit their own pace of learning.
/u/blinkincontest on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, lear..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
If someone wanted to get into designing and developing EdTech tools and resources, is learning as much programming/comp. science as possible a goal they should set?
/u/tmendham on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Dear dvivkon, Post on the Ed Tech Then and Now forum and I and other interested peers can see and give you real feedback. You'll get better peer reviewers next time. https://dd.edtechx.org/blog/f...
/u/marcelo_arce on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi pdxy , I'm not an expert but I took this concept from Karl Kapps' course on Learning and Gamification that may help you "...An element of challenge must be present. The challenge is not a real...
/u/mn50 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
The approach in our course where there's some amount of personal interaction with actual humans ( prof and TA's) is helpful. I realize this is not the "personalized learning" you are talking abou...
/u/pagecrew on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
The professional development piece is monumental. Teachers need to be trained to use devices, adapt lesson plans to include evolving technology often occurring within a single term or even unit, ...
/u/dawsonism on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I have really enjoyed the quality of the materials presented in the class. This hasn't always been my experience with other institutions. As an instructor, what do you recommend for strategies an...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
This is a topic that I am passionate about and practice on a day to day basis. I wanted to share those practices with others and chose a MOOC over a book as a sabbatical project I began last year...
/u/Ana-Carmen on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
thanks for the information, I´ll look at it.
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
In my case I just ask my students what software/program/app they are using, that keeps me updated. For example, in some countries, university students consider that Facebook and Twitter is "very ...
/u/dmalara on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Thank you! Any noteworthy examples? When the game world ceases to exist, don't the the desired outcomes vanish with it? Or would an effective example promote learning habits that extend beyond ...
/u/mlkmnsgrl on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
When children know their work is shared with others, they become more invested.
/u/Abbasrex on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi. Prof/ I would to thank you and all the staff. My question is :Why do not you create an app to these courses so we can be able to update ourselves as participants and learners, because some ti...
/u/tinank on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning gam..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi. I lived in South Africa for almost 20 years, and believe you me mobiles are everywhere regardless of income. I think technology could actually be implemented so more children can access mobil...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
There is a lot of discussion now about "personalized learning" the idea that technology can really support each individual in a deeply customized way. Intelligent tutors (coming up in this week o...
/u/mn50 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I am a little worried about finding a group to work on a final project with. There seems to be fewer participants working in the humanities. Any ideas on how to find like minded users?
/u/mlkmnsgrl on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Just heard a great quote on the concurrent ed-week lecture on elementary ed-tech: Tech is for creation, not consumption!
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I prefer to develop skills in my students as Producers rather than consumers of technology.
/u/TexasTeacher on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
How do we deal with administrators that ding teachers when they see kids playing "games" because they are "low level blooms"? For example a math zombie game, where the students have to quickly so...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I think that technology can help support the development of these skills, but it relies heavily upon supporting that technology with effective implementation. Think about something like collabora...
/u/Abbasrex on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi. Prof/ I would to thank you and all the staff. My question is :Why do not you create an app to these courses so we can be able to update ourselves as participants and learners, because some ti...
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I knew that Nokia in partnership with some third world countries were educating rural women on health and agriculture through audio messages (for those illiterate) and text messages (for those li...
/u/mn50 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
when you get to his answers click on "context" and you'll see the questions. Or click on "parent"
/u/bethdbethd on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Then when looking at answers click context to see the question.
/u/mn50 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
The design of the review doesn't give you a grade/review until you post comments. In the same way is there some way to build in a tool to assess the quality/length of comments so that a reviewer ...
/u/marcelo_arce on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
me too first time, I realized that by clcicking on Porf. Klopfer's name in blue, you will see all the answers.
/u/pedroparalizabal on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, le..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
but you do not see the question
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I think we need to pursue strategies where computer science (or the ill-defined computational thinking) are integrated more into other classes rather than as standalone classes. We have done this...
/u/pdxy on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I'm working on a talk related to using games in online education and the question I have is: Are there any times when 'games' are not appropriate for a topic? Are there any games that are suitabl...
/u/NagRises on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Could you elaborate on the collaboration aspect of learning? I get a sense that technology denial seems to be the trend in business and learning institutions.
/u/tinank on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning gam..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Prof, my name is Tina. I have a question about software for real beginners, regarding creating apps for example an assesment?
/u/marcelo_arce on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hello Prof. Klopfer, I am training curriculum specialist in my company (railroad industry) and I'm taking this MOOC because we are going on a total revamping of our technical training curricula a...
/u/autowikibot on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
SPACED REPETITION : > SPACED REPETITION is a learning > technique that incorporates > increasing intervals of time between subsequent review of previously > learned materi...
/u/libertinehaze on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learn..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Ana, I recommend looking into spaced repetition software for your classroom. Spaced repetition is basically the process of using digital flashcards to drill material more frequently that the u...
/u/fernandobuzi on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Not all questions are answered; at least not yet.
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
You are right that these are often in conflict with each other. But we think about this in our game designs sometimes where there are areas to explore and learn (often through failure) but there ...
/u/supraja78 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
There are tons of content, games, apps and tech products. But all that comes to use, only when the child is inspired and motivated to learn. That motivation, encouragement and instilling confiden...
/u/dvivkon on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Dear Prof. Klopfer, I like your course. However yesterday I was disappointed with the peer-assessment system. I was hopping to earn at least 1 point for my long preparation to answer in Ed Tech T...
/u/Linkletter on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
What is the role of "verified" status in your MOOC? Is there a plan for an entire educational technology program that builds on this course?
/u/mn50 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
> click on his name (in blue) and you'll see all his answers
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I love history and social sciences. Students can use YouTube creating their own videos about the local history. Let them to explain others their own perspetive about history, usually we are taugh...
/u/phdmaggie on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Massive Open Online Course
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I think the success that we get from simple rewards systems is ephemeral. We reward learners for particular behaviors, and they will persist as long as the rewards do, but once the rewards disapp...
/u/Linkletter on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I'm curious about the edX platform and your role in its development. I noticed in your MOOC that you use outside tools both for discussions and for assignment submission. How come? Have you provi...
/u/mlkmnsgrl on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
There's a difficulty in the differing expectations. I assume that after another week or so, those who aren't as serious will drop out and feedback will become a little bit more consistent. Starti...
/u/camroy on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning gam..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Prof Klopfer - Why did you decide to offer a course in the Design and Development of Educational Technology? What audiences do you most want to reach? What outcomes do you hope for?
/u/cerijones on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
they've started to show up now. you need to keep checking up and down the list of questions for any indented replies (I'm looking for a more efficient method of checking now - I'm sure there must...
/u/tmendham on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I upvoted this question but will say I think the peer review tool is great. I love how you don't get your feedback until you complete feedback for others, the distribution is instantaneous and an...
/u/dawsonism on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Thank you for the class and this opportunity. Like some in the class, I use technology often, but know little about coding (some CodeAcademy). I am interested in using research to influence a pi...
/u/caraofthewoods on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, lear..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Prof. Klopfler - I work in medical education. What do you see as being relevant issues in designing educational technology for the interprofessional healthcare team?
/u/wayfinderrc on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
i created a multiplayer biology simulation targeting 9th grade if you'd like to see it. Pathogen team vs. Immune.
/u/bergmatt on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I'm sorting comments by new and refreshing my screen often, first time on reddit myself.
/u/pedroparalizabal on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, le..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I am doing the same as texas and refreshing every minute
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
This is a tough question. It is something that we're working on (and others are as well). I do address this some in the video for this week that will be posted tonight. I'll approach this from tw...
/u/kbarrny on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Schools in third world countries are often just trying to have updated textbooks that match the state curriculum, enough teachers, pencils, and lunch for each child. Should we really be focusing ...
/u/sanchezh on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I agree, mobile phones are cheap and widely available in developing countries. It would be great to know if any learning programs have been built specifically for mobile phones, anyone know?
/u/mn50 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
change tab to new. Profklopfer will show up in answers. click on his name and you'll see all his answers
/u/dpatton08 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Thanks for the answer. Good to know you like to dissect a frog and code
/u/bethdbethd on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
What was the hardest part? Creating the videos? Getting permissions to use/post the resources? Something else?
/u/sseigel on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I tried the iCivics technology tool (simulation program) at the end of this week's unit. It was ok, but not great.
/u/mallen5 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
We are all focused on educational outcomes, and I'm wondering how that fits into a world where students are constructing their own meaning. Are there pieces of the learning process which are unme...
/u/lucieann77 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
yup, my first time on reddit. Help, anyone? please. clicking on ProfKlopfer's name in blue work. Thank you for the tip.
/u/sseigel on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I agree with your comment about the course and Question on improving peer review.
/u/TexasTeacher on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I'm having to scroll up and down and look for his replies under questions. I don't know if I'm doing this correctly.
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Happy to share this one. I'm a biologist by training. I did my bachelor's and Phd in biology (ecology, evolution, epidemiology). Most of my work was computational and I soon got interested in the...
/u/edtech_miriam on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learn..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Good evening Prof. Klopfer! I agree that coding should be in primary schools curricula, but in my experience ( I have tried with my son scratch and computing programming with Kahn academy), as al...
/u/pedroparalizabal on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, le..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
same thing for me
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
As far as I know in some third world countries, rural people themselves are buying their own mobilephone, a cheaper one. That could be a starting point for introducing them into learning with tec...
/u/phdmaggie on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
How much data is available upon request on the class/course after all is said and done and how does one go about getting this information - I know you are keeping track of it all or someone is fo...
/u/cerijones on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
sorry, I'm lost! where are the answers to the questions appearing? am I missing something? I don't see a discussion happening here:(
/u/strengmarcia on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi prof. klopfer!
/u/oraprome10 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Prof. Klopfer, I'm the EdTech specialist at my high school and I need to develop a Tech Plan for my school along with a committee, the first question is to decide on our Tech Vision or Educati...
/u/sh22ej on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning gam..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi, Could you please recommend some game/software/simulation which are of use for physics education at the college level. Thanks for the wonderful course! Shirin
/u/sseigel on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Eric, Someone mentioned improving the quality of the peer assessment. Can we get some parameters around this process?
/u/richardcc on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Yes, all children should learn how to code. The language does not have to be sophisticated, but it is important for everyone -- in modern societies -- to understand how computers work.
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I'll give this one a shot. I think the biggest myth is that technology itself can solve the problem. In fact it is really important to think about professional development, administrative support...
/u/supraja78 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hello Professor, I'm Supraja, from California. I'm curious to know if/ how technology can nurture soft skills in children like, building public speaking skills, Leadership skills, Goal setting so...
/u/caraofthewoods on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, lear..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I firmly believe children should learn a programming language as part of their curriculum in math and science. Innately programming is a learning process that can be deconstructed and reconstruct...
/u/carmenteijeiro on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, lear..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Prof. Klopfer. What is your opinion about working with offline interactive activities and developments - or online. The offline version has less colaboration and interaction of peers but reduc...
/u/mlkmnsgrl on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Do you think that we're moving into a place where our children will do more learning using technology than not? I home school and would like to build in a major tech component, but not sure if th...
/u/dmalara on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
The non-tech parallel: GPA vs. an outstanding teacher
/u/bbielak on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
In The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson presents a technology that adapts to the learners pace and ability to learn. Are there any technology products or approaches that you have seen that are gettin...
/u/profklopfer on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Good question. This is indeed a ton of work. More, in fact, than I had anticipated. But there were two main motivations for doing these courses. First, I've been involved in a lot of discussions ...
/u/dpatton08 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
A simple question to start with. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? It is always good to know something about your professor that is not in your typical school Bio.
/u/pagecrew on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Should computer science be renamed so it can exist outside the rarified strata of AP high school courses and move to a K-12 scope and sequence in public (and private) education? I fear that until...
/u/NagRises on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I feel they should learn to disassemble a problem and learn to solve a problem in small steps. Scratch and logo are great programs to get them started.
/u/kbarrny on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
How can teachers and schools possibly keep up with the changes in technology? What should we be focusing on?
/u/bradcrozier on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
I am wondering how Ed Tech will improve outcomes while decreasing costs. How are MOOCs disrupting the current state of education and do you see any promise in better outcomes?
/u/adrianoneves on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Prof. Klopfer. Do you believe that Mooc is the future of education using technology, for post-graduated students ?
/u/libertinehaze on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learn..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
The goals of (1) creating an exploratory learning environment where students are unafraid to fail and (2) assessing student performance objectively through standardized testing, where mistakes ar...
/u/kanmai on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning gam..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
As a teacher how could you help the way that someone wants to learn about government/civics subject using technology, most of the time this subject is boring subject for the students and there is...
/u/sanchezh on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Prof. Klopfer, I am really enjoying the class as well. My question is on learning through experiences and interaction. Is there a difference between learning through human interactions versus ...
/u/Jefro118 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Professor Klopfer, thanks for doing this, I'm starting an edtech start-up where users would engage in learning by teaching, i.e. teach other users after they have learned the content, as som...
/u/Ana-Carmen on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi, profesor. My name is Ana and I teach spanish as a second language. Could you tell me what can I use in my classes, with the youngs about 15-18 years old?
/u/naomishalit on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learnin..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
hi! I am a McGill student in Montreal taking this course st part of an ed tech class and also to learn from all of you! was my nearpod presentation received Proff. Klopfer for my first assignment...
/u/Dilrukshi_ISaC on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, lear..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Why did you think to run a MOOC, (i,e to be a famous professor .. ;)
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Do we learn better using digital technology?
/u/NagRises on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi, The course got me started into turtle graphics. I spent the best part of yesterday playing with logo. you can see my handiwork at sundercloud.drupalgardens.com. Constructionism is the only wa...
/u/pedroparalizabal on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, le..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Thank you for your time. Behaviourim states that the brain is a tabula rasa as it was mentioned on week 1. How could either Piaget's or Papert's theories on learning get a point of start with wha...
/u/bigsurcalifornia on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, le..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
professor, questions about peer review assessments. i am taking your course to round out my doctorate--so thank you for the opportunity to get smart about a subject area w/out paying loads of cas...
/u/dmalara on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ga..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
There is a lot of success in motivating kids to learn/read through the use of a rewards system, and this especially holds true in a digital learning environment. How important is that reward syst...
/u/AudreyD31 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Dear Prof. Klopfer. Great to be able to exchange here in such interesting topics. I was interesting in knowing more about the test phase and at which phase/ to which extent you engage in user co-...
/u/TexasTeacher on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
How would you address professors or presenters banning technology from their classrooms? Especially when being used as an accommodation for a learning or physical disability.
/u/mlkmnsgrl on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Kinda dumb...what's a MOOC? But also, tell us more about the course series, if you would. I know there's this one and then an Intro to Game Design. Will our work here directly feed into our wor...
/u/Chema1571 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi, Proffesor. I´m from Spain, I´m interested in how develop technology with the humanities, Do you think that this is possible?
/u/LaurenceBrighton on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, le..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi there. What practical steps can educators take to reconcile the ideals of a constructivist approach to learning with the the need to maintain pace through a curriculum and meet ever more deman...
/u/MarielaLlovera on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, lear..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hello! I'm Mariela from Venezuela. I have background in Education, but not in Computer Sciencie. I just use technology in my dailylife but I know nothing about coding and that kind of things. A...
/u/Dilrukshi_ISaC on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, lear..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Professor ,Thanks a lot for the opportunity. I have few questions, Why did you select edX to deliver your course..? Why did you select many games as Ed Techs, because there are many other edTechs...
/u/bethdbethd on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Thank you for taking our questions. I share your excitement about educational technology. But a concern I hear from teachers and administrators who are making purchases is that keeping up with ta...
/u/chandu2406 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Can you bust some myths about educational technology that people have in mind? Also can technology replace teachers?
/u/bernaferrari on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Do you get anything (in terms of money, besides your salary) from running a MOOC? Do you get a portion from the money in verified certificates?
/u/mn50 on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi, Professor. Great course- hard work but really engaging. Question: What can we do about improving peer review? Especially comments from reviewers?
/u/kanmai on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning gam..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
What is your thought about holography technology in education ?
/u/hassanabidpk on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learni..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi, I am from Pakistan and my name is Hassan. I live in South Korea. I am wondering how could we introduce Educational Technology to third world countries? Especially schools and colleges in Paki...
/u/tmendham on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning g..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Hi Prof Klopfer. Thank you for doing the AMA. Could you tell us why you chose to teach a MOOC? I bet it's less work teaching small, in-person courses!
/u/hckcnchrn on I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning ..., and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Should all children learn at least one language programming?
I am Eric Klopfer, MIT professor, learning game designer, and director of an educational technology research lab. AMA.
Thanks for all of the great questions here. Sorry I couldn't get to them all. Feel free to bring those into the forums on the course platform. If you aren't already registered there you can still...
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