1. Habitats on a self-described eccentric in Staten Island. Has some nice photos and gives a decent sense of this guy.
2. Jean Nouvel's design for the National Museum of Qatar in Doha (which also has IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art)
3. Article on NYU's expansion. Land-grabbing somewhat like Columbia. Vague proposal to expand ostensibly in the name of helping NYC and community; vague idea to create some sort of urban studies complex on Governors Island
Showing posts with label nyt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nyt. Show all posts
12/29/09
8/20/09
Some Perspectives on Online Education
1. NYT article on recently released Dept of Ed report on online education vs the classroom, and best practices in online ed:
The analysis for the Department of Education found that, on average, students doing some or all of the course online would rank in the 59th percentile in tested performance, compared with the average classroom student scoring in the 50th percentile. That is a modest but statistically meaningful difference.
“The study’s major significance lies in demonstrating that online learning today is not just better than nothing — it actually tends to be better than conventional instruction,” said Barbara Means, the study’s lead author and an educational psychologist at SRI International.
2. Open Yale Courses--free online ed. They're going for high quality and had planned for these courses to be online before the lectures were given, as opposed to say MIT open courseware (not that that site isn't also great, it just takes a different approach, more of a data dump). Can recommend these two so far:
ECON 252-Financial Markets, Prof Robert Shiller
PSYC 101-Into to Psychology, Prof Paul Bloom
3. Academic Earth has way more
The analysis for the Department of Education found that, on average, students doing some or all of the course online would rank in the 59th percentile in tested performance, compared with the average classroom student scoring in the 50th percentile. That is a modest but statistically meaningful difference.
“The study’s major significance lies in demonstrating that online learning today is not just better than nothing — it actually tends to be better than conventional instruction,” said Barbara Means, the study’s lead author and an educational psychologist at SRI International.
2. Open Yale Courses--free online ed. They're going for high quality and had planned for these courses to be online before the lectures were given, as opposed to say MIT open courseware (not that that site isn't also great, it just takes a different approach, more of a data dump). Can recommend these two so far:
ECON 252-Financial Markets, Prof Robert Shiller
PSYC 101-Into to Psychology, Prof Paul Bloom
3. Academic Earth has way more
7/28/09
3 Mark Bittman Summer Lists
I've been following these as they come out but haven't tried most of the recipes and haven't really checked for overlap. He does put out a lot of cookbooks and other content so maybe he tries to come up with entirely new ones each year. Just the change in title from year to year is interesting. What would happen to his clicks if he got rid of the "101?"
2009. 101 Simple Salads for the Season
2008. 101 20-Minute Dishes for Inspired Picnics
2007. Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less
2009. 101 Simple Salads for the Season
2008. 101 20-Minute Dishes for Inspired Picnics
2007. Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less
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