Monthly Archives: July 2012

Ludwig Wittgenstein and Klaus Mollenhauer’s Forgotten Connections

Posted on July 23, 2012 by friesenn

A recently completed paper (.pdf): Klaus Mollenhauer’s Forgotten Connections: On Culture and Upbringing is internationally regarded as a key post-war text in the philosophy of education. This paper introduces this text (translated by the presenter) by focusing on its highly … Continue reading →

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Credentialing for Open Education

Posted on July 20, 2012 by friesenn

Just finished a co-authored piece with Christine Wihak on using PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition) in the open education space. It turns out that some of the more popular ideas and practices in open, personalized learning, such as badges, personal … Continue reading →

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Forget Twitchspeed & Twitter; Confronting “Boys’ Crisis” via Dance & Motion

Posted on July 17, 2012 by friesenn

I’m a proud as heck of these two students, my thesis supervisees,  whose excellent MEd research is featured in this article in the local paper. Jennifer Swan-Rogers (pictured here) and Tannis Tate (whose abstract is below) undertook case studies of … Continue reading →

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Silence in the Classroom: One Student's Experience

Posted on July 13, 2012 by friesenn

[slideshare id=13622450&doc=onestudentsexperienceof-120712192640-phpapp02] Here’s the slides (above) and the text (download pdf) that I had the pleasure of presenting in support of one of my students, Merilee Hamelock. In many classrooms, evaluation of learning relies on easily observable, easily measurable student … Continue reading →

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