Comments on: Diagnostic Intervention http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/11/17/diagnostic-intervention/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:24:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Kerr http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/11/17/diagnostic-intervention/comment-page-1/#comment-58457 Bill Kerr Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:11:34 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/11/17/diagnostic-intervention/#comment-58457 Richard Feynman's <a href='http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm??' rel="nofollow">thoughts on evaluating textbooks </a> are a great read, both extremely funny and also sadly true Richard Feynman’s thoughts on evaluating textbooks are a great read, both extremely funny and also sadly true

]]> By: Chris L http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/11/17/diagnostic-intervention/comment-page-1/#comment-58137 Chris L Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:47:10 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/11/17/diagnostic-intervention/#comment-58137 Bill Kerr's comments seem to fit along the lines of Alan Kay's Squeak and Croquet projects, which are of course, descended from Papert, etc. Bill Kerr’s comments seem to fit along the lines of Alan Kay’s Squeak and Croquet projects, which are of course, descended from Papert, etc.

]]> By: Chris L http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/11/17/diagnostic-intervention/comment-page-1/#comment-58136 Chris L Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:45:16 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/11/17/diagnostic-intervention/#comment-58136 The idea of "ease-of-use" and complexity in curriculum is a fascinating one. I was struck at a recent conference by how much time educators were spending trying to make their materials easy to use and navigate and their communications systems consistent and simple... particularly when it comes to their learning management systems and/or the composition and essemblage of tools in their VLE... but if what we are partially trying to teach is how to navigate, negotiate, assess, etc in an era of information abundance, isn't working so hard to make it easy really working at cross-purposes? The idea of “ease-of-use” and complexity in curriculum is a fascinating one. I was struck at a recent conference by how much time educators were spending trying to make their materials easy to use and navigate and their communications systems consistent and simple… particularly when it comes to their learning management systems and/or the composition and essemblage of tools in their VLE… but if what we are partially trying to teach is how to navigate, negotiate, assess, etc in an era of information abundance, isn’t working so hard to make it easy really working at cross-purposes?

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/11/17/diagnostic-intervention/comment-page-1/#comment-57997 Stephen Downes Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:12:49 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/11/17/diagnostic-intervention/#comment-57997 > He recommends an object oriented programming approach that would blur the boundaries between tool and medium. They did this. They were called 'learning objects'. > He recommends an object oriented programming approach that would blur the boundaries between tool and medium.

They did this. They were called ‘learning objects’.

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