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Comment on Adapting Social Science Methods to Humanities Research by Monica Bulger’s thoughts about digital literacy » Curriculum Vitae

Monica Bulger’s thoughts about digital literacy » Curriculum Vitae — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:50:51 +0000

[...] R (co-convenors) with Kelley, J., Siemens, L., Solomon, D., & Thomas, L. (January 2013). Adapting Social Science Methods to Humanities Research. Modern Language Association Annual Meeting. Boston, [...]

Comment on Banning laptops doesn’t solve the distraction problem by Stop letting students play online during class! » daviddoria.com

Stop letting students play online during class! » daviddoria.com — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:05:19 +0000

[...] As Monica Bulger mentions, laptops are certainly not the only source of distraction in a classroom. However, actively engaging in non-class related activities on a laptop is an obvious distraction and one that can be easily prevented with a simple “Hey! Put away the laptops!”. [...]

Comment on Is this the future of reading? by Animesh Chatterjee

Animesh Chatterjee — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:19:01 +0000

I absolutely support your take on the future of reading. The whole concept of reading has undergone massive changes with the advent of computers and handheld devices.

I’ve been trying to read a few books on the British Council Library’s e-reader, but haven’t been able to take-in and retain much of it in my memory. It’s just as if I’ve been staring at the pages and skimmed through them. It was just too distracting!!!

Comment on Learning from Google’s Big Tent Event by Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:44:08 +0000

Hi Monica, I really enjoy reading your blog as I’m really interested in innovation in education and thoughts around education reform. I run debate events and we have one coming up in August about this topic ‘digital education’. You would have been perfect on the panel, but alas, it looks as though we’re in different countries. If you fancy writing us a blog post we’d love it! Any how, I enjoy your website, Rebecca

Comment on Presentation about presentations by Nancy Duarte

Nancy Duarte — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:30:46 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation, Monica!

Comment on Presentation about presentations by Les Posen

Les Posen — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:41:40 +0000

Nice to see an effort in changing academic presentation styles:

AND

1. Why use bullet points represented as drawing pins on a blackboard theme? Incongruity?

2.You missed the most important mistake academics make… You construct and write a paper for publication and construct and deliver a presentation (using the same core material) to a live breathing audience. They are not the same. While the core material maybe the same the constraints on each audience are different…
Academics make the same repeated mistake of dumping their paper publications onto slides, adding bullet points, denuding content, and then fail to engage with their speech delivery, which slides can barely overcome….

SO, thank you for putting the topic and slide samples out there… and for citing Garr’s work…

May I suggest readers consult my blog where there are several entries also looking at presenting skills for those in the sciences

Les Posen
Presentation Magic
lesposen.wordpress.com

Comment on Presentation about presentations by Monica

Monica — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:11:13 +0000

Good point, Daniel! I forgot to mention Tufte, but I do find his work quite inspiring.

Comment on Presentation about presentations by Daniel Villar Onrubia

Daniel Villar Onrubia — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:40:08 +0000

Thanks a lot for the talk and the slides. Another book about the topic I found quite interesting is Tufte, Edward R. 2006. The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within. Cheshire, Conn: Graphics Press.

Comment on For Amazon, e-books outsell hardcovers by How do we Read from a Screen. « S.P.A Paperless Office Project

How do we Read from a Screen. « S.P.A Paperless Office Project — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:25:24 +0000

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Comment on Faith & Facebook by Monica

Monica — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:40:25 +0000

So sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your story, so sorry for the suffering you’ve all endured.