julietteculver.com

 

Writing

I kept a blog from 2005 to 2010. Some of the posts from it are below along with other things that I have written.

Education and Educational Technology

• Learning Styles
• The different things people mean when they say 'The technology isn't important'
• The psychology of exercise and how it relates to learning
• Blog posts on language learning
• Misconceptions about reuse
• Skippy moods and autopilot actions
• The importance of why
• Sequential vs. global learning
• Why I don't like the term 'digital native'
• Why engineering students need to be able to do mental arithmetic
• The 5-stage model and how people interact
• Blog posts on informal learning
• The myth that all educational content exists on the internet
• Playing devil's advocate to educational technology evangelists
• Learning to write essays
• My view on pedagogical patterns
• OpenID in education
• On not putting lecture notes on beer mats
• How not to begin teaching a topic
• Should learning designers experience lots of learning designs?
• Using constraints to reduce anxiety
• The relation between games and learning

Software and Web Development

• Making tech communities more welcoming
• Mistakes I have made developing web applications
• The problem with CSS
• Presenting questions as a burden
• Perfectionism in Software Development

Miscellaneous

• Tips for running treasure hunts and similar live events
• Notes on taking the Trans-Siberian Railway
• Why female role models matter
• Baby Led Weaning - Our experience
• Beautiful Young Minds
• Views on academic journals

H809 Blog Posts

In 2009, I took the Open University course H809 - 'Practice-based research in educational technology'. I kept a blog during the course. Here are my posts from it.

• H809: Week 1
• H809: Week 2
• H809: Week 3
• H809: Week 4 and 5
• H809: Week 6 - Audiences
• H809: Week 6 - Research Ethics
• H809: Week 7 - Learning Theories (Part 1)
• H809: Week 7 - Learning Theories (Part 2)
• H809: Week 7 - Learning Theories (Part 3)
• H809: Week 8 - Sociocultural Theories
• H809: Week 9 - Activity Theory
• H809: Week 11 - Research Methods
• H809: Week 11 - More on Research Methods
• H809: Weeks 13 & 14 - Ethnography
• H809 wrap-up