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How We Measure The History and Future of Assessment for Digital Learning and Social Networking Environments

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Cathy N. Davidson

Duke University

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PART 1—

Why Brain Science? Why Attention?

Gorilla in the Midst

© Daniel Simons. For use by Cathy Davidson.

© Daniel Simons. For use by Cathy Davidson.

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PART 2—

Schooling Attention for the Industrial Workplace

KEYWORDS FOR AN INDUSTRIAL AGE

> Attention

> Timeliness

> Standards, Standardization

> Hierarchy

> Specialization, Expertise, Credentials

> Metrics (Scientific measurement, management)

> “Two Cultures”

William JamesPrinciples of Psychology (1890)

> Chapter 11: “Attention”

> How to minimize “what the French call ‘distraction’”

Frederick Winslow Taylor

The Adjustment of Wages to Efficiency (1896)

Shop Management (1903; 1911)

Principles of Scientific Management (1911)

> “How long does it take a laborer with a wheelbarrow full of loose

dirt to wheel it approximately one hundred feet exactly 240 times

in a ten-hour day?”

INDUSTRIAL-EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX (US)> From Scientific Labor Management to Scientific Learning Management

Compulsory public education movement (Massachusetts to Mississippi, 1852-1918).

> kindergarten. mandatory public secondary schooling. land grant universities. research universities. U.S. Office of Education. majors. minors. divisions. certification. graduate school. collegiate law school. nursing school. graduate school of education. collegiate business school. degree requirements. required courses. electives. distribution requirements. statistics. standard deviation. spreadsheets. blueprints. punch clocks. grades. IQ tests. multiple choice tests. learning disabilities. item response college entrance exams. school rankings. >

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PART 3—

Learning and Measuring Participationin the World Wide Web

KEYWORDS FOR A DIGITAL AGE

> Attention

> Interaction

> Process (Publish First, Revise Later)

> Collaboration

> Blended Skills: Interdisciplinary, “Hard” and “Soft”

> Data Mining, Visualization, Big Data

BADGES FOR LIFELONG LEARNINGTEACHER MASTERY AND FEEDBACK COMPETITION

> HASTAC / MacArthur Foundation Digital Media + Learning Competition, www.dmlcompetition.net

Image from Anne Eisenberg, “For Job Hunters, Digital Merit Badges.” New York Times. 19 Nov. 2011.

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PART 4 —

What’s on Your Card?

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CONCLUSION—

It’s Not the Future. It’s Now. It’s Here.

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THANKYOU—

Cathy N. Davidson

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CATHY N.DAVIDSON—

Viking Press

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