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Come work with me! My lab is hiring a postdoc to collaborate on research on topics like how design expertise develops, and design-based research to develop scaffolds for learning complex skills. Apply: ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/42104 PM any questions! #AcademicChatter Academic Jobs

I'm doing a lit rev. Papers using homebrewed Likert scale q's for student interest or motivation. Why not use a validated instrument or open-ended questions? Reminded me of this meme I made many years ago (of course lots of good work out there, but this stuff drives me mad)

What seems like a more dangerous precedent to set? —Prosecuting a former president —Letting a former president avoid accountability for allegedly stealing classified documents and then conspiring to obstruct the government's efforts to retrieve them

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My dept at UW-Madison is hiring a new assistant professor in learning sciences. I’m AIED this week - happy to chat with anyone interested in applying. TLDR: it’s the absolute best place. Join us! UW–Madison School of Education ISLS News SoLAR David Williamson Shaffer jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assistant…

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And this is why academic publications should not be controlled by businesses whose primary goal is revenue. Note the entire board of Design Studies has resigned in response to Elsevier's actions. DRS will work on a new home for this community.

Children of the top 0.1% are more than twice as likely to be admitted to an elite college as middle-income students with the exact same test scores, as the The New York Times reports. "Meritocracy" is a sham.

Trump’s third indictment is different. Most crimes can’t stop someone from being president. But the 14th Amendment bars elected officials who break their oath by engaging in insurrection from ever taking office again. Even if he’s not convicted, he must not be on the ballot.

NEW WORKING PAPER “Sensitive Intervention Points: A strategic approach to climate action” Coming soon Oxford Econ Policy, we set out a framework for ‘Sensitive Intervention Points’ or SIPs A practical way to bring systems thinking to intervention ideation & prioritisation. Mini🧵

The GOP is again trying to overrule the will of voters. Wisconsinites elected state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz in April. Now Republicans are threatening to impeach her if she rules against their gerrymandered maps. Folks, this is what authoritarianism looks like.

Six far-right extremists who support massive tax breaks for the rich are trying to shut down the government. This is what they want: $14.7B cut to public schools in high poverty areas. 70% cut to nutrition assistance for children. $750M cut to Head Start. Ain't gonna happen.

Interested in starting a STEM education non-profit? Our friends at WMSI have been at it for a decade and share what they've learned. sites.tufts.edu/pebl/2023/10/0…

I had the fortune to preview several chapters of this book while Brian and Lasse were writing. It strikes the perfect balance between covering topics of social complexity and providing enough depth to get a rich understanding. Check it out!

Trump’s second-term would be far more unhinged than the first. He’s already called for the largest deportation in US history, a special prosecutor to “go after” his political opponents, and a purge of anyone in the federal civil service who questions his views. Be warned.

*CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS* For a special issue on “Advances in causal systems mapping” in the International Journal of Social Research Methodology. Deadline for title and 2-page extended abstract: 31 Jan 2024. For details, see: cecan.ac.uk/news/call-for-… Pete Barbrook-Johnson Alexandra Penn

Design Journal CfP by Cambridge Uni Press Abstracts due: March 31, 2024 Full papers due: October 15, 2024 For more information and submission instructions click the link below: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

The Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma invites applicants for two teaching-focused positions in our Engineering Pathways program. This newly launched program has dedicated faculty who are committed to our vision of providing all students with the.. 1/3

State governments are always going to attack the institutions that can hold them accountable. and my guess is that these states underfund education in general, and likely have for years. it's not complicated.

Today is I love my park day in New York. My research lab, some colleagues from the DEC, other members of UBuffalo | Engineering Education Dept and other volunteers removed over 60 lbs. of litter from the Holcomb Pond Trail in Zoar Valley.