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Casual Fridays: What Does It Take to Be Rich -- and Can We Change Your Opinion?

So many people use surveys to establish that such-and-such is true. Which, to my mind, is folly, given how easily our responses to surveys are manipulated.

Just being free of this miserable cold some time this week would by itself make me feel rich today (I might have a different answer next week). Just having enough pasta for the week (the local Costco was "out") might make me feel rich. And... there are days I wish I just couldn't see the way people who think they are getting away with it lie and cheat and manipulate. I'd be happier, and my life would be easier, if I could just 'let it go'. Or be more diplomatic. But I don't think I'd be very rich then, no matter how much money I had, no matter how well I got along with people. Dave Munger, Cognitive Daily, April 25, 2008 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment]

Marshall McLuhan

As George Siemens says, "CBC has an archive of 18 clips (9 audio, 9 video) of McLuhan expressing commentary on media, books, the "tribal drum" of humanity, and learning." Good weekend listening. George Siemens, elearnspace, April 25, 2008 [Tags: Connectivism, Audio, Video] [Link] [Comment]

Using Assessments to Evaluate Action, Not Knowledge

I agree: we should evaluate actions, rather than 'knowledge' (where 'knowledge' here means 'remembered instances of data'). The reason, I think, we should evaluate actions is that we are able to get at more finely-grained sub-symbolic mental development, and not simply a small set of memorized facts. But can assessments, as suggested here, evaluate actions? I'd have to think about that. (note: be sure to look at the lower right hand side of the page where Aldrich presents his blog's content in a linear format, for those who need that). Clark Aldrich, Style Guide for Serious Games and Simulations, April 25, 2008 [Tags: Assessment, Web Logs] [Link] [Comment]

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