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#OER20: Caring for the Open Web As The Higher Ed Territory Par Excellence

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Hey, welcome to my presentation for the 2020 edition of OER Conference. Session description and all is here (https://oer20.oerconf.org/sessions/o-137/).

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Teacher Quality

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

While reading the book Mindware. Tools for smart thinking (link to review) by Richard Nisbett, I came across a couple of nice paragraphs worth citing. Nisbett is reasoning on incentives and discusses the effects of the so-called loss aversion (humans … Continue reading →

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The disneyBook

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Silos, Tunnel Vision and the Infantilization of Everything: the disneyBook I have gone through a few weeks of classes, and I am emphasizing with my students the importance of the open Web vis á vis the closed, institutionalized silos-like environments … Continue reading →

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The riddle 50% of Harvard students got wrong

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Does it mean they are stupid? No, it actually means they are not pondering the question. Instead they get distracted by intuition and do not get to see there is a deeper sense to the problem. The problem itself, devised … Continue reading →

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As We May Wish

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

What better end of year than talking with my friend Dan over a good pizza and an Aperol  Spritz… and what better occasion than this to begin my blogging year 2016. The occasion arose from his wish to discuss the … Continue reading →

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