Posts Tagged ‘culture’

Cell phones and context collapse in India

As the penetration of mobile technologies continues to grow, with an estimated 4 billion subscriptions world wide, Indians are rapidly adopting and incorporating such technologies into their lives.  A recent article in The New York Times, which was brought to my attention via Smart Mobs, describes how users from all levels of Indian society are [...]

What makes a good exam?

What do you all think? I just finished taking a couple exams today and I noticed something: neither of them taught me anything (besides how to take tests and that there is always a correct answer). The common paradigm seems to assume that all learning takes place in the classroom before the exam and that [...]