(Critical) history of ICT in education – and where we are heading? – Teemu Leinonen The use of computers in education is much more a series of failures than success stories. I agree with Erik Duval that in general, in a large scale the impact of technology on the way people learn have been minimal. In […]
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Stephen Downes – Sustainability and MOOCs in Historical Perspective
Sustainability and MOOCs in Historical Perspective. Keynote by +Stephen Downes . Video, audio and slides. #moocs #ppel6 http://www.downes.ca/presentation/304 Sustainability and MOOCs in Historical Perspective ~ Stephen’s Web Stephen’s Web, the home page of Stephen Downes, with news and information on e-learning, new media, instructional technology, educational design, and related subjects This was posted on Google+
Martin Weller interviews Dave Cormier and George Siemens on MOOCs
Martin Weller interviews dave cormier and George Siemens on MOOCs as part of the preparation for his own MOOC experiment starting February 2013. #moocs #ppel6 Hanging with the MOOC boys – The Ed Techie Now that MOOCtober has passed, I think it’s safe to talk about MOOCs again. As I’ve mentioned I’m experimenting next year […]
+Tony Bates on designing online learning in a volatile world
+Tony Bates on designing online learning in a volatile world. A bit (more than a bit?) connectivist, which is interesting. Nevertheless, to prepare students for a VUCA [volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity] world, we need to move away from fixed curricula, information transmission, and passive learning. There are many different possible models that will be […]
"Assessing Campus MOOCs", by Steve Kolowich.
"Assessing Campus MOOCs", by Steve Kolowich. Gates will fund $1.4 million research project to study MOOC-powered courses at U. of Maryland | Inside Higher Ed Home · News · Surveys: Faculty and Technology · Surveys · Health Professions · Retirement Issues · Students and Violence · Adjuncts · Admissions · Assessment and Accountability · Books […]
Doug Clow makes some good points in favor of MOOCs
Commenting on Clay Shirky’s recent essay, Doug Clow makes some good points in favor of #moocs http://dougclow.org/2012/11/12/moocs-oer-and-wikipedia-for-great-justice/ MOOCs, OER and Wikipedia FOR GREAT JUSTICE I’ve been reading Clay Shirky’s latest essay. He takes the usual Clay Shirky line: technological change, in the transformatory shape of the internet, is evidently about to profoundly di… This was […]
Maria Popova on Massimo Pigliucci’s views on intuition
Very interesting post by +Maria Popova on Massimo Pigliucci’s views on intuition (defined as expert knowledge + experience in a domain). via Stephen Downes‘s OLDaily The Science of “Intuition” There is no such thing as an intuitive person tout court. Intuition is a domain-specific ability. This was posted on Google+
David Wiley on the fundamental distinction between free and open resources
+David Wiley on the fundamental distinction between “free” and “open” resources. As I’ve been saying, the real risk of the On the Fence MOOCs (aka xMOOCs) is that they confuse people about “open.” “Open” does not “mean free to access but copyrighted,” like Udacity and Coursera are. Open means free access plus free 4R permissions. […]
Harold Jarche – Learning is what we do together
Great post on learning by +Harold Jarche. Learning is not something done to us, it is what we do together. Learning delivery in a constantly changing work environment is an outdated notion. For example, training courses are artifacts of a time when information was scarce and connections were few. It is glaringly obvious in this […]
Steve Wheeler on Mark Federman’s 4 Cs
Good post by +Steve Wheeler, commenting on Mark Federman’s 4 Cs – Connection, Context, Complexity and Connotation. Skills for Learning 2.0 I have been thinking and writing about ‘Learning 2.0’ for some time now. This is the argument that there has been a paradigm shift in the way students learn – from 1.0 to 2.0, […]