A great interview with David Krakauer. A must watch. http://m.nautil.us/issue/23/dominoes/ingenious-david-krakauer Ingenious: David Krakauer – Issue 23: Dominoes – Nautilus One way to think about culture is as dominoes arrayed in a line, with one tipping over another, a sort of cascade of influence,”… This was posted on Google+
Steve Wheeler – Not so shallow
Good post by Steve Wheeler – “Not so shallow” http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2015/04/not-so-shallow.html Not so shallow This was posted on Google+
Why video-based learning is not the best of options
Good post by Lorena A. Barba on why video-based learning is not the best of options. Why My MOOC is Not Built on Video – MOOC Report A MOOC professor takes a contrarian view and creates a MOOC without relying on videos, and makeing the claim that they are not necessary for a meaningful online […]
Language MOOCs
“Language MOOCs” published, with a free online version. +António Teixeira and I contributed with Chapter 3 – “A Proposal for the Methodological Design of Collaborative Language MOOCs”. Language MOOCs Table of Contents. Frontmatter · Contents · List of contributing authors · 1 Introduction. Language MOOCs: an Emerging Field · 2 What Constitutes an Effective Language MOOC? […]
David Wiley on xMOOCs
An essay (pre-print) by +David Wiley on MOOCs (more specifically, xMOOCS of the Coursera/Udacity type) and Open Education. A must read to clarify some important issues that seem to be overlooked by most MOOC providers. The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure The following is a pre-print of an essay set to appear in […]
Purdue creates competency degree program
This is an interesting development regarding higher education. “Purdue creates competency degree program” http://feedly.com/e/CVQ3V_Vr Purdue creates competency degree program « Online Learning Update by Haley Dover, Journal Courier. Purdue University on Thursday introduced a competency degree program, putting students in control of their education. The College of Technology program allows students to progress at their […]
Are PLEs still relevant?
From his brand new home on the web, Martin Weller asks Why don’t we talk about PLEs anymore? and then provides a handful of reasons. He is mostly right if one accepts his idea of the concept which, in my opinion, is an oversimplified view of what a PLE is, focusing on the tools only. […]
Tony Bates at myMPeL 2013
+Tony Bates debating with students from the master’s in Elearning pedagogy (UAb.pt) at the 4th myMPeL conference #mympel13 This was posted on Google+
Edméa Santos at myMPeL 2013
Edméa Santos, da Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, com “Cibercultura na era da mobilidade ubíqua: práticas de pesquisa e de formação” na #mympel13 This was posted on Google+
Marco Silva at myMPeL 2013
Marco Silva da Univ. Estadual do Rio de Janeiro com "Fundamentos da interactividade na sala de aula presencial e online" na #mympel13 This was posted on Google+