I think this is terrible news. Team Mendeley is joining Elsevier. Good things are about to happen! You might already have heard some rumors and speculation about this in the past few weeks. We hope you’ll understand that we couldn’t address the rumors head-on until there was some actual news to share with you. Now […]
Martin Weller on setting up a MOOC
Martin Weller describes the setup for his MOOC. Interesting use of feedwordpress and a good combination of tools, although I think Cloudworks is too much trouble, unless people are already used to it. The Ed Techie: My MOOC tech ecosystem On my open course H817Open I use a mixture of technology, and thought it might […]
Lisa M Lane on the dangers of the current xMOOC trend
Must read post by Lisa M Lane about some very bad consequences that the current xMOOC trend might bring not only to education but also to democracy as a whole. Here’s how she concludes her reflection: Thus “education” becomes a product to be packaged and sold, rather than an achievement earned through that messy process […]
Miguel Zapata-Ros sobre o desenho instrucional nos xMOOCS
Excelente post de +Miguel Zapata-Ros sobre a emergência do desenho instrucional nos xMOOCS (Coursera). http://redesabiertas.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/tiene-un-sentido-la-evolucion-de-los.html ¿Tiene un sentido la evolución de los MOOCs? Dedicado a Grainne Conole y a José Mota, unos buenos amigos con quienes a veces debato sobre estos temas. Hemos observado una línea de evolución de los MOOCs desde su inicio. Y […]
Tony Bates on computers for communication
Another great post by Tony Bates, part of his “aha moment” series. It is really worth reading them all – testimonies from someone who embodies the history of distance education and technology supported learning. This sense and knowledge of history is seriously lacking in the ongoing discussion around MOOCs and online learning. No. 4 aha […]
David Wiley on MOOCs and digital diploma mills
David Wiley looking at MOOCs through Noble’s 1998 critique of online learning, “Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education”. The whole xMOOC phenomenon reads like the history of the Internet played backwards MOOCs and Digital Diploma Mills: Forgetting Our History When David Noble first published his groundbreaking critique of online education in 1998, Digital […]
CAFVIR 2013
CAFVIR 2013 – Congresso Internacional na Faculdade de Letras da Univesidade de Lisboa – 17 a 19 de Abril. A call ainda está aberta, para quem queira submeter trabalhos. CAFVIR 2013 IV Congreso Internacional sobre Calidad y Accesibilidad de la Formación Virtual (CAFVIR 2013). PRESENTACIÓN · LLAMADA PARTICIPACIÓN · FECHAS RELEVANTES · ÁREAS DE INTERÉS […]
SCOP 2013 Lisboa
A Universidade Aberta irá realizar, em colaboração com o ICDE e a EDEN, a Standing Conference of Presidents (SCOP) 2013 em Lisboa, esperando-se cerca de uma centena de reitores e presidentes das mais destacadas universidades mundiais no domínio do EaD e E-learning. O tema da reunião, que decorrerá enttre 27 e 30 de Novembro de […]
Workshop W3i – Investigar na Era Digital
Toda a história do Workshop W3i – Investigar na Era Digital, organizado pelo MPeL e pelo LE@D da Universidade Aberta: apresentações e fotos do evento. #w3i #mpeluab #leaduab Workshop W3i – Investigar na Era Digital Workshop organizado pelo Mestrado em Pedagogia do eLearning [MPeL] e pelo Laboratório de Educação a Distância e eLearning [LE@D] da […]
Maria João e João Paz no W3i
+Maria João e +João Paz apresentando o Mendeley na #W3i This was posted on Google+