Terry Anderson and Jon Dron published an excellent papper in IRRODL, titled Three generations of distance education pedagogy. From Terry’s blog: The good folks at DERN (Australia) posted a nice summary of Jon Dron and my article from the recent Connectivist special issue of IRRODL. They write: “A review of the three dominant learning theories: Cognitive-Behaviourist, Social-Constructivist and Connectivist, and the […]
+Miguel Zapata-Ros pede colaboração em estudo
+Miguel Zapata-Ros pede colaboração para um estudo de muito interesse. Cuestionario sobre “Usos de la web social en Educación Superior por profesores y alumnos” Estamos recogiendo datos para un trabajo descriptivo sobre usos posibles estrategias de integración de herramientas de web social en Enseñanza Superior. Como profesional de este nivel educativo te sol… This was posted […]
OU Launches FutureLearn Ltd
OU Launches FutureLearn Ltd So it seems the Open University press office must have had an embargoed press release lined up for midnight, with a flurry of stories – and a reveal of the official press release on the OU si… This was posted on Google+
xLE – Simpósio na ticEDUCA2012
Depois de um processo estimulante e muito, muito divertido para construirmos colaborativamente uma apresentação alargada mas, ao mesmo tempo, integrada dos vários tipos de ambientes de aprendizagem online e de algumas utilizações possíveis, aqui fica o resultado (com áudio) tal como foi apresentado na ticEDUCA2012 (02-12-2012), no Simpósio “xLE – Ecologias de colaboração, cooperação e […]
Worth watching these two keynotes by +Tony Bates
Worth watching these two keynotes by +Tony Bates An archive of alI I know about online learning At the recent COHERE conference I delivered two keynotes: Meeting the challenge of technology: are we failing as managers? Designing university teaching to meet the needs of 21st century students. The video recording of these two keynotes encapsulates […]
Interview with Terry Anderson
This is the interview I did with Terry Anderson on September 17, 2012, for the Laboratory of Distance Education and eLearning [LE@D], Universidade Aberta, Portugal. Open access, MOOCs, the Community of Inquiry Model and the Interaction Equivalency Theorem were some of the topics addressed.
My presentation on PLEs for the SupSys project
My presentation on Personal Learning Environments for the SupSys project on September 2011. Presented at a workshop for the SupSys project at the Laboratory of Distance Education and eLearning [LE@D], Universidade Aberta, Portugal, on September 2011.
Keynote by Stephen Downes in Ibagué, Colombia.
Presentation (keynote) by +Stephen Downes in Ibagué, Colombia. The Virtual Learning Organization ~ 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+
Dropbox fun mail
+Dropbox sent me an email with the subject “Your Dropbox needs more space!”. It is a noreply address, so I cannot comment back. But here’s what I would have responded. “If you think so, feel free to meet my needs” :-P. This was posted on Google+
Lisa M Lane is sick of MOOCs
+Lisa M Lane is sick of MOOCs, and rightly so. From the uninformed coverage by media who should know better to business models that totally destroy the spirit and nature of the original concept. Here´s her final thought: Now, just when MOOCs were branching out into academic disciplines, they get corralled into this nasty, mass-produced, […]