Good post by Steve Wheeler on how exams are a poor and overvalued way of assessing learning. Exams are at best a test of memory and a snapshot of what students ‘know’ when the test is administered. The exam itself tells us nothing about how children will cope with the messy, complex problems they will […]
Tim O’Reilly on open access
Tim O’Reilly on #openaccess and other value creating ideas on the web that are not perceived or recognized. Great reading. “If we’re going to get science policy right, it’s really important for us to study the economic benefit of open access and not accept the arguments of incumbents. Existing media companies claim that they need […]
Martin Weller on open access and business as usual
Good post by Martin Weller on how the publishing industry is handling open access so as to revert it back to business as usual. I’d have to say I mostly agree with Stephen Downes’s statement referred to in the post: “as soon as any form of commercial enterprise touches education it ruins it”. The same […]
14 Steps to Meaningful Student Blogging
Pernille Ripp with some useful tips for student blogging. 14 Steps to Meaningful Student Blogging So you have heard about blogging with your students and you are considering taking the plunge but just not sure what or how to do it? I am here to tell you; blogging with my students has been one of […]
Open Education on the Move: An Interview with Vijay Kumar
Open Education on the Move: An Interview with Vijay Kumar http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/open-education-on-the-move-an-interview-with-vijay-kumar-0920.html MIT news Director of MIT’s Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT) discusses some of the key concepts propelling the open education movement. This was posted on Google+
Pedagogia no Ensino Online
A minha apresentação no I Encontro sobre Ensino e Aprendizagem Virtual na Universidade dos Açores, que decorreu nos dias 13 e 14 de Setembro de 2012 em Ponta Delgada.
From Read/WriteWeb, by Brian Proffitt
From Read/WriteWeb, by Brian Proffitt Tablet Travelers Still Pulling Content, Not Pushing Productivity Surveys of US travelers confirm tablets are still all about about consumption of content. That has big implications for tablet makers and apps developers. Don’t Leave Home Without Your Tablet One recent survey of American travelers showed that for most, tablets usually […]
Dave Winer on the tech cycle
Very interesting post by +Dave Winer on the tech cycle. He writes: “There’s a cycle to tech. Something new and wonderful comes along with unlimited potential. The early users of it trip out. Some of them learn how to program, some of them already know how to. They become the developers of the new thing, […]
Jim Groom on the recent MOOC mania
This is a must read post by Jim Groom on the recent MOOCmania We’ve been MOOCed | bavatuesdays Coursera is following an approach popular among Silicon Valley start-ups: Build fast and worry about money later. Venture capitalists—and even two universities—have invested more than $22-million in t… This was posted on Google+
Ilona Buchem on Personal Learning Environments
Very interesting approach by +Ilona Buchem on Personal Learning Environments – ownership and control. Personal Learning Environments and Psychological Ownership When does a learning environment become a Personal Learning Environment? I think it has much to do with our perception of the learning environment and a something that is ours, an environment that …… This […]