The library cooperative OCLC recently ran a conference at the University of Pennsylvania for academic librarians entitled, “MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?” and the Chronicle of HIgher Education was there to report on this convening. In this article, the Chronicle points to one librarian from Duke University who mentioned that the popularity of MOOCs has caught people by surprise. Additionally, “She’s been hearing from instructors that ‘the…
A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age
January 24, 2013EdSurge discusses a Bill of Rights and Principles, newly developed by a group of people passionate about learning, serving today’s students, and using every available tool to respond better to the needs of students in a global, interactive, digitally connected world....
Digital Content: What Does the Future Hold for Education Systems?
January 23, 2013GETideas.org hosted this GooglePlus hangout on the future of digital content. The online discussion featured a panel of education experts, including Nicole Allen, affordable-textbooks advocate, Student PIRGS; Una Daly, communication college outreach director, OpenCourseWare Consortium; and Cable Green, director of global...
Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement: A Realist Analysis
January 22, 2013In Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement, author Roy Nash argues that a realist framework for the sociological explanation of educational group differences can, and must be, constructed. A move to such an explanatory framework will allow society to take into account the...
Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools
January 14, 2013In Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools, renowned educator and technology expert Jim Lengel provides a refreshing and hopeful picture of what schools should look like, including a groundbreaking seven-step process for envisioning and building them that draws on the...
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April 23, 2013This is a video introduction to an online course (commonly known as a MOOC) taught by Stanford’s Paul Kim. Roz Hussin will be co-teaching a follow up course with Paul Kim and will be one of our panelists during our special Hangout on Air on April 24, 2013. Visit these pages for additional information: The original course URL: https://venture-lab.org/education (last year Fall 2012)The ongoing course URL: http://shell.venture-lab.org/wooc (to be launched in August 2013)
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April 11, 2013DMLcentral has published another useful blog post; this time from the Mozilla Foundation’s Doug Belshaw. With support from the MacArthur Foundation, the Mozilla Foundation has been busy developing an open badging system that allows people to get recognition for skills learned in formal and informal learning environments. According to the Open Badges web site, “It’s free software and an open technical standard any organization can use to create, issue and…
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March 25, 2013GETideas.org hosted another Google Hangout on Air focused on one of our four Learning Trends: Technology-Driven Innovation on March 20, 2013 GETideas.org’s Executive Director, Mary Anne Petrillo and distinguished thought leaders pondered current trends in educational technology and computer science education. Show notes can be found here: http://goo.gl/Ld2Kh Our panelists included: Anna Hu is the Director of Information and Learning Technologies (ILT) at both Presbyterian Ladies’ College and…
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March 16, 2013Last week the Mozilla Foundation announced its first iteration of badges known as Open Badges 1.0. These web-based badges are stored in a virtual backpack and can be used in various platforms to prove mastery of certain skills. The MacArthur Foundation is supporting this project, and over 600 groups will be implementing systems to recognize the accomplishments of individuals.
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March 7, 2013Posted on the web site of educational researcher Katy Jordan, this is an interesting visual display of data related to MOOCs (massively open online courses). You can filter data by platform, university, and type of assessment. Jordan work at the Open University and is continuing to collect information related to MOOCs. See this blog post for further details.
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March 3, 2013The state of Idaho in the United States is partnering with the Khan Academy to pilot the use of its instructional videos in classrooms. A grant from the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation will pay for training, technology, technical assistance and assessment. The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at Northwest Nazarene University will support implementation of the Khan Academy program and will conduct research focused on using the videos to improve math…
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March 2, 2013In another great blog post from KQED’s Mind/Shift blog, tips are given on using and creating open educational resources. These tips are gleaned from a presentation at Educon 2.5 by Funny Monkey Founder, Bill Fitzgerald, who thinks, “… educators are focusing too heavily on acquiring content, rather than contributing and improving to it…”. As teachers and students become content curators as well as creators, it’s essential that they understand basic concepts…
