Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Implementing adaptive learning technology in college courses can be an uphill struggle but well worth it, according to pioneering faculty members. Adaptive learning platforms in higher education are starting to produce some promising results, yet the market is still in its infancy. More...
17 octobre 2015
Tales From the Front Lines of Adaptive Learning
Too much technology could hurt learning outcomes
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Using computers and other learning technology too often can be detrimental to student performance, OECD says. More...
Why Twitter’s Dying (And What You Can Learn From It)
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why Twitter’s Dying (And What You Can Learn From It)
Umair Haque, Medium, 2015/10/15
Twitter is dying. No this isn't just my opinion, but the conclusion being drawn as the company lays of hundreds of staff in a bid to remain solvent. Why? Umair Haque suggests a one-word explanation: abuse. More...
Technology Imperialism, the Californian Ideology, and the Future of Higher Education
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Technology Imperialism, the Californian Ideology, and the Future of Higher Education
Audrey Watters, Hack Education, 2015/10/15
Your new word for the day is 'synecdochal'. It's a lovely word, used by Audrey Watters in this talk. It was new to me, and means "Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using something spoken of as the whole (hand for laborer) or vice-versa (the court for the judge).". More...
2 Universities Turn to the Cloud for Their LMS
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. 2 Universities Turn to the Cloud for Their LMS
Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology, 2015/10/15
My first experience with Blackboard many years ago involved writing a complete ethics course on the hosted platform. The ethics course is long since lost, sadly. And Blackboard became an application universities installed on their own servers. More...
Writing for Visual Thinkers: Narrative Structures
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Writing for Visual Thinkers: Narrative Structures
Andrea Marks, Graphics, 2015/10/15
I'm including this item just to tweak the learning-styles-sceptics out there. This item has nothing to do with learning styles per se but the appeal to 'visual thinkers' comes straight from the same theory. More...
(Digital) Identity in a World that No Longer Forgets
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. (Digital) Identity in a World that No Longer Forgets
Alec Couros, Open Thinking, 2015/10/15
I've been reading a lot (as has everyone else) about how politicians and others with "past transgressions dragged into the spotlight for the purposes of public judgement and shaming." On the one hand, I'm a little ssympathetic. More...
MacArthur Foundation Launches $25 Million Nonprofit to Inherit Education Projects
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. MacArthur Foundation Launches $25 Million Nonprofit to Inherit Education Projects
Tony Wan, EdSurge, 2015/10/14
The list of projects emcompassed by the foundation's new 'non-profit' is interesting. The first project inherits work from the 'Cities of Learning' project. LRNG “is creating a 21st century ecosystem of learning that combines in-school, out-of-school, work-based, and online learning opportunities that are visible and accessible to all.” More...
US Department of Education Opens Financial Aid to Students in ‘Bootcamps’ and Non-Institutional Programs
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. US Department of Education Opens Financial Aid to Students in ‘Bootcamps’ and Non-Institutional Programs
Tony Wan, EdSurge, 2015/10/14
The American government has announced a new program to connect alternative education initiatives such as MOOCs and EdCamps with traditional education providers. More...
Higher Ed Disruption in Context
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Higher Ed Disruption in Context
Jonathan Blake Huer, EDUCAUSE Review, 2015/10/14
More on the disruption of higher education by technology. In this item Jonathan Blake Huer takes the position that disruptive technology definitely exists, but suggests that higher education may be uniquely resistant to it. More...
