The use of a participant survey, administered at the outset of an online course, can provide information useful in the management of the learning environment and in its subsequent redesign. Such information can clarify participants’ prior experience, expectations, and demographics. But the very act of enquiring about the learner also signals the instructor’s social presence, relational interest, and desire to enter into an authentic dialogue. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Stanford professor who pioneered praising kids for effort says we’ve totally missed the point
Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 2016/01/25
We've probably all heard the sarcastic comments about giving every kid a prize for trying, instead of awarding one prize to the winner. The idea of praising effort rather than results is scorned and ridiculed. More...
By . Heif review to ‘look again’ at incentives for helping small businesses, says Hefce chief. Money universities receive to boost knowledge exchange could be linked to their work with small- and medium-sized businesses, the head of the England’s funding council has hinted. More...
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