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12 juillet 2018

U.S. Government's 'bone-headed' decision can be fixed with paperwork, official says

U.S. Government's 'bone-headed' decision can be fixed with paperwork, official says
Donald Gilliland, Penn Live, February 14, 2014
I'm wrestling internally with myself about how much I should care about Coursera being blocked in countries like Iran, Syria and Cuba. On the one hand, it's just internal US politics, and it doesn't matter to me whether some US company is blocked by its own government from sending free videos to the rest of the world. On the other hand, it's a law that I'm told wouldn't even apply if Coursera removed the login reqauirement from its service. More...

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12 juillet 2018

Google Glass: Recording at Schools

Google Glass: Recording at Schools
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, Langwitches Blog, February 14, 2014
Eventually we'll be referring to these in generic terminology, 'wired glasses', say, but for now the technology is still called 'Google Glass' and shows no sign of a new name. More...

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12 juillet 2018

MOOC community?

MOOC community?
Matthias Melcher, x28's new Blog, February 14, 2014
"Which is the 'community' of a MOOC?" asks Matthias Melcher. It's a good question. I'm pretty hesitant to use the term 'community' too loosely - it represents a lot of good things, like diversity and interaction and all that, but community also can represent bad things, like conformity, in-groups and cliques, exclusion and a narrow vision. More...

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12 juillet 2018

No More Snow Days?! Part 1

No More Snow Days?! Part 1
Amy Murin, Keeping Pace, February 14, 2014
The internet has been full of "snow days become e-learning days" over the last few days, not surprisingly. It's common for writers to try to seize on current events to draw readers to their posts. More...

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12 juillet 2018

Five myths about Moocs

Five myths about Moocs
Diana Laurillard, Times Higher Education, February 14, 2014
This came out about a month ago but according to my logs I haven't mentioned here yet, so here goes. First, let me quote Laurillard's five myths:

the idea that 'content is free' in education
that students can support each other
that Moocs solve the problem of expensive undergraduate education
that MOOCs address educational scarcity in emerging economies
that Education is a mass customer industry

The essence of her criticism is that "a course format that copes with large numbers by relying on peer support and assessment is not an undergraduate education... it requires personalised guidance, which is simply not scalable in the same way."
I think we both agree that MOOCs - even cMOOCs - are not an undergraduate education. More...

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12 juillet 2018

The survival of Higher Education

The survival of Higher Education
Steve Wheeler, Learning with 'e's, February 14, 2014
Here are the links to Steve Wheeler's series on the survival of higher education:

(1): Changing Roles
(2): Changing Times
(3): The Social Web
(4): 5 Key Objectives
(5): Recommendations

The conclusion to this series is, sad to say, weepy. More...

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12 juillet 2018

The Other 21st Century Skills: Why Teach Them

The Other 21st Century Skills: Why Teach Them
Jackie Gerstein, User Generated Education, February 10, 2014
I've seen versions of this list previously and they bother me a little. The items are purportedly 'other' 21st century skills and include among them 'grit', 'resilience', 'self-regulation' and similar character traits. They read to me like a list of the traits poor people don't have (and which of course therefore explain why they are poor). I'm not doubting the value of such traits, but question their application in a list of "21st century skills". More...

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12 juillet 2018

Producing ‘innovative’ graduates and how online learning can help

Producing ‘innovative’ graduates and how online learning can help
Tony Bates, online learning & distance education resources, February 10, 2014
Tony Bates lists two papers on innovation and summarizes one of them (and I can't even read the other, as it's locked behind an OECD paywall - 'co-operation and development' my eye). And as he says, we should read the first one with caution, as it has a European focus and is based on the assessments of graduates rather than employers. Still. More...

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12 juillet 2018

Nye v. Ham: What Is ‘Science’?

Nye v. Ham: What Is ‘Science’?
Harry Keller, educational technology & change, February 10, 2014
You can probably guess where I stand on the question of creation versus evolution, so I won't go there with this post. Rather, I have one observation based on an exchange that happens a bit later on in the debate. It's this: if you have a belief in anything that nothing could or would cause you to change, then your belief is based on faith, not science. More...

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12 juillet 2018

Tennessee Governor Urges 2 Free Years of Community College and Technical School

Tennessee Governor Urges 2 Free Years of Community College and Technical School
Richard Pérez-Pena, New York Times, February 10, 2014
I actually consider it odd that there are separate streams for academic work and for the trades. And so while I support the idea of free community college tuition, I hesitate a bit because it reinforces this divide. If I were in charge of education, I would consider ensuring that everyone has a trade, which they could learn at a community college level by the time they were, say, 15 or 16. Think CEGEP, but started and completed much earlier in life. More...

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