This issue is raised by Lord David Puttnam, chancellor of the Open University, who claims in an article in the Daily Telegraph, Fear of technology may hold back change in education, says Lord Puttnam, that higher education is the most conservative educational sector when it comes to adopting technology. He fears that change is being held back by fear. More...
MOOC MOOC: Dark Underbelly; or, How a Cave Troll Can Help Revise the Syllabus of Education
By Sean Michael Morris and Jesse Stommel. For some, a hashtag chat is pure chaos. For others, it’s an exhilarating gathering of minds. Either way, the act of conversing using Twitter hashtags is an innovation in how we make connections, parse information, and participate in learning and professional networks. It is precisely this kind of social learning that permeates “The History and Future of (Mostly) Higher Education”. More...


