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24 août 2014

How to Write an Honest but Collegial Book Review

By Karen Kelsky - Chronicle Vitae. I have agreed to write a book review, and I'm frankly not sure how to proceed. My advisor, who invited me to write it, is not a fan of this particular author and will expect a critical review. But the author, as someone who works in my area, is a possible contact/future colleague, and I don't want to alienate him by writing a scathing review. Is there some formula to follow for writing book reviews? Do you have any tips for writing a critical review that doesn't shred the book? See more...

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24 août 2014

Key characteristics of learners in a digital age and their influence on the design of teaching and learning

By Tony Bates. In my previous post, I outlined some key components of learning environments, which will form part of Chapter 5 of my open textbook, ‘Teaching in a Digital Age.’ Here is one model of a learning environment that I provided in my previous post.
Figure 5.1 A learning environment from the perspective of an instructor
Learner characteristics
Here I want to discuss one key component of a learning environment, learner characteristics, and in particular focus on the characteristics of learners that are particularly relevant for designing teaching and learning in a digital age. Read more...

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24 août 2014

Is content still important in a digital age?

By Tony Bates. Chapter 5 of my open textbook, ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ is about the design of teaching and learning, which I am currently writing and publishing as I go.
I started Chapter 5 by suggesting that instructors should think about design through the lens of constructing a comprehensive learning environment in which teaching and learning will take place. I have started to work through the various components of a learning environment, focusing particularly on how the digital age affects the way we need to look at some of these components. Read more...

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23 août 2014

Learning environments: a critical component of the design of online teaching

By Tony Bates. I have now published the first four chapters of my open textbook ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’. These chapters have greatly benefited from your feedback.
I am now working on Chapter 5, ‘The design of teaching and learning.’
I’m offering you here my first thoughts on the design of teaching and learning, with a particular focus on creating and working with a rich learning environment that will support students’ learning. Read more...

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23 août 2014

Hack Education Weekly News: MOOCs and UnMOOCs

By Audrey Watters. “MOOCs are free – but for how much longer?” asks the Times Higher Education, citing a Stanford professor who believes it’s time to monetize this trend. Because open.
The UK MOOC platform FutureLearn surveyed 16 to 18 year olds and found they want to code and make money. I mean, who wouldn't.
A profile in The Guardian of FutureLearn head Simon Nelson.
Coursera and the Carlos Slim Foundation have partnered to launch Acceso Latino: “a free website created to provide U.S. Latinos easy access to tools and content about education, healthcare, job training, culture and more. This site will serve as a valuable resource to help Latinos succeed in the United States.”
“The African Virtual University, in partnership with the African Development Bank, is launching 29 new open, distance and e-learning centres in 21 African countries.”
Online preschool, I kid you not. More...

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23 août 2014

OER and the Future of Knewton

By Michael Feldstein. Jose Ferriera, the CEO of Knewton, recently published a piece on edSurge arguing that scaling OER cannot “break the textbook industry” because, according to him, it has low production values, no instructional design, and is not enterprise grade. Unsurprisingly, David Wiley disagrees. I also disagree, but for somewhat different reasons than David’s. More...

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23 août 2014

On ECAR data and ed tech purgatory

By Phil Hill. Recently I wrote a post about many ed tech products being stuck in pilots without large-scale adoption.
In our consulting work Michael and I often help survey institutions to discover what technologies are being used within courses, and typically the only technologies that are used by a majority of faculty members or in a majority of courses are the following:

AV presentation in the classroom;
PowerPoint usage in the classroom (obviously connected with the projectors);
Learning Management Systems (LMS);
Digital content at lower level than a full textbook (through open Internet, library, publishers, other faculty, or OER); and
File sharing applications. [snip]. Read more...

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23 août 2014

Ausländer sollen an Spitzenunis künftig zahlen

Von Hermann Horstkotte. Wenn Deutsche im Ausland Gebühren entrichten, sollen Studenten ohne EU-Pass das künftig auch hier tun. Das fordern zwei Rektoren. Werden so Talente verschreckt?
Überfüllte Hörsäle oder lange Wartezeiten, so sieht die Erfahrung vieler Studenten in Deutschland aus. Abhilfe soll möglicherweise auf Kosten von derzeit mehr als 200.000 Gaststudenten aus dem Ausland geschafft werden. Mehr...

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23 août 2014

Ein Studentenleben für 600 Euro im Monat. Oder 1.150.

Von Michelle Janetschek. Wie viel Geld brauche ich als Student? Der Lebenshaltungskosten-Rechner von ZEIT ONLINE zeigt 40 Städte im Vergleich. Vier Hamburger machen für uns Kassensturz.
"Das wilde Studentenleben" ist meistens ein Synonym für chronische Ebbe auf dem Konto. Wie viel Geld pro Monat aufs Konto wandert, hängt in erster Linie vom Wohlstand der Eltern ab. Zwei Drittel der Studenten jobben außerdem neben dem Studium. Aber wie viel kostet das Studentenleben nun eigentlich? Der Lebenshaltungskosten-Rechner von ZEIT ONLINE und ZEIT CAMPUS zeigt, was Studenten in verschiedenen Städten ausgeben. Mehr...

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23 août 2014

Lehrergeständnisse: "Nun schreiben wir ein Diktat"

Im Studium lernen angehende Lehrer, jede Schulstunde minutiös zu planen. Im Alltag fehlt allerdings oft die Zeit. Hier gesteht ein Pädagoge, wie er unterrichtet, wenn er eigentlich nicht weiterweiß. Mehr...

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