By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Developing students’ digital literacies
Grainne Conole, e4innovation.com, 2015/03/16
In my presentation today I discussed what I call the 'critical literacies' and put them in context with other aspects of the connectivist pedagogy I have been describing over the years. You can see this diagram here. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Learning and Connectivism in MOOCs
Stephen Downes, Mar 16, 2015, Hackademia, Online, to Brazil
In this presentation I argue that learning a domain is like learning a language (as opposed to remembering facts and content) and presupposes the learning of various literacies; the talk then outlines the major literacies MOOCs are designed to support. More...
By Eddie Kadhim. The Missouri Department of Higher Education held a public hearing at Truman State University to come up with a plan to improve the state of higher education in Missouri.
The goal was to envision what higher education should look like in the next five to ten years. More...
A liberal-arts school in Berkeley has become the first Islamic institution of higher learning in the United States. Zaytuna College announced on Sunday that it was formerly accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, one of the six official academic bodies responsible for authorizing public and private colleges and universities. More...
By Brier Dudley. The University District is being targeted as a tech hub financed in part by taxing property owners. But is that the best approach to use to build the next technohood?
Jim Stockdale doesn’t look like a startup financier. But the 84-year-old retired pastor — and others in his University District condominium building — is being pushed into paying for an overhaul of the neighborhood aimed at luring more tech startups. More...
By Janel Davis. Free online courses, crowdsourcing, and big data are transforming the university from a gatekeeper to a public resource. In 2001, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced it was going to put the university’s entire body of course materials online, for free. That meant syllabuses, as well as problem sets and exams—and their solutions. More...
By Janel Davis. Students in neighboring states could soon attend some Georgia colleges at much cheaper in-state tuition rates under a plan being implemented by the state’s University System. The initiative is aimed at colleges predominantly in South Georgia that have had declining enrollments. More...
Americans who have criminal histories are often stymied when they encounter college entry applications that ask if they have ever been convicted of crimes. The process, which often brings greater scrutiny to people who answer “yes,” is driving away large numbers of people who present no danger to campus safety and are capable of succeeding academically. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. The .College domain extension globally launched today, introducing the Internet to new .College web addresses that organizations and businesses across all industries can use as a platform to come together for a common purpose and common future. For a limited time, eligible brands and educational institutions will have the opportunity to register their .College domains at no-cost. More...
By Denise Restauri. In August 2012, my daughter Ally was in India, spending the first half of her gap year at Shanti Bhavan, a boarding school for the most vulnerable children of India’s “lowest caste.” After five months at Shanti Bhavan, Ally would head off to Nepal to join (then 25-year-old) Maggie Doyne who runs a home for over 50 orphans and a school for more than 300 children. More...
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