Learning the Netflix way
David Hopkins, Technology Enhanced Learning Blog, 2015/04/01
I came back from my trip last night to find my Netflix payments had expired. This puts me into the mode of questioning whether I want to renew. More...

Can blogging be academically valuable? Seven reasons for thinking it might be
John Danaher, Philosophical Disquisitions, 2015/04/02

My academic career basically exists because of blogging, so I think there may be a point to this article. More...

Five Secrets of Effective and Enjoyable Leadership
Mark Federman, What is the (Next) Message?, 2015/04/02
In my recent role of program leader I've been thinking a lot about these elements. A lot of what happens in the program is out of my control, but I'm OK with that, because that also means I get to keep on being me. More...

Peering Deep into Future of Educational Credentialing
Doug Belshaw, DMLcentral, 2015/04/02
Is an educational credential like a type of money? That's the core thought behind Doug Belshaws post that challenges traditional thinking on things like badges. More...

Apple and Education
Website, Apple, 2015/04/02
EdSurge reports that "Apple just released a fresh For Educators page, that scoops up apps, books, courses and collections all relating to education from iTunes U, the App Store and iBooks Store." There's a lot there, and Apple no doubt is a storehouse of resources, but the problem is as it always was: you have to use Apple's proprietary iTunes software to access most of the resources. More...

Micro-Learning as a Workplace Learning Strategy
Sahana Chattopadhyay, ID & Other Reflections, 2015/04/02
The focus of discussion on micro-learning is the short duration of learning events - 5 or 10 minutes - implied in the name. But more significant, I think, is the means of production. More...

Your Nostalgia Isn’t Helping Me Learn
Michael Oman-Reagan, The Synapse, 2015/04/06
Michael Oman-Reagan takes a (well-argued) stand against the recent spate of stories claiming students "learn better" using notebooks and pens. More...

Taylor Pearson, 2015/04/06
I don't think this is the greatest presentation of the issue - the definition of "highly credentialed individuals" extends well beyond Harvard MBAs - but it's an interesting account of the push to obtain credentials and the cost of paying for them once they've been obtained. More...

Policies and Conversation
E. Gordon Gee, Inside Higher Ed, 2015/04/06
The echos of childhood still resonate in my mind. Not all of them are positive. Some of them are like "don't be such a sissy" and "don't be such a knowitall". More...

My Viva
Stephen Downes, Half an Hour, 2015/04/06
Patrick Dunleavy offers this list of ten typical questions that might be asked on your PhD oral exam. I always felt I would have aced my oral exam, but I never got to take it because my examiners did not want me to work on network theory. More...