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Doug Peterson, doug - off the record, 2017/08/22
As I flip through old photos and presentation archives I am struck by the fact that the only evidence that some event or conference ever existed might be on my web page. So it may be with Educational Network of Ontario/Réseau éducatif de l’Ontario (ENOREO), recolleded by Doug Peterson in thiss post. More...
Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures
Audie Cornish, Sam Gringlas, NPR, 2017/08/04
Short video segment plus transcript on why Vermont medical School is employing active learning rather than lectures in the future. More...
Techno-News Blog. Puerto Rican students, whether still on the island or resettling in Florida, can take classes through the state’s public online school for free, Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday. The Florida Virtual School will accommodate up to 20,000 youngsters from Puerto Rico, Scott’s office said. More...
Techno-News Blog. The idea of a headband you can wear to make you smarter may sound like a device from the latest science fiction blockbuster. But experts have revealed such a device in reality – and claim it could increase learning by 40 per cent. And it may not be long before you can get your hands on one, with the designers predicting its use will be common in just five to ten years. More...
Techno-News Blog. For many young adults, the process of transitioning into the corporate workforce can be met with a number of difficult challenges. Gaining role-specific education is not easy, particularly if you are trying to avoid being part of the $1.3 trillion student debt crisis. More...
Techno-News Blog. Hyperledger , the blockchain reference framework launched by the Linux Foundation , is nearly two years old. It is starting to gain commercial traction, underpinning projects such as Everledger , the blockchain to track the provenance of high-value items like diamonds. Now, participants can enroll in ” Blockchain for Business – An Introduction to Hyperledger Technologies .” It is an introduction to the Hyperledger ecosystem, which consists of various frameworks. More...
Thomson, Harcourt Divestments Required by U.S. DOJ for Assets Acquisition
This U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ruling requires Thomson to divest itself of some textbook and computer-based testing assets before it can complete its acquisition of Harcourt. More...
The NGDLE's Relevance to Community and Technical Colleges
Paul Czarapata, Lisa Jones, EDUCAUSE Review, 2017/07/28
More on the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative report on the Next Generation Digital Learning Environment (NGDLE). More...
Beginning the Conversation…A Made-in-Canada Approach to Digital Government
Government of Canada, 2017/07/20
Some of the key conversations taking place in our field are echoed in this report on digital government in Canada. Most of the interestinbg stuff is near the end of the document: connecting with external tralent ("mechanisms like Interchange and newer flexible staffing regimes make it relatively easy and fast for hiring managers to bring outside professionals into government for short-term assignments"), user-centric design skills (" a skills gap that needs to be addressed in the public sector at the intersection of user-centric design and agile prototyping and development"), cloud and open source technologies ("open source platforms have become an increasingly important foundational element for digital transformation in public sector organizations across the world"), digital identity ("many participants expressed a desire for the federal government to play a stronger leadership role, and to pilot digital identity solutions"), and digital literacy ("digital literacy was identified as being needed across government, at all levels and functions, to support smart decision-making"). More...
How We Are Ruining America
David Brooks, New York Times, 2017/07/14
I don't think I belong to the 'we' in this column, but it is nonetheless telling, not only for the message, but also the source: "Status rules are partly about collusion, about attracting educated people to your circle, tightening the bonds between you and erecting shields against everybody else. We in the educated class have created barriers to mobility that are more devastating for being invisible. The rest of America can’t name them, can’t understand them. They just know they’re there." Robert Pondiscio interprets this as an argument for explicitly teaching these to everyone. More...
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