19 mars 2018
eLearning Guild
eLearning Guild
Just launched (March, 2002), the the eLearning Guild is designed as a community of practice for designers, developers, and managers of e-Learning. More...
19 mars 2018
Company Proposes Overhaul of SAT
Company Proposes Overhaul of SAT
The thin edge of the wedge? The College is considering changes to the Scholastic Apptitude Test (SAT) I. The changes are being considered in order to meet the requirements of the University of California. More...
19 mars 2018
Debate? Dissent? Discussion? Oh, Don't Go There!
Debate? Dissent? Discussion? Oh, Don't Go There!
The research is at the point mostly anecdotal rather than empirical, but the proposal is provokative: today's students are less willing to engage in debate and dispute, less individualistic, and more likely to focus on similarities rather than differences. More...
19 mars 2018
Privacy in the Online Classroom
Privacy in the Online Classroom
This article discusses the reasons to limit access to parts of your school website: limited access facilitates the use of copyrighted materials, it protects your material (and your students' material) from being downloaded and used by others, and it allows you and your students to interact in privacy. More...
19 mars 2018
A Proposal for New Schools in the Age of the Internet
A Proposal for New Schools in the Age of the Internet
OK, this article doesn't go into a lot of depth, but it shows that some teachers are yearning for the sort of learning the internet can provide. What sort of learning? "Here comes the radical idea: We completely change schools into 'activity centers' where students gather for active learning and socializing. More...
19 mars 2018
Connections and Emergence: Developing a Playshop Model Through Connectionist Ideas
Connections and Emergence: Developing a Playshop Model Through Connectionist Ideas
This item is interesting on two levels. On the one hand, it proposes the use of connectionist principles to create an experimental space for learning called Playshop. The idea here is that the learning of rules and principles an emergent result of participating in a network of story-telling and playful activities. More...
19 mars 2018
ROI for E-Learning
ROI for E-Learning
This article looks in some detail at two factors that may be overloked in assessments of return on investment (ROI) for online learning: efficiency and speed. The author proposes an assessment of efficiency based on the ratio between the increase in a learner's knowledge or skills and all information delivered. More...
19 mars 2018
Cost and Quality Metric for Different Forms of Learning
Cost and Quality Metric for Different Forms of Learning
In an effort to eliminate oversimplifications in the discussions about the reasons people elect online learning and about the costs of online learning, this article defines several of the variables involved and provides a metric for evaluating different forms of learning. By Stephen Downes. More...
19 mars 2018
Social Network Analysis
Social Network Analysis
Interesting short article about the relationship between networks of people and the transmission of information. Nicely draws out the connection between social networks and knowledge management. More...
19 mars 2018
SUNY-Buffalo Drops Online M.B.A. Program
SUNY-Buffalo Drops Online M.B.A. Program
You can almost see the authors at the Chronicle rub their hands in gless as they conclude following the closure of SUNY-Buffalo's online MBA program that "the business school joins a growing list of institutions that have concluded that online programs aren't worth the expense and hassle." And of course, the other online learning email dailies (who shall go unnamed) pass along this conclusion without comment. Tsk tsk. Because the conclusion is just wrong. More...
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