by andflywrite | Dec 5, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Quizlet has added capability to their relatively limited but effective learning tools…perhaps following the lean startup model of incremental improvements to product based on feedback from iterations? It’s that sort of process, that eventually will produce...
by andflywrite | Nov 25, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
AMPLIFY’S LEAD BUYER turns out to be Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of the late Apple co-founder, who founded Emerson Collective (which has invested in a slew of edtech startups including AltSchool and Udacity). In addition to purchasing the beleaguered New York company,...
by andflywrite | Nov 25, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
“It’s taken us three years to arrive at more focused intentions,” Agarwal explains, “but learners want credit, and to provide credit we must create quality learning environments that meet the needs of diverse learners, and are recognized by institutions and...
by andflywrite | Nov 23, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
The Online Learning Consortium, formerly called Sloan Consortium, is now offering a slate of what it calls professional advisory services for those engaged in online learning programs. The Online Learning Consortium offers Advisory Services for the the K-12,...
by andflywrite | Nov 21, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Marshall McLuhan was a visionary that didn’t provide absolute clarity about what “using media” did to our human condition. But he pointed us in a very appropriate direction when he said we need to try to understand how the extensions we use affect...
