by andflywrite | Sep 4, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Knewton has expanded a beta program that is now accessible to pretty much anyone involved in education, consisting of a selection of online courses incorporating some key parts of a dynamic learning plan. (DLP). Knewton, who in the last year partnered with textbook...
by andflywrite | Sep 4, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
One anecdotal report on DIY learning…in this case, learning how to code. From Slate. [gview file=”https://publicservicesalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/What-coding-class-should-I-take-Programming-is-like-learning-a-new-language..pdf”]
by andflywrite | Sep 4, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
LCPS spent about 800k and “inherited” about $1.5M in equipment, to setup a “Challenger Center” downtown LC, which is “part space station, part transporter and part mission control center”. That’s an interesting form of...
by andflywrite | Sep 4, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Affordable quality broadband access continues to be a slow rollout for rural areas in US, and smaller population centers. There are efforts underway by tech giants like Google or should we say Alphabet to create municipal FTTH and/or innovate the problem away. In the...
by andflywrite | Aug 24, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
If we had $1500 a piece, we could join the huge “Learning 2015” conference in Orlando in November. Four days and 1600 people and more than 180 workshops/ sessions, so what’s not to like? Does beg the question of how many of the 180 sessions one might...