by andflywrite | Jul 22, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
Inside Higher Ed had this article on suspension of certain Udacity courses being offered at San Jose State. Also mentions edX project at SJS. If nothing else, it gives some “talking points” to those who would like to derail, or dramatically slow adoption...
by andflywrite | Jul 18, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
NMTIE is moved back to Nov. 13,14,15 in ABQ in “old town” at the Hotel Albuquerque. There’s also a “call for presenters” out here. Form for proposing presentation here. Deadline for submission of proposal is Sept. 15. Registration not...
by andflywrite | Jul 18, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
Knewton head honcho Jose Ferreira on 5 types of Big Data in Education. Knewton is on our radar screens, beyond their focus in 2013 in mega deals with Pearson and other very big publishing/ media conglomerates… who are trying to sit astride new learning...
by andflywrite | Jul 15, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
Wikispaces Campus, brings Wikispaces Classroom to entire schools, districts, and universities. Wikispaces Campus is Wikispaces Classroom– with its News Feeds, Formative Assessment infrastructure, Project features, and of course traditional wiki pages– delivered as an...
by andflywrite | Jul 14, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
Short videos on “small business” satellites…supposedly the spaceport here was going to support this kind of thing; commercial space to develop along with spaceport. While there’s been a lengthy delay, there’s still a potential. Could...